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It is God who justifies: who is he that condemns? It is Christ who died, and rather who is risen, who is on the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding in our behalf.
And hearing these things, they acquiesced, and glorified God, saying, Then God has also given unto the Gentiles repentance unto life.
And an interval of about three hours supervened, and his wife, not having known what had taken place, came in.
But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth;
I have no greater joy than this, that I may hear of my children walking about in truth.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent unto thee! how frequently did I wish to gather together thy children, in the manner in which a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but ye were not willing!
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith also apart from works is dead.
Blessed are they that mourn: because they shall be comforted.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all who are afar off, so many as the Lord our God may call.
Rejoice evermore;
And I heard a great voice speaking from the throne, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with the people, and he will tabernacle with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them:
And now, little children, abide in him; in order that, if he may appear, we may have boldness, and not shrink with embarrassment from him in his presence.
And they speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees rose up against them,
And behold thou shalt be dumb and unable to speak, unto the day upon which these things may take place; because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time.
And he causes all, small and great, both rich and poor, both free and bond, that they may give them a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead:
Submit to every human creature for the sake of the Lord: whether to the king as supereminent,
I commend unto you our sister Phoebe, being a minister of the church which is in Cenchrea,
and the Holy Spirit in bodily appearance like a dove descended on Him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying; Thou art my beloved Son, I am delighted in Thee.
in which were all quadrupeds, and creeping things of the earth, and birds of the heaven.
let thy kingdom come: let thy will be done, as in heaven, even so upon earth:
At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Then which one is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens?
For there was an impotency of the law, in which it was weak through depravity, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the sin of depravity and for sin, condemned sin in depravity:
Simon Peter, the servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those receiving like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent away two disciples,
Only live worthily of the gospel of Christ: in order that, whether coming and seeing you or being absent, I hear those things concerning you, that you are standing in one spirit, with one soul contending for the faith of the gospel;
and said, Truly I say unto you, unless you may be converted, and become as little children, you can not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; and the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Therefore on the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, has poured out this which you both see and hear.
But there was a certain disciple in Joppa, by name Tabitha, who being interpreted is called Dorcas: and she was full of good works and alms which she was doing.
For within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, fornications, murders,
See lest this liberty of yours may become a stumblingblock to the weak.
And rising up, He departed thence into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. And having entered into a house, and He wished no one to know it: and He was not able to be hidden.
Likewise, you younger men, submit to the elders: and all put on humility toward one another; because God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
Beloved, making all haste to write to you concerning our common salvation, I had need to write to you, exhorting you to agonize for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye.
These shall perish; but thou dost remain: truly all these shall wax old like a garment;
I thank my God for every mention of you,
Then since it remains that some do enter into it, and those formerly having had the gospel preached unto them did not enter in on account of unbelief,
For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will give to each one according to his works.
Having purified your souls through obedience of the truth unto unhypocritical, brotherly love, fervently from the heart love one another with divine love:
Indeed he who spared not his own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not with him, freely give us all things?
But the one not knowing, and doing things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. But to every one to whom much is given, much will be required of him: and to whom they commit much, of him they will ask the more.
This is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, that they might ask him,
And the beast, and the false prophet along with him, who wrought miracles in his presence, by which he deceived those having received the mark of the beast, and those worshiping his image; and the two were cast alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.
and make straight paths for your feet, in order that whatsoever is lame may not be turned out of the way, but rather may it be healed.
For those being in harmony with depravity, do mind the things of depravity, and those in harmony with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit:
But Jesus seeing was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
I rejoice exceedingly because I have found some of thy children walking about in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.
For I am also a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have aught against any one; in order that your Father who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses.
And He sitting in front of the treasury, was seeing how the multitudes are casting their money into the treasury. And many rich people were casting in much.
Come now, ye rich, weep mourning over your calamities which are coming on you.
And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering because he tarries in the temple.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because He looked upon us and wrought redemption to His people, and raised up unto us a horn of salvation
Let such a one consider this, that, such as we are in word by our letters while absent, such we really are in work being present.
to the church of God being in Corinth, to the sanctified in Christ Jesus, to the called saints, along with all who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs and ours:
He that rejects me, and receiving not my words, has one judging him: the word which I have spoken, it will judge him in the last day.
as also he says in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
But the apostles in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria has received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John:
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;
For whosoever may be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and wicked generation, the Son of man shall also be ashamed of him, when He may come in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.
But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints;
And calling His twelve disciples, He gave them power over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and heal every disease, and every malady.
Therefore let us offer to God a sacrifice of praise continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, confessing to his name.
in order that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may grant unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the perfect knowledge of himself;
And Thomas, one of the twelve, the one called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
For this is the divine love of God, that we may keep his commandments: and his commandments are not heavy:
Then Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the region about the Jordan, were coming out to him,
Come now, ye who are saying, To-day or to-morrow we will go into that city, and abide there a year, and trade and accumulate:
And he responded, No. Then they said to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those having sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?
But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruit of them that slept.
And the Spirit said to me, to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brethren went along with me, and we entered into the house of the man.
And He says to them, Follow after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
After this, Jesus seeing that all things are already perfected, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.
For we conclude that a man is justified by faith without works of law.
And the peace of God, that passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
so to my utmost ability, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
Moreover it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.
in order that we may be no longer infants, tossed by the waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, in the caprice of the people, in their craftiness, pursuant to their method of delusion;
And Jesus responding says to them, Have God's faith.
for where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.
And you, being at one time aliens and enemies in your minds on account of wicked works, nevertheless he has now reconciled
He left Judea and came again into Galilee.
Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth; good will among men.
But concerning those things about which you wrote to me: That it is good for a man not to receive a wife:
But at this time king Herod reached forth his hands to persecute some of those from the church.
until we may all come into the unity of the faith, and of the perfect knowledge of the Son of God, into a perfect man, into the measure of the likeness of the fulness of Christ:
And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and apprehending that they are unlearned and ignorant men, they continued to be astonished, and recognized them, that they were with Jesus;
for with the heart it is believed unto righteousness; and with the mouth it is confessed unto salvation.
And in the morning, exceedingly early, while it was yet night, having arisen up He came out, and went away into a desert place, and was praying there.
For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a landlord man, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
And he meditating on these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying; Joseph, son of David, do not fear to receive Mary thy wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit;
Hozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; Achaz begat Hezekiah;
And I pray this, that your divine love may yet more and more abound in perfect knowledge and all understanding;
and to sister Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the church in your house.
And when they draw nigh to Jerusalem and to Bethany, to the Mount of Olives, He sends away two of His disciples,
The apostles return to Jesus, and related unto Him all things, even so many as they did, and so many as they taught.
And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord, their God.
So, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
For the law having the shadow of good things to come, not the real image of the things, annually with the same sacrifices which they offer continually, is by no means able to make perfect those coming to it:
and he was desiring to fill his stomach from the pods, which the swine were eating: and no one gave unto him:
For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
It behooveth Him to increase, and me to decrease.
And again He began to teach by the sea: and a great multitude is gathered unto Him, so that He having gone into a ship, sat on the sea; and the whole multitude was at the sea on the land.
whom it behooves heaven indeed to receive until the times of the restitution of all things which God spoke through the mouth of all his prophets from the beginning.
For not having followed cunningly devised fables, have we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty.
And they asked him, and said to him, Then why do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor that prophet?
having been ordained the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, from the resurrection of the dead, of Jesus Christ our Lord:
And they come into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath, He was teaching in the synagogue.
And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, is its temple.
For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead;
And a leper comes to Him, entreating Him, and bowing the knee to Him, and saying to Him, That if thou mayest be willing, thou art able to cleanse me.
And finally, all being like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brethren, merciful, humble:
who was delivered on account of our transgressions, and raised for our justification.
For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted;
are you not condemned among yourselves, and have you not become the judges of evil reasonings?
The young man says to Him, All these have I kept from my youth: what lack I yet?
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely you did receive, freely give.
But why do you judge your neighbor, or indeed why do you discount your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
Therefore if you may bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,
But I wish you to remember, once having known all these things, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, destroyed them that believed riot, the second time:
For the earth drinking the rain coming often upon her, and bringing forth the herb nutritious to those by whom it is also cultivated, receives blessings from God:
John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness the baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins.
Then therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
But it would be impossible for me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world:
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision or uncircumcision avails anything; but faith working through divine love.
And let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, in which you are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
But we beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering unto him;
Little children, let us love with divine love not in word, nor in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you abstain from fornication;
Jesus responded to them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, That every one doing sin is the slave of sin.
And from this time Jesus began to show to His disciples, that it behooves Him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders and the chief priest and the scribes, and to be killed, and rise the third day.
And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
The persuasion is not of the one calling you.
on account of which cause I indeed suffer these things: but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to stand guard over that which is committed unto me unto that day.
Blessed is the one reading, and those hearing the word of the prophecy, and keeping the things which have been written in it: for the time is at hand.
And Jesus responding said to them, See, lest any one may deceive you.
But now abide faith, hope, divine love, these three; but the greatest of these is divine love.
longing to see you, remembering your tears, in order that I may be filled with joy;
For if being enemies we are reconciled to God through the death of his Son; how much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved through his life:
for the mind of depravity is death: and the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.
But at midnight Paul and Silas, praying, continued to sing praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.
I am the Good Shepherd; I know mine, and mine know me,
in order that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, even all the Gentiles, on whom my name has been called upon them, says the Lord, who doeth these things
Then what shall we say? is the law sin? It could not be so; but I did not know sin except through the law: for indeed I had not known lusts, unless the law said, Thou shalt not covet.
teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we must live prudently and righteously and holily in this present age;
Every one sending away his wife, and marrying another, commits adultery; and the one marrying her who has been sent away by her husband commits adultery.
And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, Come out from her, my people, in order that you may not partake of her sins, and in order that you may not receive of her plagues;
having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is going to be a resurrection, both of the just and unjust.
knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,
Thus the word of the Lord increased and accumulated strength according to His power.
Jesus saying these things, went out with His disciples beyond the brook of Kidron, where there was a garden, into which He and His disciples came.
Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ.
And He said to them, I saw Satan having fallen as the lightning from heaven.
Jesus seeing him lying down, and knowing that he already has much time, says to him; Do you wish to be whole?
if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or I speak for myself.
and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art proven of him:
For he is our peace, the one having made both one, and having broken down the middle wall of partition,
And having gone forward a little, He fell on His face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me: moreover not as I will, but as thou wilt.
We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the evil one.
as that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their transgressions to them, even having placed in us the word of reconciliation.
Here is wisdom. Let the one having understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man. And his is, Six hundred and sixty-six.
And on account of this we also give thanks to God incessantly, because, receiving the word of God from us by hearing, you received it not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God, who indeed works in you who believe.
And when the days of their purification were fulfilled, according to the law of Moses, they carried him up into Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,
one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and above you all, and in all.
John responded to all, saying; I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh One more powerful than I, the latchet of His sandals I am not worthy to loose; He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire.
Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
For, unto this the gospel was also preached to the dead, in order that they may indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
But what I am doing, I indeed will do, in order that I may cut off occasion from those wishing occasion, in order that in whatsoever they may glory, they may be found even as we are.
And He said to them, Truly I say unto you, that there are certain ones of those standing here, who may not taste of death, until they may see the kingdom of God, having come with power.
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Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him! because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.
And Jesus was going round all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady among the people.
But Christ being a high priest of good things to come, through a greater and a more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this world;
Then He says to His disciples, The harvest truly is great and the laborers are few;
But the publican, standing a great way off, did not wish even to lift up his eyes to the heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner.
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens: and whatsoever you may bind on the earth, shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever you may loose on earth shall be loosed in the heavens.
so that we ourselves rejoice over you in the churches of God, on account of your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which you endure;
Beloved, imitate not the evil, but the good. The one doing good is of God: the one doing evil has not seen God.
And they having gone away, behold, the angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying; Having arisen, take the young child and His mother, and fly into Egypt; and be thou there until I may speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child in order to destroy Him.
Godliness with contentment is great gain,
which is not another: but there are certain ones who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the gospel of Christ.
If you may keep my commandments, abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and I abide in His love.
They came out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have remained with us: but in order that they might be made manifest that they are not all of us.
in order that you may distinguish those things which differ; that you may be pure and without offence in the day of Christ;
but there is to us one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we in him.
But we know that the Son of God has come and has given unto us intelligence, that we know the truth. And we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ; he is the true God, and eternal life.
And Jesus said, Make the people sit down. And there was much grass in the place. However the men sat down in number about five thousand.
And it was said, Whosoever may send away his wife, let him give her a divorcement.
And there is a pool at the sheep-market, called in Hebrew Bethzatha, having five porches.
but according to the Holy One who has called you. Be ye also holy in all your deportment;
But if I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret it, if indeed I did regret it; for I see that, if that letter indeed grieved you for an hour,
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.
And when He was in Jerusalem at the feast, during the passover, many believed on His name, seeing His miracles which He was doing;
The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a treasure having been hidden in a field; which a man having found, concealed; and from his joy he goes and sells all things so many as he has, and buys that field.
how shall we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? which having received the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those who heard it;
and immediately He called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired hands, they departed after Him.
from the day on which, having given commandment through the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom He had chosen, He was received up.
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out in your behalf.
knowing this first, that at the last days mockers will come forth in scoffing, walking according to their own lusts,
Reject a heretical man after the first and second admonition;
having blotted out the handwriting which was against us in ordinances, which was antagonistical to us: and took it out from the midst, having nailed it to the cross;
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle may be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
in every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you.
Jesus says to them, My food is that I may do the will of Him that sent me, and finish His work.
And they sailed into the country of the Gergesenes, which is over against Galilee.
These all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off, and embracing them, and confessing that they are strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Do you not know, that to whom you present yourselves servants unto obedience, ye are servants to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness?
Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our profession;
For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,
Therefore having laid aside all filthiness and excess of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
For so many as are of works of law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who does not abide in all things which have been written in the book of the law, to do the same.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.
And there was a great sign in the heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
who wishes all men to be saved, and to come to the perfect knowledge of the truth.
as Sarah submitted to Abraham, calling him Lord: whose children you have become, doing good, and not fearing any calamity.
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of the heavens draweth nigh.
And Jesus was going around all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and ailment.
And immediately, having come out from the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
But I wish you to know, that Christ is the head of every man; and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.
Jesus wept.
whosoever do not know that which belongs to the morrow: for what is your life? For you are a vapor, appearing for a moment, and then vanishing away;
in order that they instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
I have manifested thy name, to the men whom thou didst give me out of the world. They were thine, and thou didst give them to me; and they have kept thy word:
and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Acheim; Acheim begat Eliud;
You see that a man is justified by works, and not only by faith.
And when you may see Jerusalem shut up by the armies, then know that her desolation is nigh.
who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for evermore: amen.
And that I may not be exalted by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given unto me in the flesh, the messenger of Satan that he may buffet me, in order that I may not be exalted.
But abide thou in those things which thou hast learned and in which thou hast been instructed, knowing from whom thou hast learned;
and He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
And having traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came into Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
And there was certain Greeks of those having come up that they might worship at the feast:
And he shewed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out from the throne of God and the Lamb.
And having come down with them, He stood upon a level place, and a great multitude of His disciples, and a great crowd of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and Tyre and Sidon by the sea, who came to hear Him, and to be healed of their diseases;
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, depart from you, with all evil.
Jesus having gone out departed from the temple, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple.
neither will they say; Lo, here! or, there! for behold, the kingdom of God is among you.
I do not pray that you may take them out of the world, but that you may keep them from the evil one.
And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied exceedingly in Jerusalem, and a great multitude of the priests were obedient unto the faith.
To Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery having been hidden during the eternal times,
which he has wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead, and seating him on his right hand in the heavenlies,
And praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do: for they think they shall be heard in their much speaking.
For the law of the Spirit of life has made thee free from the law of sin and of death.
Brethren, indeed the desire of my heart and my prayer to God in their behalf, is for their salvation.
Then Pilate said to Him, Then, art thou not a king? Jesus responded, Thou says that I am king. Unto this I was born, and unto this I have come into the world, in order that I may bear witness to the truth. Every one being of the truth hears my voice.
And they conquered him through the blood of the Lamb, and the word of their testimony; and with divine love they love not their life unto death.
For indeed you, who ought to be teachers so far as time is concerned, have need that some one again teach you what are the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have need of milk, not solid food.
Therefore it behooves the bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, modest, prudent, orderly, hospitable, competent to teach,
but to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet
that at the name of Jesus every knee must bow, of things in heaven and things upon the earth and things beneath the earth,
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And the angel having come to her said; Hail, thou blessed one; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women.
But let him ask in faith, doubting as to nothing; for he that doubts is like unto a wave of the sea driven by the winds and tossed by the tempest.
Forget not hospitality: for by it some having entertained angels were incognizant.
By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place which he was about to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and went out, not knowing whither he goes.
In whom you rejoice, if however it is needful, being grieved a little while among manifold temptations: in order
And the God of peace, the one having raised up from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep, make you perfect, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
And the Pharisees, hearing that He silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
And all those who dwell upon the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world, will worship him.
Then they returned into Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, being a journey of a Sabbath day.
John responded to them, saying, I baptize with water: There standeth One in your midst whom you do not know,
but you have come to mount Zion, and to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the city of the living God, and to myriads of angels,
And He came out thence and comes into His own country; and His disciples follow Him:
So let us feast, not on the old leaven, nor on the leaven of sin and iniquity, but on the unleavened bread of purity and truth.
let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, through him this man now stands sound in your presence.
And the well of Jacob was there. Then Jesus having become weary from the journey, was sitting thus by the well: it was about the sixth hour.
But, according to his promises, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, wherein righteousness dwells.
in love having predestinated us unto the adoption of sons unto himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Truly I say unto you, That whosoever may say to this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and may not doubt in his heart, but believe that what he says does take place; it shall be unto him.
Therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all the filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, and looking up to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Because you have kept the word of my patience, and I will keep you from the hour of temptation, which is about to come upon the whole world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.
And Jesus responded to them, Is it not written in your law, that I said, Ye are gods?
And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of man.
And they hearing these things, proceeding, He spoke a parable, because he is nigh unto Jerusalem, and they think the kingdom of God is about to be made manifest immediately.
And according to custom to Paul, he came in unto them, and for three Sabbaths he expounded unto them from the scriptures,
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Blessed are ye when they may despise you, and shall persecute you, and may say all evil against you, falsifying, for my sake.
forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any one may have a quarrel against any one; as Christ also forgave you, so indeed do you likewise:
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Then I say, Did God cast away his people? it could not be so. For I am indeed an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Then what shall we say that Abraham, our father according to the flesh, has found?
And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
And many miracles and wonders were wrought by the hands of the apostles among the people. And they were all of one accord in Solomon's porch.
(for we walk by faith, not by sight);
And He said to them, O ye foolish, and slow in heart to believe in all those things which the prophet spoke!
The one having the Son has the life; the one not having the Son of God has not the life.
Indeed it is already altogether a small matter to you, that you have law-suits one with another. Why do you not rather stiffer injustice? why are you not rather defrauded?
For we now see through a mirror in an enigma; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know perfectly even as I am perfectly known.
nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which present questions, rather than the economy of God which is in faith:
For if you live according to depravity, you are about to die: but if through the Spirit you kill the practices of the body, you shall live.
Then He comes into a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the place which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
And as they did not approve to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are inappropriate;
Jesus responded and said to them, This is the work of God, that you may believe on Him whom He hath sent.
And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him; Is it lawful for a man to send away his wife for any cause?
Therefore we are embassadors in behalf of Christ, as God is intreating you through us; we pray you in behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
For having received from God the Father the honor and glory of such a voice having been borne to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath through the cornfields; and His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears, and eat.
Where are the nine? And they were not found returning to give thanks to God, except this one foreigner.
After these things I saw, and behold, a door was opened in the heaven: and the first voice I heard was as of a trumpet speaking with me; saying; Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which it behooves to come to pass after these.
but there is one thing, indeed forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal unto the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
and not only so, but we ourselves, having the earnest of the Spirit, and we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of sons, the redemption of our body.
And a certain man, by name Simon, was formerly practicing magic in the city, and bewitching the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great man:
And His disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house doth eat me up.
Therefore take the panoply of God, that you may be able to stand in the evil day, and having done all things, to stand.
the living one, and I was dead; and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Whosoever may have the sustenance of the world, and see his brother having need, and shut up his sympathies from him, how dwells the divine love of God in him?
Therefore humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up in due time:
And when He drew near, seeing the city He wept over it,
And the angel said to her; Fear not, Mary; for thou didst find favor with God.
And I say unto you, that every idle word whatsoever men shall speak, they shall give an account concerning the same in the day of judgment.
but I do not permit a woman to dictate or usurp authority over her husband, but to be in silence.
And the Pharisees having come forward asked Him, If it is lawful for a man to send away his wife? tempting Him.
And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the full moon became like blood;
The one saying that he abides in him ought himself so to walk about, as he also did walk about.
Then indeed those having been dispersed abroad on account of the persecution prevailing over Stephen came through even to Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews only.
Whosoever may send away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery unto her.
And they praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
Truly, truly, I say unto thee, that we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and you received not our testimony.
And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subordinated to us in thy name.
And he arrived into Derbe and Lystra. And, behold, a certain disciple was there, by name Timothy, the son of a faithful Jewish woman, and a Greek father,
On the following day a great multitude having come to the feast, hearing that Jesus comes into Jerusalem,
Then Peter responded, Whether is any one able to forbid the water, that these shall not be baptized, whosoever received the Holy Ghost as we indeed?
And it came to pass that the beggar died, and himself was carried by the angels into the bosom of Abraham: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
in whom we have redemption, the remission of sins:
who through him are faithful toward God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope are toward God.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; because I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.
Blessed are the meek, because they shall inherit the earth.
and God was with him, and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and he placed him governor over Egypt and all his house.
And it was the passover and feast of unleavened bread after two days. And the high priests and scribes were seeking how they might kill Him, having taken Him by stratagem.
And when the eight days of circumcising Him were fulfilled, and His name was called Jesus, having been called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, in order that the excellency of the power, may be of God, and not of us;
If indeed you keep the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor with divine love as thyself, you do well.
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to Him, saying, Teacher, we wish that you may do unto us whatsoever we may ask.
for it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
it could not be so: but let God be true, and every man a liar; as indeed it has been written, In order that you may be justified in your words, and shall prevail, in your judgment.
And in that day you will ask of me nothing. Truly, truly, I say unto you, Whatsoever you may ask the Father, He will give it to you in my name.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and one of them will not fall to the ground without your Father.
Truly, truly, I say unto you, that the hour cometh and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and having heard will live.
let the women be silent in the churches: for it is not permitted to them to talk; but let them be subordinate, as the law also says.
But the wisdom which is from above is indeed first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily persuaded, full of mercy and of good works, free from partiality and hypocrisy.
As has been written in the prophets; Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee;
And He walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting their net into the sea; for they were fishers.
But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be burdened with luxury, and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day may come on you unanticipated.
But the apostles and brethren being throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.
And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that their Master and yours is in the heavens, and that there is no respect of persons with him.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
Prove your own selves, if you are in the faith; examine yourselves; whether do you not know yourselves, that Christ Jesus is in you? unless indeed you are reprobates.
If having fallen down thou mayest worship me: then Jesus says to him, Get behind me, Satan; for it has been written; Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.
And He said to them; But now, let the one having a purse, take it, likewise also valise: and let the one having no sword, sell his cloak and buy one.
Because of Him, and through him, and unto him, are all things: to him be glory forever: amen.
rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
But, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia;
Moreover love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest: because He is good to the ungrateful and wicked.
And Jesus sent out the twelve, commanding them, Go not in the way of the Gentiles, and enter not into a city of the Samaritans.
So you also thus reckon yourselves dead unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ.
Him hath God exalted at His own right hand, a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.
whom God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was impossible that he should be held by it.
Be ye imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.
Therefore I also, having heard of the faith among you in the Lord Jesus, and your love which is toward all the saints,
the one having saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times,
the manifestation of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed suffer:
And I will endeavor to have each one of you after my departure make mention of these things.
so also Christ, having once been offered up to bear away the sins of many, will appear the second time apart from sin unto salvation to those expecting him.
whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain.
But we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Whether are you ignorant, O brethren, for I speak to those knowing the law, for the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he may live?
for I did not shrink to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Then Jesus seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved, standing by, said to His mother; Woman, behold, thy son.
For we know that all creation groans together and travails together until now;
If possible, so far as it is within your power, living in peace with all men;
For other foundation no one is able to lay beside the one which is laid, who is Jesus Christ.
Then when he went out, Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
And the Lord said to him, Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel:
But God has revealed them to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
For you have not come to the mountain that can be touched, and that is burnt with fire, and unto blackness and darkness, and tempest,
You shall know them by their fruits. Do the people gather the grape-bunches from thorns, or figs from thistles?
And Peter and John responding said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than God, judge ye;
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no more burden than these necessary things,
and so all Israel shall be saved: as has been written, A leader shall come out of Zion, shall turn ungodliness from Jacob.
Beloved, whatsoever faithful deed thou mayest do to the brethren, thou art also dispensing to the strangers,
so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and members one of another.
And now I entreat thee, O Cyria, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another with divine love.
because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother may sin, rebuke him; if he may repent, forgive him.
Every one having been born of God does not sin; because his seed remains in him: and he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.
lie not to one another, having laid aside the old man with his habits,
He spake a parable to them, saying, The farm of a certain rich man was very productive:
Returning to no one evil for evil; providing things beautiful in the sight of all men.
When He completed all His words in the ears of the people, He came into Capernaum.
And He being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, He sitting at the table, a woman came having an alabaster box of myrrh of spikenard estimated very valuable; and breaking the alabastar box, she poured it on His head.
And this is the will of the One having sent me, that everything that the Father has given unto me I shall lose nothing of it, but I shall raise it up in the last day.
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and the same man was righteous and godly, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him;
And here indeed men dying, receive tithes; however there, he is witnessed to that he lives.
For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain ones of those who recommend themselves: but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves to themselves, are not wise.
And having set them in the midst, asked them, By what power or in what name have you done this?
And his head and his hairs were as wool, white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire;
Remember your leaders, who spoke to you the word of God: the outgoing of whose deportment seeing, imitate their faith.
And it being evening, they brought to Him many demonized people: and He cast out the demons by His word, and healed all the sick;
Therefore then, as by the transgression of one, judgment came to all men to condemnation; so also through the righteousness of one, the free gift came on all men unto the justification of life:
But as were the days of Noah, so indeed shall be the coming of the Son of man.
but he humbled himself, having taken the form of a servant, being in the likeness of men; and having been found in fashion like a man;
by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
To the angel who is in the church at Ephesus write; The one holding the seven stars in his right hand, the one walking about in the midst of the golden candlesticks, says these things;
For those speaking such things declare that they are seeking after a country of their own.
And his Lord responding said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, didst thou know that I gather where I have not sown, and reap where I have not strewn?
In this my Father is glorified, that you may bear much fruit; and ye shall be my disciples.
And a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came into Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.
Do you not say, That it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and see the fields, because they are white unto the harvest
And Jesus passing along from thence, saw a man sitting at the toll, called Matthew; and He says to him, Follow me. And having arisen up, he followed Him.
But to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, be honor and glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest;
For walking in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh;
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
For this is the will of my Father, that every one seeing the Son, and believing on Him, may have eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day.
And they having come, say to Him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and there is not a care to thee for any one: for thou dost not look into the face of men, but thou dost teach the way of God in truth: is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? must we give, or must we not give?
who are preserved by the power of God through faith unto the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Therefore having laid aside all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all calumniations;
And Jesus crossing over in the ship again to the other side, a great multitude was gathered unto Him; and He was by the sea.
Are not all these ministering spirits, having been sent forth unto ministration for the sake of those who are about to inherit salvation?
But fly from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, divine love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a clean heart.
And this is the divine love, that we may walk about according to his commandments; this is the commandment, That, as you heard from the beginning, that you may walk about in it.
And He departing out from the temple, one of His disciples says to Him, Teacher, behold, how great stones and how great buildings!
And another, the third angel followed these, saying with a great voice, If any one worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark upon his forehead, or upon his hand,
but she who is wanton is dead though living.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name done many mighty works?
Dost thou not believe, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words which I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father who abideth in me doeth His own works.
And responding He said to them, Beautifully did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as has been written, This people honor me with lips, but their heart is far from me.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and miracles among the people.
And He calls the twelve to Him, and began to send them out two by two; and He gave them authority over unclean spirits.
the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,
Then Jesus said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep.
of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand; of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
But the promises were spoken to Abraham and his seed. He does not say, And unto seeds, as of many; but as of one; And thy seed, which is Christ.
Moses indeed said; The Lord our God will raise up to you from your brethren a prophet like unto me; Him you will hear concerning all things so many as he may speak to you.
who have witnessed to thy divine love before the church: whom you will do well, having sent forth worthily of God.
He that is faithful in the least is also faithful in much: and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous in much.
And I did not know Him, but in order that He may be made manifest to Israel, on this account I came baptizing with water.
For as the lightning comes from the east, and shines even unto the west; so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.
But if any one provides not for his own, and especially those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
And when the thousand years may be fulfilled, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
You have an unction from the Holy One, and you all know.
Fly from fornication. Every sin which a man may commit is outside of his body; the one committing fornication sins against his own body.
For one indeed judges a day above a day: another judges every day (alike); let each one be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Labor not for the food that perishes, but the food that abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man gives to you: for this God the Father hath sealed.
And coming up straightway from the water, He saw the heavens open and the Spirit like a dove descending on Him.
but one of the soldiers pierced His side through with the spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
For as Jonah was in the stomach of the whale three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
Divine love never falls: but whether there are prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there are tongues, they shall cease; whether there is knowledge, it shall vanish away.
And Peter responded to her, Tell me if you sold the place for so much? And she said; Yes, for so much.
Jesus did this, the beginning of miracles, in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed on Him.
Therefore the law became our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be justified by faith;
And recognizing this time, that it is already the hour we should wake out of sleep: for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.
So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the pretorian army, and to all the rest;
Let your loins be girted, and your lamps burning;
But I say unto you, that every one sending away his wife, except on account of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever may marry her who has been cast off commits adultery.
For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;
And when you may see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not (let him that readeth know), then let those in Judea fly to the mountains:
Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome the evil with the good.
And Mary said to the angel; How shall this be, since I know not man?
Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they may trample them under their feet, and having turned round tear you to pieces.
Jesus says to him, Because you have seen me, you have believed: happy are those not seeing, and believing.
as also in all his epistles, speaking in the same concerning these things; in which there are some things hard to understand, which the unlearned and unestablished wrest, as they also do the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
Let the elders who stand before the people beautifully, be considered worthy of double remuneration, especially those laboring in the word and teaching.
For being free from all, I rendered myself servant to all, that I may gain the more.
Then it is not of him that willeth, nor him that runneth, but of God who shows mercy.
Therefore indeed, being dispersed abroad, they went everywhere preaching the word:
Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Charge the rich in this world not to think high things, nor to hope in uncertain riches, but in God, who richly supplies us all things for our enjoyment;
Then He opened their mind, that they might understand the Scriptures.
Jesus responded and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel and knowest not these things?
And He said, Those things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.
And they having come from Perge, arrived into Picidian Antioch, and having come into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, they sat down.
For Christ did not come into the sanctuaries made with hands, the pattern of the true; but into heaven itself, now to be made manifest unto the face of God in our behalf:
For it became him, on account of whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in leading many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.
in reference to zeal, persecuting the church, according to righteousness which was in the law being blameless.
It came to pass, while He was praying alone, His disciples came to Him. And He asked them, saying, Whom do the multitudes say that I am?
And on the first day of the unleavened bread, when they were accustomed to slay the passover, His disciples say to Him; Where do you wish, that we, having gone away may prepare that you may eat the passover?
before all things having divine love stedfast toward one another; because divine love covers a multitude of sins:
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and Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
For whom God sent speaketh the words of God: for He does not give His spirit by measure.
Therefore watch, praying all the time, that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
and to you who are troubled, rest with us, in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power
Having many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write them to you with ink and paper:
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself and his sons, and his herds, drank of it?
Because I have come down from heaven, not that I may do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me.
For if by the transgression of one death reigned through one; how much more shall those receiving the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Christ Jesus!)
And immediately early in the morning the high priests having made counsel with the elders and scribes, and all the sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.
At the same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes: yea, Father, because it was thus pleasing in thy sight.
in whom you are also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of depravity, in the circumcision of Christ;
Cleanse away the old leaven, in order that you may be a new lump, as you are free from leaven; for Christ has truly become our Passover.
Who is a liar except the one denying that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist, the one denying the Father and the Son.
but exhort one another each day, while it is called to-day; in order that no one of you may be hardened with the deceitfulness of sin:
And John responded to Him saying, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in Thy name, who does not follow us; and we forbade him, because he does not follow us.
And again when he may lead in the first begotten into the world, he says, Indeed let all the angels of God worship him.
No servant is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
Rising up thence He comes into the coasts of Judea, through the region beyond the Jordan; and the multitudes again come to Him, and, as was His custom, He again taught them.
he humbled himself, being obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.
And He spoke to His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul, what you may eat; nor for your body, what you may put on.
Therefore my Father loves Me, because I lay down my soul, that I may take it again.
And walking by the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting their net in the sea: for they were fishers.
and He made us a kingdom, priests unto God even his Father; to him be glory and dominion unto the ages of the ages; amen.
The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one presses into it.
and through him, to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross: through him, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.
Who in the days of his flesh, having with strong crying and tears offered up both prayers and supplications unto him who is able to save him from death, and having been heard on account of his piety,
And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.
This Jesus God raised up, whose witnesses we are.
Therefore be not solicitous unto the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
and continued to stone Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
And we have trusted in the Lord in your behalf, that you are doing, and will do whatsoever we command.
But the one having looked into the perfect law which is the law of liberty, and having remained in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be happy in his work.
And it came to pass, that He was traveling through the corn-fields on the Sabbath-day; and His disciples began to make the journey plucking the ears.
And the unction which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one may teach you: but as his unction teaches you concerning all things, and it is true, and it is no lie, and as he has taught you, abide in him.
And His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found as He said to them, and prepared the passover.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
And if you call upon the Father, the One judging without respect of persons according to the work of each, pass the time of your sojourn with fear,
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he continued to speak as the dragon.
And Mary was standing at the sepulcher without, weeping: then while she was weeping, she looked into the sepulcher;
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
For I know that in me, that is, in my carnal mind, there dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but to do that which is beautiful is not:
And the child continued to grow and waxed strong in spirit, being full of wisdom; and the grace of God was on Him.
Then Jesus comes with them into a place called Gethsemane, and He says to His disciples, Sit here, until I having gone may pray there.
You lust, and you have not: you murder, and you strive, and you are not able to obtain: you fight and you war; and have not, because you do not ask:
Because this is my covenant which I will establish with the house of Israel after these days, says the Lord; having given my laws in their mind, I will also write them on their heart; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be unto me a people.
He responded, a man called Jesus made mortar and besmeared my eyes, and said, Go to Siloam, and wash. Then having gone away and washed, I looked up.
But now you are in Christ Jesus, who being at one time far off have been made nigh by the blood of Christ.
And I, brethren, was not able to speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even babes in Christ.
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
but I fear, lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity which is in Christ.
For indeed, when we were with you, we foretold you that we are about to suffer tribulation; as indeed took place, and you know it.
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outwardly in the flesh.
You worship, you know not what: we worship that which we know: because salvation is of the Jews.
And after these things He came out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting at the toll, and He said to him, Follow me.
Therefore he ought in all things to be made like unto his brethren, in order that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things appertaining to God, to the end that he may atone for the sins of the people.
And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed on the ground;
because in him all fulness is pleased to dwell;
Because God is the one, having said; Out of the darkness the light shall shine, which shone in our hearts, to the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
but if they do not contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
And He spoke to His disciples, It is impossible for offenses not to come: but woe unto him, through whom they come;
through which the wrath of God comes.
Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
And a vision was seen by Paul during the night: Some Macedonian man was standing and entreating him and saying, Having come over into Macedonia, help us.
And after this I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow upon the earth, nor the sea, nor upon any tree.
For of these are those creeping into houses, and leading captive little, silly women laden with sins, being led by divers lusts,
They say to Him, Caesar's. Then He says to them, Therefore render Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things which are God's.
I say unto you that so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, rather than ninety and nine just persons who have not need of repentance.
All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable: all things are lawful, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Then He says to Thomas, Bring hither your finger, and see my hands, and bring your hand, and cast it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
because He was my Creator. And of His fullness we all received grace upon grace.
For that which I do, I know not: for I do that which I do not will; but I do that which I hate.
Father, that which thou hast given unto me, I wish that they may also be with me, where I am, in order that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given unto me: because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.
For when the Gentiles, not having the law, may by nature do the things of the law, they, not having the law, are a law unto themselves:
After these things Jesus walked about in Galilee: for He was not willing to walk about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.
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And He said to him, having arisen, go: thy faith hath saved thee.
not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they abode not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, says the Lord.
Men, brethren, it is lawful to speak to you with boldness concerning the patriarch David, because he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
And they asked Him, saying, that the scribes say, that it behooves Elijah first to come.
And they come into Jerusalem: and He having come into the temple, began to cast out the buyers and sellers in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money-exchangers, and the seats of those selling doves;
But if any one seems to be religious, bridling not his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, the religion of that man is vain.
And they heard a great voice out of the heaven saying to them, Come up hither; and they ascended up into the heaven in a cloud; and their enemies saw them.
whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
which indeed was known to all those dwelling at Jerusalem, so that field, in their own dialect, is called Acheldamach; that is, field of blood.
but whosoever may blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is subject of eternal condemnation.
And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying; This is my beloved Son in whom I delight.
among whom we all indeed at one time lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were by nature the children of wrath, like the rest also:
On the following day he wished to depart into Galilee, and he finds Philip. And Jesus says to him; Follow me.
And there was a contention among them, which one of them seems to be the greater,
And He said to them, The harvest is indeed great, but the laborers are few: therefore pray you the Lord of the harvest, that He may send forth laborers into His harvest.
Jesus looking on him loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
I say this in order that no one may deceive you with a persuasive speech.
Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.
Take heed to yourselves, that you may not destroy those things which you have wrought, but may receive a full reward.
And Jesus said to them, I will ask you; What is lawful on the Sabbath; to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy?
and thou shalt roll them up like a mantle, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail thee.
You know the commandments, thou must not commit adultery, thou must not murder, thou must not steal, thou must not bear false witness, honor thy father and mother.
by the word of truth, by the power of God; through the arms of righteousness right and left,
Truly I say unto you, that whatsoever things you may bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever things you may loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Then let it be known unto you, men brethren, that through this one remission of sins is preached:
And on the following day, they traveling, and drawing nigh the city, Peter went up on the house to pray about the sixth hour.
Then therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to depravity, to live according to depravity.
And He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge round it, and dug a wine-trough; and built a tower, and he gave it out to husbandmen, and went away.
Bless them that persecute you; bless, and scold not.
for I did not receive it from man, neither was I taught it, but through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For you bring certain strange things to our hearing: therefore we desire to know what these things wish to be.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that you should obey the lusts of it:
And all this took place in order that the Word, having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying;
through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, in behalf of his name:
But I say unto you, That whosoever may send away his wife, not for fornication, and may marry another, commits adultery.
And it came to pass on one of the days, He and His disciples went into a ship. And He said to them, Let us go to the other side of the lake. And they were embarked.
And in Hades lifted up his eyes, being in torment, sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride is adorned for her husband.
that one should overreach and defraud his brother in a business transaction: because the Lord is the avenger concerning these things, as we indeed before told you and witnessed to you.
And when they were leading Him away, taking a certain Simon, a Cyrenean, coming from the country, they placed the cross on him, to carry it after Jesus.
And when they came to the place called Calvary.There they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right and one on the left.
with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in divine love;
For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall not drink wine and strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from the womb of his mother.
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
And the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against I Him that they might destroy Him.
And Jesus came into the temple of God, and cast out all the buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-exchangers, and the seats of those selling the doves;
For those sleeping, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, get drunk in the night:
and in him every one believing is justified from all things from which ye were not able to be justified by the law of Moses.
And when His brothers went up to the feast, then Himself also went up, not openly, but in secret.
Then the Jews were saying to the healed man, It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
I will not leave you orphans: I am coming to you.
And others tempting, continued to seek with Him a sign from heaven.
looking not each after your own interests, but each after that of others.
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; The holy, true one, the one having the key of David, the one opening, and no one shall shut; and the one shutting, and no one shall open; says these things.
for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of strongholds;
And he will go before Him in the spirit and Power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient unto the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people made ready for the Lord.
But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto prayers:
We, being with him in the holy mount, heard this voice borne from heaven.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
It behooveth us to work the works of Him that sent us, while it is day: the night comes, when no one is able to work.
because it has been written, Ye shall be holy; because I am holy.
His lord said to him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou wast faithful over few things, and I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord.
On account of this, if I may come, I will remember his works which he is doing, berating us with wicked speeches: and not content with these, he does not receive the brethren, and he prohibits them wishing to receive them, and casts them out of the church.
I say unto you, that He will avenge them speedily. Moreover the Son of man having come, will He then find faith upon the earth?
But I greatly rejoice in the Lord, because indeed you have at length revived to think about me; in whatsoever you indeed were thinking, nevertheless you lacked opportunity.
For if any one may see you having knowledge sitting at the table in the idol temple, will not the conscience of him, being weak, be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to the idols?
to all the beloved of God who are in Rome, saints having been called. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
because in everything you are enriched in him, in all speech and in all knowledge;
For as in Adam all die, so truly in Christ shall all be made alive.
Then the Jews, in order that the bodies may not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, since it was the Preparation (for the day of that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate, that they might break their legs, and take them down.
Therefore receiving an unshaken kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may worship God acceptably with reverence and fear:
Let the one having ears, hear what the Spirit says to the churches; to him who conquers I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
of whom are the fathers, and of whom is Christ according to the flesh. Who is over all, God blessed forever: amen.
Blessed and holy is the one having part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no authority, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
having destroyed governments and authorities, he made a public exhibition of them triumphing over them on it.
Saying that they were wise, they became fools,
And there appeared unto them divided tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them;
He spoke these things: and after this He says to them, Our friend Lazarus is asleep; and I go that I may awaken him.
And one of the malefactors having been hung up, continued to blaspheme Him, saying, If thou art the Christ, save thyself and us.
I Jesus sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, the bright and morning-star.
And you became imitators of us, and the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with the joy of the Holy Ghost;
But I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smites thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also:
you ask, and you receive not, because you ask wickedly, that you may expend it in your pleasures.
and forgive us our debts, as we have also forgiven our debtors:
And going forth thence a little, He saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, themselves also in a ship mending their nets,
And the Pharisees seeing, said to His disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?
Therefore I say unto you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men.
Fornication is truly heard of among you, and such fornication which is not among the heathens, that one should have the wife of his father.
But I make known to you, brethren, the gospel was preached to me, that it is not according to a man;
So let a man consider us, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Men, brethren, it behooved the scripture which the Holy Ghost predicted through the mouth of David concerning Judas, the one becoming leader to those arresting Jesus, to be fulfilled;
As I exhorted you to remain in Ephesus, I going into Macedonia, in order that you may command certain ones not to teach heterodoxy,
See, brethren, lest at some time there shall be in some one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God:
If any one may say, I love God with divine love, and may hate his brother, he is a liar: for the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, with divine love, is not able to love God, whom he has not seen, with divine love.
And on this account he is mediator of the new covenant, since there being death, unto the redemption of the transgressions unto the first covenant, those having been called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
But one will say, You have faith, and I have works: Show me your faith apart from works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
And after many days Paul said to Barnabas, Having returned let us now visit the brethren in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, how they are doing.
You are my friends, if you may do those things which I command you.
Paul, an apostle, not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,
And when they were filled, He says to His disciples, Gather up the remaining fragments, that nothing may be lost.
See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that their angels in heaven do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.
And He said, Father, Father, all things are possible to thee; take this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.
And they come into the place whose name is Gethsemane. And He says to His disciples, Sit here, until I may pray.
The Father, who has given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of the hand of the Father.
And they come into Bethsaida: and they bring Him a blind man, and they intreat Him that He may touch him.
And we are witnesses of these words, and the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to those who obey him.
My brethren, if any one among you may err from the truth, and one may turn him back;
To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind and their conscience are polluted.
And they were indeed bringing the infants to Him, that He should touch them: but the disciples seeing rebuked them.
let us draw nigh with a true heart in a full assurance of faith, having been sprinkled as to our hearts from an evil conscience,
And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.
Symeon hath related how God in the first place interposed to take a people from the Gentiles, in His name.
Abraham, our father, rejoiced that he might see my day; he saw it, and was glad.
If I spoke to you things upon the earth, and you do net believe, how will you believe, if I speak to you of things in heaven?
He that heareth you heareth me; he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth Him that sent me.
And He was in one of the cities, and was teaching; and there were many Pharisees and theologians, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
I in them, and thou in me, in order that they may be perfected into one; in order that the world may know that thou didst send me, and didst love them, as thou didst love me.
for whom the Lord loves he chastises, and scourges every son whom he receives.
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And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went away to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus.
And Jesus responded to him, saying; It has been written, That man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word of God.
saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand.
And a certain one of those sitting together, hearing these things, said to Him, Happy is he whosoever eateth bread in the kingdom of God.
think about those things above, and not things upon the earth.
But before faith came, we were kept under law, being shut up to the faith about to be revealed.
And in those days, after that desolation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light,
Therefore be not solicitous, saying, What can we eat? or what can we drink? or with what can we be clothed?
which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is in the veil,
But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; in order that we may know the things which have been graciously given unto us from God.
for as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous.
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a great voice to the one sitting on the cloud, Send forth your sickle, and reap: because the hour of reaping has come; because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
for he is not a God of confusion, but of peace. So in all the churches of the saints,
But thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and manifesting the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place:
For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one who believes.
And having heard, they unanimously lifted up their voice to God, and said, O Lord, thou having created the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things which are in them,
but I hope to see you immediately, and mouth to mouth we will speak. (15) Peace be unto you. The friends salute you; salute the friends by name.
But that servant knowing the will of his lord, and not preparing or doing according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
and he before all things, and all things consist in him:
and many of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are bold to speak the word of God more fluently without fear.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; and he laid his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
And while they were gazing up into the heaven, He going, and behold, two men stood by them in white garments, who also said,
that they should seek God, if perhaps indeed they might feel after him, and find him, though not being far from each one of you.
And the word was pleasing before all the multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas,
O ye generations of vipers, how are you, being evil, able to speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
And Anna was a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher, herself being advanced in many days, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity;
Truly I say unto you, This race may not pass away until all these things may be fulfilled.
And there were women looking on from a distance: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and Joses, and Salome;
and consider the longsuffering of the Lord's salvation; as our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom which was given unto him has written unto you;
Jesus said to him, If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
always learning, and never able to come into the perfect knowledge of the truth.
But concerning the contribution to the saints, as I commanded the churches of Galatia, so you also do.
Whosoever may offend one of these little ones who believe in me, rather is it good for him, if a millstone is hung about his neck, and he may be cast into the sea.
but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the lust of the flesh.
For must I now believe men, or God? whether do I seek to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I would not be the servant of Christ.
but every one doing the truth comes to the light, that his works may be made manifest, because they have been wrought in God.
And He was bearing His cross. And He went out into a place called Calvary, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
And you will be about to hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you are not disturbed: for it behooveth all these things to be, but the end is not yet.
But I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; for this is far better:
And they said to one another, Did not our heart bum within us, while He was talking to us on the way, as He was expounding the Scriptures to us?
We know that we have passed out of the death into the life, because we love the brethren with divine love; the one loving not with divine love, abides in the death.
As indeed it has been written; The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last man Adam, a life-creating spirit.
and Philip, having gone down to the city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them,
For in truth they were assembled together in this city, against thy holy Child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint; both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,
And Peter said, By no means, Lord, because I never was in the habit of eating anything unconsecrated and unclean.
Therefore Christ having suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind: because the one having suffered in carnality has ceased from sin;
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Therefore we ought to receive such, in order that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.
And they send to Him certain ones of the Pharisees and Herodians, that they may catch Him with speech.
Paul, called an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and brother Sosthenes,
Peter said, Silver and gold do not belong to me; but I give thee that which I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk about.
who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth,
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, along with the whole church, to send men chosen from them into Antioch along with Paul and Barnabas; Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brethren:
In this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:
And this is the one being in the church in the wilderness with the angel speaking to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give unto us;
And He submitted another parable to them, saying; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which, a man having taken, sowed in his field;
And I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things, having nothing more to do.
shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully.
If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he will give him life to those sinning not unto death. There is a sin unto death; concerning this I do not say that you may ask.
And He said to him, Why do you ask me concerning the good One? One is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.
And king Herod heard; for His name became known: and said, John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works are wrought in Him.
But truly all wishing to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
I glorified thee upon the earth, having finished the work that thou hast given to me that I may do it.
And having gone out, He departed, according to custom, into the Mount of Olives; and His disciples followed Him.
in every thing being enriched in all purity, which works out through us thanksgiving to God.
but you also lay aside all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, disgraceful talk out of your mouths:
But I wish you, brethren, to know that the affairs appertaining to me have turned out rather unto the promotion of the gospel.
In the meantime, myriads of the multitude having gathered together, So that they trode on one another, He began to speak to His disciples first; Take heed unto yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
and I was prominent in Judaism above many comrades in my race, being exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
But not as that the word of God has been a failure. For these are not all Israel who are of Israel;
and having deposed him, he raised up to them David for a king; to whom witnessing he also said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who will do all my wishes.
And immediately the Spirit casts Him out into the wilderness.
but now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, insomuch that he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been founded on better promises.
and he has raised you up, and caused you to sit in the heavenlies, in Christ Jesus:
And He goes up into the mountain, and calls whom He wished: and they went away to Him.
Follow after divine love; and seek the spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy.
and come forth; those having done good, unto the resurrection of life; and those having done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
Then Pilate took Jesus, and scourged Him.
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure of his heart brings forth that which is wicked: for out of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaks.
I shall no longer speak many things with you, because the prince of the world comes: and he has nothing in me;
For which one of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sitting down count the cost; if he has unto sufficiency?
And Jesus seeing their faith says to the paralytic, Child, thy sins are forgiven thee.
And he knocking at the door of the gate, a damsel, by name Rhoda, came to hearken:
Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh.
And these things beginning to take place, straighten up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption is nigh.
Hear, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor in the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him with divine love?
Moreover I have boldness in Christ Jesus as to the things appertaining to God:
And having been released they came to their own people, and proclaimed so many things as the chief priests and elders said to them.
And you know that he was manifested that he might take away sins; and in him there is no sin.
(for he says, At a set time I heard you, and in the day of salvation I assisted you; behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation);
then the end, when he may deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he may destroy all government, all authority and power.
And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot, the one sitting upon many waters:
And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
But, my brethren, before all, swear not, neither by heaven, or by earth, or any other oath: but let your conversation be yes yes; and no no; lest you may fall under condemnation.
If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.
And His mother and His brothers come; and standing without, sent to Him, calling Him.
neither through the blood of goats and bullocks, but through his own blood, came once into the holies, having found eternal redemption.
But if Christ is preached that he is risen from the dead, how do certain ones among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Jesus hearing, says to them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
But why do you see the mote which is in the eye of your brother, and do not recognize the beam which is in your own eye?
but if he may eat doubting, he has been condemned, because it is not of faith; but every thing which is not of faith is sin.
The woman says to Him, Sir, thou hast no windlass, and the well is deep: whence hast thou living water?
And Jesus responding said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon the son of Jonah: because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.
But heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word can not pass away.
The woman responded and said, I have no husband. Jesus says to her, Well didst thou say, I have no husband:
And it came to pass on the second Sabbath, He was going through the cornfields; and His disciples were plucking the ears, and eating, shelling them out with their hands.
Therefore, brethren, be the more diligent to make your calling and election sure: for doing these things you can never fall.
And He said to them, Which one of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
Then they said to Him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?
And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.
unto the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved:
created life in us in Christ, who were dead in trespasses, by grace you have been saved,
And such were some of you: but you have washed, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God.
Let the one stealing steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his own hands doing that which is good, that he may have to give to the one having need.
and to put on the new man, who has been created in harmony with God in the righteousness and holiness of the truth.
Therefore I wish that men in every place would all pray, holding up holy hands, without wrath and doubting:
Then let us fear, lest at some time, the promise to enter into his rest having been left, some of you may appear to have come short.
I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord, the one having filled me up with dynamite, because he considered me faithful, having put me in the ministry;
And the second is like unto it; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
But I praise you because you remember me in all things, and hold fast the commandments, as I delivered them unto you.
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Thus then every one of you who does not consecrate all his possessions, is not able to be my disciple.
Therefore he says, Having ascended upon high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to the people.
For I say unto you, that if your righteousness may not abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Therefore if any one may break one of the least of these commandments, and so teach the people, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of the heavens: but whosoever may do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.
Happy are those who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates into the city.
Therefore exhort one another, and edify either the other, as you indeed are doing.
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not that thy whole body may go away into hell.
And having come to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them and the scribes disputing with them!
Do all things without murmurings and disputatious;
and walk about in divine love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet savor.
And immediately having gone into the ship with His disciples, He came to the parts of Dalmanutha.
Do you wish to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is inefficient?
But whosoever may offend one of these little ones, who believe in me, it is good for him that a millstone may be hanged to his neck, and he may be drowned in the depth of the sea.
Then indeed the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, being edified and progressing in the fear of the Lord; and was being multiplied by the exhortation of the Holy Ghost.
The one testifying these things says, Yes, I am coming quickly. Amen, come Lord Jesus.
But the law came, that the transgression might abound; but where sin did abound, there did grace superabound:
And the one sitting on the cloud thrust in his sickle to the earth; and the earth was reaped.
and when the sun arose, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
And I, brethren, having come unto you, came not in the excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming unto you the testimony of God.
And Jesus, having heard these words, was astonished at him, and turning to the multitude following said, I say unto you, I did not find so great faith in Israel.
Whose sins you may remit, are remitted unto them; whose sins you may retain, have been retained.
Moreover do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.
And Jesus looking upon them says, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.
And having come out he was unable to speak to them; and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he was beckoning to them and remained dumb.
Therefore as the Holy Spirit says, This day if you hear his voice,
because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
For a godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world works out death.
And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks about disorderly, and not according to the teaching they received from us.
from which certain ones having deflected have gone out into empty talking,
But concerning things offered to idols: we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but divine love builds up.
And the Lord responded to him, and said, Ye hypocrites, does not each one of you loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and leading him away, give him water on the Sabbath?
If you have known me, you shall also know my Father: and henceforth you know Him and have seen Him.
but let us, who are of the day, be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and divine love; and the helmet, the hope of salvation:
to enroll himself along with Mary, the wife having been betrothed to him, being in an advanced state of pregnancy.
And He led them out even unto Bethany; and having lifted up His hands, He blessed them.
For carnality wars against the Spirit, and the Spirit against carnality; for these are antagonistical to one another; so that you may not do the things which you may wish.
Again you have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths.
in order that you may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because He raises up His sun on the wicked and on the good, and rains on the righteous and on the unrighteous.
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of the heavens suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force.
if any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any one ministers, as from the strength which God supplies; in order that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ; to whom there is glory and power unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
And to the angel of the church in Sardis write; The one having the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars, says these things; I know your works, that you have a name that you are living, and are dead.
we not looking at the things which are visible, but the things which are invisible; for the visible things are temporary, but the invisible things are eternal.
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say unto you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man may sit upon the throne of His glory, you shall also sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
but to command them to abstain from things offered to idols, and from fornication, and from strangulation, and from blood.
Hear ye another parable. A man was a landlord, who planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge around it, and dug a wine-trough in it, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went away.
Therefore there is a sabbatism left for the people of God.
For the whole law has been fulfilled in one word, in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor with divine love as thyself.
Therefore, my child, be thou filled up with dynamite in the grace which is in Christ Jesus,
Be ye my imitators, brethren, and mark those thus walking about as you have us an example.
And I did not know Him, but the One having sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whom you may see the Spirit descending and remaining on Him, He is the one baptizing with the Holy Ghost.
and he was reasoning in himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no place where I shall store my fruits?
not a novice, lest being puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the devil.
And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were wrought by the apostles in Jerusalem; and there was a great fear upon all.
And they going on the way, a certain one said to Him, Lord, I will follow thee wheresoever thou mayest go.
Do not calumniate one another, brethren: the one speaking against his brother, and judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
And I heard a great voice in the heaven saying, Now has come salvation, and power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because the accuser of our brethren, the one accusing them before our God day and night, is cast out.
But in addition to the things which having been spoken this is the principal thing: We have such a high priest, who sat on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
Concerning which salvation the prophets, who prophesied concerning the grace towards you, sought out and investigated,
And the high priest and all those being with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with rage,
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both came down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou hadst not laid down, and thou reapest that which thou hast not sown.
In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
how I omitted nothing of those things which are profitable, that I should not declare unto you and teach you publicly and from house to house,
Then indeed he purchased a field by the reward of iniquity, and falling headlong, burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels burst out;
But concerning the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write to you;
but not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, roaring that, These who have turned the world upside down are also come hither;
They will put you out of the synagogues: but the hour is coming, that every one killing you may think he is offering service to God.
Because narrow is the gate, and contracted the way, that leadeth into life, and few there are who find it.
And Mary said; Behold the handmaiden of the Lord; may it be done unto me according to thy word. And the angel went away from her.
And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had deceived them with his magic arts.
Then a demonized man was brought to Him, blind and dumb: and He healed him, so that the blind and dumb man both spake and saw.
the One coming after me, of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the latchet of His sandal.
And it being evening, a rich man came from Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who himself also was a disciple to Jesus.
But if you belong to Christ then you are the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
Truly the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; if he may have committed sins, they shall be forgiven unto him.
And Jesus said to him, No one putting his hand to the plow, and looking back, is worthy of the kingdom of God.
who also rendered us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit creates life.
but that which produces thorns and thistles, is reprobate, and nigh unto the curse; whose end is unto burning.
And it came to pass, while prosecuting the journey he drew near to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone around him;
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he says to me; See that you do it not: I am your fellow-servant, and one of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
And he says, I am Jewish man, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, having been brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the accuracy of patristic law, being a zealot of God, as you all are this day;
And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, hear ye; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he migrated into Haran, and He said to him;
And Jesus calling them to Him, says to them: You know that those seeming competent to rule the Gentiles domineer over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.
in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word,
Jesus said to them; If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out from God, and I return; for I have not spoken from myself, but He sent me.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens against the people: for you do not go in, neither do you permit those coming in to enter.
All things were delivered unto me by my Father: and no one perfectly knows the Son, except the Father; neither does any one perfectly know the Father, except the Son; and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.
I am the bread of life.
And immediately He constrained His disciples to embark into the ship, and go before Him to the other side to Bethsaida, until He shall send away the multitude.
And it came to pass when the days of his ministry were fulfilled, he went away to his own house.
But let the one who is taught the word communicate to the one teaching in all good things.
and they brought it to him. And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water, having been made wine, and did not know whence it is (but the servants having drawn the water knew), the ruler calls the groom,
For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness.
And I have given unto them the glory which thou hast given unto me; in order that they may be one, as we are one;
I John, your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and in patience in Jesus, was in the island which is called Patmos, on account of the word of God, and on account of the testimony of Jesus.
He that loveth father and mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
For if the casting away of them was the reconciling of the world, what will their reception be, but life from the dead?
If any one comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine; do not receive him into your house, and do not bid him God speed:
Because it is time that judgment should begin from the house of God: and if it is first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?
And suddenly there was a sound from heaven as of a mighty, rushing wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
For if we believe that Jesus died and is risen, so also will God bring with him those who sleep in Jesus.
I pray for these: I pray not for the world; but for those whom thou hast given me, because they are thine:
For as the Father hath life in Himself, so also He has given to His Son to have life also in Himself.
whose coming is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
And with many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying, Be saved from this wicked generation.
And all day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.
wishing to be teachers of the law, not knowing either what they are saying, or concerning what things they do affirm.
and having put on the new man, who is renewed into perfect knowledge according to the image of him who created him:
And Jesus calling them to Him, said, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Then Jesus said, When you may lift up the Son of man, then you shall know that I am He, and I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me, I speak the same things.
And He said to them, That, it behooveth me to preach the gospel of the kingdom of God to many other cities: because unto this I have been sent.
And the devil leading Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Then little children were brought to Him, that He might put His hands on them, and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
I do not speak concerning you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.
And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou mayest come in thy kingdom.
in order that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, He took our infirmities, and carried our sicknesses.
Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Write not, King of the Jews; but that He said, I am the King of the Jews.
Then he said unto the multitudes coming out to be baptized by him; O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Then Jesus says to him, Turn away thy sword into its place; for all taking the sword shall perish by the sword.
give us this day our daily bread:
That the Lord so hath done unto me, in the days in which He condescended to take away my reproach among men.
but reject foolish questions, and genealogies, and strife, and controversies about law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
For we all fail in many things; if any one fails not in word, the same is a perfect man, able even to bridle the whole body.
But woe unto you, Pharisees! because you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and you pass by judgment and the love of God: it behooveth to do these things, and not to omit those.
whom you not seeing, love with divine love; on whom, not looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
and He commanded us to preach to the people, and to witness that He is the One ordained of God the Judge of the living and the dead.
And a reed like a rod was given unto me: saying, Arise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those worshiping in it.
because as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation through Christ also abounds.
But to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to establish you blameless in the presence of his glory with rejoicing.
And He said to them in His teaching, Beware of the scribes, wishing to walk about in robes, and salutations in the forums,
But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
And it came to pass when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant in her womb leaped; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; and she spoke with a loud voice and said;
And herein I give my judgement: for this is profitable to you, who not only began to do, but to be anxious, a year ago:
Moreover bring these my enemies, not wishing me to rule over them, hither, and slay them before me.
Again the devil takes Him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of the same,
Is not He the son of the carpenter? is not His mother called Mary? are not His brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
And the people waiting and all reasoning in their hearts concerning John, lest he might be the Christ.
And they were astonished at His teaching; for Ile was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
for you are knowing this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
and the scripture was fulfilled, saying, And Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God.
Therefore if they may say to you, Behold, He is in the desert; go not out: Behold, He is in the secret chambers; believe them not.
And I saw upon the right hand of the one sitting upon the throne a book having been written within and without, having been sealed with seven seals.
On account of which cause I remind you to revive and refire the gift of God which is in you by the laying on of my hands.
And they were all astounded and marveled, saying, Are not all these who are speaking, Galileans?
I have given unto them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
If indeed they remember that country from which they came out, they would have had an opportunity to return;
Finally therefore, brethren, we pray you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how it behooves you to walk about and to please God, as you do indeed walk about, in order that you may abound more and more.
Then Peter being full of the Holy Spirit said to them, Ye rulers of the people and elders,
Quench not the Spirit;
And He said to them, To you it has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them who are without, all things are in parables:
which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all things in all.
Then let us no longer judge one another: but rather judge this, not to place before a brother an offence for a stumblingblock.