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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned--
And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.
And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
"There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me."
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him."
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy--the Son of God.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
They will say, "Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation."
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
"You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
"But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,
And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little."
One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you--
So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.
"I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
"How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you."
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place,"while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet,"
Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses.
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
"Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know--
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared;
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you."
So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"
One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.
Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'"
Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us,
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.
if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments.
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
"Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
"Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Brothers,if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
"'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel"(which means, God with us).
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator."
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it--
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me;
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert place.
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
"For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,
On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermostthose who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned--every one--to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."
[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world."
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
for "'In him we live and move and have our being';as even some of your own poets have said, "'For we are indeed his offspring.'
for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true."
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,
To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us--for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"--
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"
which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing--as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
"I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.
Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
"And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world--he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."
"At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,
Do you suppose, O man--you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself--that you will escape the judgment of God?
Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?"
and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad--in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls--
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain.
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
"For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.
in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
My brothers,show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
My people--infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'
"Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call--
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,
Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I."
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.'
fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation."
Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.
"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos,"are you not being merely human?
and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD."
"I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;
Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son,but the Father only.
And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
"Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
"So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands--
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf
After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.
Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years.
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
"Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, 'Bring, that we may drink!'
to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,
yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him"--
this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?"
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
And Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! All things are possible for one who believes."
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.
As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.
Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.
but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"
"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?"
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."
I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.
whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.
The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
"And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,
And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade."
"Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came--and Scripture cannot be broken--
See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."
Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
"For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,that he might sift you like wheat,
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
"Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine on the land-- not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.
Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,
For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.
And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,
Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?"
"But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,
Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,
And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this.
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened,
And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;
After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing.
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
"Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done.
And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.
Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'"
and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after.
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers:a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
"The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place."
And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,
He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins."
And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
I think it right, as long as I am in this body,to stir you up by way of reminder,
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;
The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?"
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."
And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come."
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation--
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
So they were saying, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about."
"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah,
And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"
so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,
He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,
He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience--
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.
He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.