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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him should not perish, but have life eternal.
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I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
For by grace ye are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:
But we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to those who are called according to his purpose.
Go therefore, make disciples among all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, that you may prove by experience what is the will of God, that is good, acceptable, and perfect.
Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me.
But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, both in Jerusalem, and throughout all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the extremity of the earth.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptised every one of you into the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is life eternal in Jesus Christ our Lord.
But as many as did receive him, on them he bestowed authority to become children of God, even on those who believe on his name:
not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and by renovation of the Holy Spirit;
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
And the Word became incarnate, and tabernacled with us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
But God commendeth his own love towards us, that, though we were yet sinners, Christ died in our stead.
And he himself appointed, some indeed apostles, and some prophets; and others preachers of the Gospel; and others pastors and teachers;
And they persevered stedfastly in the doctrine of the apostles, and in communion, and in breaking bread, and in prayers.
Come to me, all who labour hard, and sustain heavy burdens, and I will give you relief.
If we confess our sins, faithful is he and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death; even so death passed into all men through him, in whom all have sinned.
And he said unto them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
And there is no salvation in any other person: for there is no other name under heaven given unto men, whereby we must be saved.
Wherefore if any person be in Christ, he is a new creation: the old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Then Jesus approaching, spake to them, saying, All power is given me in heaven and upon earth.
BEING justified therefore by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Be not anxious about any thing, but in every case by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known unto God.
THERE is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
AND on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
SO when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with unanimity assembled together.
I am crucified with Christ, yet I live; though no more I, but Christ liveth in me: and my present life in the flesh, is a life by faith in the Son of God, who hath loved me, and delivered up himself for me.
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God for salvation to every one who believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
NOW there was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Be diligent to present thyself before God approved, a workman that need not blush, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But seek ye, in the first place, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be given you over.
And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
THEREFORE also seeing we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and that most easily besetting sin, let us run with patience the race lying before us,
God is a Spirit: and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding back the truth in unrighteousness.
"The spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the work whereunto he hath anointed me; he hath sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor; to heal the contrite in heart; to proclaim liberty to the captives; and restore sight to the blind; to send forth the bruised free from bonds;
Jesus replied, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
AS soon then as the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptised more disciples than John
NOW faith is the realizing confidence of the things hoped for, and the demonstration of things unseen:
For the word of God is quickening, and energetic, and sharper than every two-edged sword, and piercing through and through, so as to divide both soul and spirit, both joints and spinal marrow, and critically judges the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Confess your offences one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The energetic prayer of a righteous man is mightily prevalent.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world,
But when he is come, the Spirit of truth, he will conduct you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever things he shall hear, he shall speak: and he will declare to you the things that shall come hereafter.
LET every soul be subject to the superior powers: for there is no power but from God; the existing powers are appointed by God.
And I tell thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:
All things were made by him; and without him was not one thing made that was made.
Now these were more liberally minded men than those of Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of mind, daily, examining the Scriptures if these things were really so.
But the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, which I have spoken to you.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will practise. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not fast in the truth, because truth was not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh what is peculiarly his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
He came for a witness, that he might bear testimony concerning the Light, that all men through him might believe.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
Then Jesus said to him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."
I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, this person beareth much fruit: because without me ye can do nothing.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death into life.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are serious, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are laudable, if there be any virtue, or any thing praise-worthy, pay attention to these things.
But without faith it is impossible to be acceptable; for he must believe, who cometh unto God, that he exists, and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
expecting the blessed hope, and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
and having made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and scattered the money of the exchangers, and overturned the tables;
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.
He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved; and he that believeth not shall be damned.
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, thou, and thy house.
But if any man of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not and it shall be given him.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
They therefore who gladly received his discourse were baptised: and there were added to them that day about three thousand souls.
And as he was speaking these things, while they were looking upon him, he was taken up; and a cloud enveloping him hid him from their eyes.
And on the first day of the week, when the disciples were assembled to break bread, Paul preached unto them (ready to depart on the morrow), and extended his discourse until midnight.
but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be always ready with your reply to every man who demands a reason respecting the hope which is in you with meekness and fear:
and this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou hast sent, Jesus, the Messiah.
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
For from the creation of the world his invisible perfections, discoverable in the works that are made, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and deity; so that they are inexcusable:
But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired by purchase; that ye should publish abroad the excellencies of him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
GOD, who spake to the fathers of old at various times, and in different manners by the prophets,
Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making splendid entertainments every day:
Lo! I stand at the door, and knock: if any person hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and I will sup with him, and he with me.
Not every one who saith to me, Lord, Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the sound of it, but knowest not from whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth: just so is every one who is born of the Spirit.
The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to cast me into the pool: but when I am coming, another goeth down before me.
Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye abide in my word, assuredly ye are my disciples;
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is already under condemnation, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Let the tenor of your life be divested of the love of money; content with your present possessions: for he hath said, "I will in no wise leave thee, neither will I in any case forsake thee."
Then spake Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal:
For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions.
to the intent that thou mayest clearly know the certainty of those matters, concerning which thou hast been instructed.
And forasmuch as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, the name of which was Nazareth,
this man came to Jesus in the night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles which thou dost, unless God be with him.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ;
But when they heard him, and felt the conviction of their conscience, they slunk away one by one, beginning from the elders to the last: so Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing in the midst.
Ye are the light of the world. A city cannot be hid that is situated on an eminence.
Now the generation of Jesus Christ was attended with these circumstances: His mother Mary being betrothed to Joseph, before they cohabited together, she was found with child from the Holy Spirit.
BELOVED, believe not every pretender to inspiration, but bring these spirits to the trial whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone forth into the world.
There is no more Jew or Gentile, there is no more slave or freeman, there is no more male or female: but ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Is any man sick among you? let him send for the presbyters of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
And, behold, a certain doctor of the law arose, to make trial of him, saying, Master, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life?
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are fallen asleep, that ye be not afflicted, as the rest [of mankind] who have no hope.
Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, descending from the father of illuminations, with whom there is no variableness, nor shadow of change.
For he hath made him, who knew no sin, to be a sin offering for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.
In whom ye also [trusted] after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the holy Spirit of promise,
Husbands, love your own wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
The Lord doth not delay the promise (as some count it delay); but is longsuffering towards us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should have space for repentance.
He was not the Light, but sent that he should bear testimony concerning the Light.
And the angel answering said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee; wherefore also the Holy One that shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.
Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, To pay diligent attention to the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to preserve himself spotless from the world.
He that believeth on the Son hath life eternal: and he that believeth not on the Son shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth upon him.
Now if thy brother sin against thee, go and reprove him between thyself and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
who also said to them, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? this Jesus, who hath been taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, in the same manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when refreshing seasons shall come from the presence of the Lord;
for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.
What is the advantage, my brethren, if a man profess to have faith, but hath not works; can faith save him?
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world by him might be saved.
Do ye not know, that as many as have been baptised into Christ Jesus have been baptised into his death?
That the elder women also be sacredly becoming in their behaviour, not slanderers, not enslaved by much wine, teachers of propriety;
And be not drunk with wine, in which there is sottishness, but be filled with the Spirit;
AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
But the hour is coming, yea, is now come, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such worshippers of him.
NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
THEN was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
Search the scriptures; for ye suppose in them ye have eternal life: and these are they which testify of me.
in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all who are in the graves shall hear his voice,
but if we walk in the light, as he is himself in the light, we have communion with each other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath thoroughly described him.
I THEN, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,
For I delivered to you among the first things that which I also had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
They are of the world, therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
When the evening therefore was come, on the same first day of the week, and the doors being fastened where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be to you.
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue in the same state as from the beginning of the creation.
No man can come to me, except the Father who hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
for by him were all things created, celestial and terrestrial, visible or invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers, all were created by him, and for him:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, in like manner must the Son of man be lifted up:
Enter in through the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and spacious the road, which leadeth to perdition, and they are many who enter that way:
These times indeed of ignorance God then overlooked; but he now commands all men in every place to repent:
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek the things which are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
For whom he foreknew, he predestinated also to a conformity with the image of his Son, that he might be the first-begotten among many brethren.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves by false reasoning.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;
not deserting the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom with some, but exhorting to it; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, put to death indeed in the flesh, but raised to life by the Spirit:
NOW in those days, when the disciples were multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian proselytes against the Hebrews, because their widows were overlooked in the daily distribution.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be agitated, nor shrink back through fear.
for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead unto sins, might live unto righteousness; "by whose stripes, [even] his, ye were healed."
Yet I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I went not away, the Comforter would not come to you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.
For we have not an high-priest incapable of a fellow-feeling with our infirmities, but one tempted in all points, in exact resemblance with ourselves, sin excepted.
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt become insipid, with what can it be salted? it is of no farther use for any purpose, but to be cast out, and trodden under foot of men.
who being the splendour of his glory, and the very impress of his substance, and upholding all things with his powerful word, by himself having effected the cleansing of our sins, he sat down at the right hand of Majesty on high;
Be sober, be vigilant; for your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, prowleth around, seeking whom he may devour:
In like manner also the Spirit affords assistance to our infirmities: for even this, what we should pray for as we ought, we know not: but the same Spirit more abundantly maketh intercession for us with groanings unutterable.
Beloved, let us love one another; because love is from God, and every one who loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Every individual which the Father giveth me will come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out.
Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God! therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
AND on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen came very early, whilst yet some darkness remained, to the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
Then Peter opening his mouth, said, In truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons:
And he said unto them, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii spent in bread would not procure a sufficiency for them, that every one of them might have a morsel.
AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the principal Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that they were watchfully observant of him.
And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he went, according to his usual custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and rose up to read.
For this purpose I left thee behind me at Crete, that thou mightest direct the regulations which remained to be executed, and that thou shouldest appoint presbyters in every city, as I charged thee to do:
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing by himself, except what he hath seen the Father do: for whatsoever things he doeth, the same and in the same manner doth the Son.
NOW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, lo! Magians from the East came to Jerusalem,
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing with grace in your heart unto the Lord.
Knowing this in the first place, that all scriptural prophecy is not from any man's own suggestions.
And not for them do I make request only, but also for those who shall believe in me through their word;
MY dear children, these things I write to you, that ye should not sin. And if any of us sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and spake aloud, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,
Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who he is that speaketh to thee, thou wouldest have requested him, and he would have given thee life-giving water.
STAND fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again held under a yoke of bondage.
Then the disciples immediately by night sent off both Paul and Silas to Berea; who were no sooner arrived, than they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
For I am assured that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor those to come,
For they are three who bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these, even the three, are one.
Just so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
THE former treatise, Theophilus, I composed, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,
After these things Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Take care; thou art made whole: sin no more, lest something worse befall thee.
What then shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who [shall be] against us?
being confident of this very thing, that he who hath wrought in you the good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
NOW before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come, that he should go out of this world to the Father, having loved his peculiar people that are in the world, he loved them to the end.
For prophecy in old time came not by the will of man: but the holy men of God spake under the impulse of the Holy Ghost.
We have been buried therefore with him by baptism into death: that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so also we should walk in newness of life.
And it came to pass, as they were travelling, that he entered into a certain village; and a woman, named Martha, received him into her house.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always been obedient, not only during my presence with you, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out your own salvation.
And when he cometh, he will convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:
and ye fix your eyes upon him who bears the splendid robe, and say to him, Sit thou here in an honourable place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
Jesus answered and said to him, If any man love me, he will observe my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.
Take heed then of false prophets, who come to you in the garb of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated [with pride],
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto an animating hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
AND it came to pass, as he was in a certain place praying, when he had done, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
as he hath elected us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love:
THEN he spake also to them a parable, to shew that we ought to pray always, and not faint;
In my Father's house are many mansions: and if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
but when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the law,
Jesus answered and said to them, Pull down this temple, and in three days I will rear it up again.
and let us attentively observe one another, to excite an ardour of love and of good works:
IF there be then any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion of spirit, if any bowels and compassions,
Be not unequally yoked with infidels; for what participation hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what fellowship [is there] between light and darkness?
Be not deceived; God is not to be trifled with: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
earnestly looking up to Jesus the author and the finisher of faith; who, for the joy set before him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
Then said Jesus to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst more.
For this cause I tell you, Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life of more value than meat, and the body than raiment?
And hath made from one man's blood all the nations of mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, fixing the predetermined periods of their existence, and the boundaries of their several abodes;
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
Do ye not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?
and hath put all things under his feet, and hath appointed him head over all to the church,
The Jews then addressed him, and said to him, What miracle shewest thou, seeing thou actest thus?
THAT which was from the beginning, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have gazed upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life;
BUT Saul, still breathing out threatenings and murder against the disciples of the Lord, applying to the high-priest,
For I reckon that the sufferings of the present moment are not worthy to be placed against the future glory that shall be revealed to us.
Now he that was cured knew not who he was: for Jesus had slipped away, a crowd being on the spot.
For this cause God gave them up to dishonourable passions. For even their women did change the natural use into that which was contrary to nature;
Now to him that is able to do above all things, exceeding abundantly, beyond what we ask or think, according to the power which effectually worketh in us;
who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo! I am with you at all times even to the end of the world. Amen.
Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazarean, a man from God, pointed out to you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as yourselves also know:
THEN Jesus full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the spirit into the wilderness,
Jesus therefore spake to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
Then said some of the disciples unto each other, What is this which he saith to us, A little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and this, because I am going to the Father?
Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to table.
Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet evident what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.
And I saw a great white throne, and one sat upon it, from whose presence fled the earth and the heaven, and no place was found for them.
and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God draweth nigh: repent, and believe the gospel.
He answered them, He that made me whole, the same person said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
SINCE many have attempted to compose a narrative of facts, confirmed to us by the fullest evidence:
THEN after these things the Lord appointed other seventy persons also, and sent them, two and two before his face, into every city and place, whither he himself designed to go.
THEN seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and seating himself, his disciples came to him:
And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in years.
No man can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one, and love the other; or he will adhere to the one, and disregard the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
No temptation hath overtaken you, but what is common to men. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to bear; but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear up under it.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Then dividing his garments, they cast the lot.
NOW on the first day of the week, at the earliest dawn of day, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the aromatics which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Having then a great high-priest passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession.
and Judas begat Phares, and Zara of Thamar, and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram;
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you that ye should go forth and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be permanent: that so whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he may give it you.
But Peter said, O Ananias! why hath Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost, and secrete something from the price of the estate?
NOW I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I have preached unto you, and which ye have received, in which also ye have stood fast;
TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, in order to catch their eye: for otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
and that from a child thou hast known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ.
But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God:
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who treat you insolently, and persecute you;
But my God will fully supply all your want, according to his riches in glory, by Christ Jesus.
And I saw heaven opened, and lo a white horse; and he that sat upon it, is called Faithful and True, and with righteousness doth he judge and make war.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works which I do shall he do also; yea, and greater than these shall he do; because I go to the Father.
All things therefore whatsoever ye would be willing that men should do to you, just so do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Ye have falsely condemned, ye have murdered the just man; nor doth he resist you.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
And these signs shall follow those that believe: in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
But he answering said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
who being in the form of God counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God:
BRETHREN, if a man also be surprised into any act of offence, ye that are spiritual, replace such a one in the spirit of meekness; keeping an attentive eye on thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
But he giveth mightier grace. Wherefore he saith, "God sets himself against the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly."
Beware that no man make a prey of you by means of philosophy and vain delusion, after the tradition of men, after the principles of the world, and not after Christ:
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached through the whole world for a testimony to all the nations: and then shall come the final close.
"And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour our of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment.
"A virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel," which is being interpreted, God with us.
Now this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
Earnestly seek peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction; that by patience and the consolation of the Scriptures we might have hope.
NOW the Spirit speaketh expresly, that in the latter days some will apostatise from the faith, giving heed to spirits of delusion, and doctrines of devils;
Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity against God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is set down an enemy to God.
But now distinct from the law the righteousness of God is manifest, receiving testimony from the law and the prophets;
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
give, and there shall be given unto you; good measure pressed down, and shook, and running over, shall they give into your lap. For with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured back to you again.
THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become as sounding brass, and tinkling cymbal.
And all the multitude of people was praying without, at the time of the burning the incense.
So then ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
and assembling them together, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, ye have heard from me.
For the discourse, [the subject of which is] the cross, is indeed to those who perish, folly; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
and I give unto them everlasting life and they shall never perish to eternity, and no person shall pluck them out of my hand.
I marvel that ye are so quickly departed from him that called you, by the grace of Christ into another gospel
respecting Jesus, who was of Nazareth, how God had anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were tyrannically oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
and he himself is the propitiatory victim for our sins: and indeed not for ours only, but for the whole world.
And it came to pass, as he discharged his priestly office in the order of his periodical ministration before God,
NOW there were at Antioch, according to the established church, prophets and teachers; such as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger the black, and Lucius a Cyrenian, and Manaen, Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother, and Saul.
And taking a loaf, he gave thanks, and brake, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me.
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent.
as his divine power hath freely given us all things tending to life and godliness, through the acknowledgment of him who hath called us to glory and fortitude:
Let no man under temptation say, I am tempted of God: for God is incapable of temptation from evils, and he tempteth no man:
Now the angel of the Lord spake to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south, on the road which leads down from Jerusalem to Gaza: it is a wilderness.
to Timothy, my beloved son: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him.
Wherefore even from one person, and he become dead in respect to these matters, there sprang a race, as the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sand, which is on the shore of the sea, innumerable.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, but all the members of that one body, though many, are one body: so also is Christ.
For God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of courage, and of love, and of sobriety.
Then he spake also this parable to certain persons, who had confidence in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others:
And the wine being exhausted, the mother of Jesus saith to him, They have no more wine.
For even then when we were without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.
For the case is like that of a man, who travelling abroad, called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods.
But to those who shrink back through fear, and to the infidels, and to the abominable, and to murderers, and to whoremongers, and to those who use magical incantations, and to idolaters, and to all liars, is their portion [appointed] in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
that all may be one; as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee, that these also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
and Aram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon,
AND it came to pass, as the multitude were thronging upon him, in order to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe and tremble.
BUT there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also among you, who wickedly introduce damnable heresies, and deny the sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
Is any man among you under afflictions? let him pray. Is any man happy in mind? let him sing psalms.
And in the multitude of those that believed there was one heart and soul: and not one person said, that any part of his substance was his peculiar property; but all things were in common among them.
For occasionally an angel descended into the pool, and put the water into commotion: he therefore who first stepped in after the commotion of the water became well, under whatever complaint he had laboured.
Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost those who come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
They then accordingly assembling together, asked him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time reestablish the kingdom of Israel?
For the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to be a servant, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him Lord and Messiah, even that very Jesus whom ye crucified.
If any man cometh after me, and hateth not father, and mother, and wife and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Jesus saith to him, Am I all this while with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father?
Then the scribes and Pharisees watched him, if he would heal on the sabbath-day, that they might find an accusation against him.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done for you.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Then Jesus replied to him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear O Israel; the Lord thy God is one Lord:
For, I say, by the grace which is given unto me, to every one that is among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has divided to every one the measure of faith.
And said unto them, These are the sayings which I spake unto you, when I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.
Now being arisen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
And, ye fathers, exasperate not your children: but educate them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
NOW after the eve of the sabbath, as the light was dawning, towards the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen had come, and the other Mary, to view the sepulchre.
Jesus replied, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom had been of this world, then would my servants have struggled hard, that I should not have been delivered up to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.
Let nothing be done contentiously or vain-gloriously; but in humility reckoning others superior to yourselves.
But our conversation is in heaven as its citizens, from whence also we are expecting the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, purchased aromatics, that they might come, and anoint him.
MY brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment.
for from him we derive life, and power of motion, and existence; as also some of your own poets have said, "For we are even his offspring."
for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in this thou hast spoken true.
When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and inclining his head, he surrendered up his spirit.
For so in times of old the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands;
And this is the promise which we have heard from him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and that darkness in him there is none.
For the sun arose with fervour, and burnt up the grass, and the flower of it fell off, and the beauty of its appearance was lost: just so the rich man in his course of life shall wither away.
Let every one, according as he hath received a gift, minister it to others, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
And behold, two of them were going the same day to a village, distant about sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, called Emmaus.
I EXHORT therefore, first of all, that there be offered supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings for the whole race of mankind:
Think not that I am come to bring peace to the earth: I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, "Cursed is every one who is hanged on a tree:"
Ye have heard that it was said to those of old, "Thou shalt not commit adultery:"
Seeing therefore that the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he also himself, in exact resemblance, partook of the same, that by death he might destroy him who held the power of death, that is, the devil;
And the king answering shall say to them, Verily I tell you, for as much as ye have done it to one of these my brethren, the very least of them, ye have done it unto me.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may fix its residence in me.
elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, that they might be brought to the obedience, and sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ: grace unto you and peace be multiplied.
For I testify to every one who heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man add to these things, God will lay upon him the plagues that are written in this book:
concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; made from the seed of David after the flesh,
And one of the scribes coming, and hearing them questioning him, perceiving that he had answered them admirably, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
which is come unto you, as it is also unto all the world; and beareth fruit, as also among you, from the day that ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
The Spirit is the life-giving power; the flesh contributeth nothing: the declarations which I make to you, they are spirit, and they are life.
and with intelligence moderation; and with moderation patience; and with patience piety;
Every man therefore who is hearing from me these words, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the intelligent man, who erected his house upon a rock:
The same spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
By this we have known the love [of Christ], because for us he laid down his own life: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
And Jesus said to him. Verily I say unto thee, To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise.
But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
For I received of the Lord what also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf:
but whosoever shall drink of the water which I shall give him, he shall no more thirst to eternity; but the water which I will give him, shall be in him a fountain of water springing up to life eternal.
PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God,
After these things I looked, and beheld a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation, and tribe, and people, and tongue, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but getteth in some other way, that person is a thief and a robber.
Marriage is honourable for all persons, and the marriage bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
IT is a true saying, If a man seeks the office of a bishop, he desireth a laudable employment.
NOW it came to pass that during the time Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, after passing through the upper provinces, came to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples,
And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, to pray, that they may make a shew to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward.
Ye have heard that it hath been said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy."
For ye have been called unto liberty, brethren; only use not that liberty as a pretext for carnality, but in love be subject one to another.
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the Devil, and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all things to the glory of God.
but an entrance will thus be richly afforded you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
And in every thing that ye do, labour from the soul, as for the Lord, and not man;
knowing that ye have not been redeemed out of your vain manner of life, derived traditionally from your fathers, by the corruptible things, silver and gold,
And I saw thrones, and persons were seated upon them, and authority to judge was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, and had not received the brand in their foreheads, and upon their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
praying at every opportunity with all prayer and supplication in Spirit, and watching for this very purpose with perseverance and intercession for all the saints;
Let love be undissembled. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if some obey not the word, by their wives' conduct without the word, they may be won over;
For thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest those who do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Then Peter coming to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that during a whole year they were jointly employed in that church, and taught a vast multitude, and they called for the first time in Antioch the disciples Christians.
according to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to his lot to burn the incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Though no man hath ascended into heaven, except he that descended from heaven, that Son of man the I am in heaven.
(though the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called;)
And Jesus, after his baptism, came straight from the water: and lo! the heavens were opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as it were a dove, and coming upon him:
The Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, How canst thou, a Jew, ask of me, who am a Samaritan woman, to drink? for Jews avoid all intercourse with Samaritans.
Then as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessing, brake, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
AND again he entered into Capernaum after some days: and it was heard, that he was in the house;
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Then Jesus coming into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, questioned his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am? The Son of Man?
Then spake one of the multitude to him, Master, order my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
AND I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss [of hell], and a great chain in his hand:
NOW there was a sick man, Lazarus, of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
buried with him in baptism, in which also ye have been raised up together with him by faith, the energy of God, who raised him from the dead.
wherein when ye read, ye may be able to perceive my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,
whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
And not only so, but we glory also in tribulations: knowing that tribulation produceth patience;
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offendeth in a single particular, he is chargeable with the breach of all.
in hope of life eternal, which God, who cannot lie, hath promised before time had a being;
Every one who committeth sin, committeth also a transgression of the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he is the person who loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it were better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having both hands to go into hell, into the fire that never will be quenched:
MY brethren, hold not the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus shewing a respect for persons.
AND certain persons coming down from Judea taught the brethren, That if ye are not circumcised according to the ordinances of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dart its bright beams upon them.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye have been sealed unto the day of redemption.
And now why delay? arise, to be baptised, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.
And as he went out to the road, a person ran to him, and kneeling down, asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, the vile passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is idolatry:
How then shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? but how shall they hear without a preacher?
For hereunto have ye been called, because Christ also hath suffered for you, leaving you a pattern, that ye should follow his steps;
And we all with face unveiled, beholding the glory of the Lord [reflected] as in a mirror, according to the same image, receive a transformation from glory into glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
Therefore I say unto you, That all things whatever ye ask in prayer, believe that ye shall receive them, and they shall be given you.
always in my prayers entreating that haply now at last I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God, to come to you.
Then calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye have been called to one hope of your calling;
PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:
THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
The God who created the world, and all things in it, he that is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples of man's construction;
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white robes, for they are worthy.
wherein he hath abounded towards us with all wisdom and intelligence,
These things have I written to you who believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have life eternal, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
but be ye kind one to another, full of sensibility, forgiving mutually, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.
Even the dust of your city, which sticks to us, we shake off against you: nevertheless this know, that the kingdom of God is come near to you.
THE presbyters among you I exhort, who am a co-presbyter and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed:
And this is the testimony, that God hath given life eternal to us; and this life is in his Son.
But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us,
And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more; nor shall mourning, nor crying, nor toil be any more: because the former things are passed away.
she following Paul and us, cried out, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who preach to you the way of salvation.
And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach the glad tidings to the inhabitants of the earth, to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,
And be not afraid of those who kill the body, and cannot kill the soul: but fear him rather who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Then the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain, where Jesus had ordered them.
For this cause we also from the day we heard it have not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
to whom also he had shewed himself alive, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days being frequently seen by them, and speaking of the things which relate to the kingdom of God:
Let no man therefore judge you concerning what you eat, or what you drink, or the observance of a feast, or new moon, or the sabbaths;
For the righteousness of God by faith is therein revealed for belief; as it is written, "Now the just by faith shall live."
Behold! he is coming with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall lament bitterly, smiting their bosoms, because of him: even so! Amen.
praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added the saved ones daily to the church.
For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye have received a Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.
And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptised of John in Jordan.
in whom also we have obtained our inheritance, predestinated according to the purpose of him who effectually worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will:
For when one saith, I am indeed of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Let us not then be weary of well-doing; for in due time we shall reap, if we faint not.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the quickening word of God, and which abideth for ever.
And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began his ministry, being (as was supposed the son of Joseph) of Heli,
And he answering said, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself."
And this is the confidence that we have towards him, that whatsoever we ask according to his will, he heareth us.
and that so I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and of me.
And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen of angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall distress of circumstances, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?
Model thy teaching according to the pattern of the sound discourses, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Wherefore God also hath transcendently exalted him, and bestowed on him a name which is above every name:
Let no loose discourse proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for useful edification, that it may communicate grace to the hearers.
But of that day and hour no man knoweth, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father alone.
And, behold, I send unto you the promise of my Father: but sit ye down in the city of Jerusalem, until ye shall be endued with power from on high.
Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and tell them, I am ascending to my Father, and your Father; to my God, and your God.
THESE things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee:
FROM whence come wars and conflicts among you? spring they not from hence, even from your passions, which war in your members?
NOW there were some present at that time who informed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
And everything that ye do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Ye have heard that it was said to the men of antient times, "Thou shalt do no murder;" and whosoever shall commit murder, shall be liable to the judgment:
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Make clean your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.
My dear children, it is the last hour; and as ye have heard that antichrist is coming, even now there are many antichrists: by which we know it is the last hour.
When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, erected in the holy place, (let him that readeth, mark this,)
In all things I have set you the example, that so labouring hard ye ought to help the infirm, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
And every man who is hearing these sayings of mine, and doth not practise them, he will resemble the foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation;
For I tell you assuredly, that till heaven and earth pass away, not one iota, or the smallest stroke of a letter, shall pass from the law, until all things shall be accomplished.
and that repentance and remission of sin should be preached in his name unto all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief by night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise, and the first principles of matter in flames dissolve, and the earth and all the works upon it be burnt up.
Wherefore remember that ye in time past were Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made by hands in the flesh;
And we have known and believed the love which God hath towards us. God is love; and he that abideth in love, abideth in God, and God in him.
even as ye have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-labourer, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;
AFTER these things Jesus again shewed himself to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and he appeared in the following manner:
In these lay a vast multitude of infirm persons, blind, lame, withered, waiting the motion of the water.
I ADJURE thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are dispersed, greeting.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.
And we hold the prophetic word more confirmed, to which ye do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark passage, until the day dawn, and the morning-star arise upon your hearts.
Be clothed in the panoply of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Therefore sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality with God.
But though even we, or an angel from heaven, preach unto you another gospel, different from that which we have preached to you, let him be an anathema.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own inclinations will set up a herd of teachers for themselves, having the itch of hearing;
And they caught at that word, considering among themselves what this rising from the dead could mean.
Having therefore, brethren, entire liberty of entrance into the holies by the blood of Jesus??20 a way, which he hath consecrated for us, newly opened, and giving life, through the vail, that is, his flesh;
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; because he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene:
And there were shepherds in that country abiding in the open air, and keeping guard over their flock by night.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be fed to the full.
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you,
for the perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ:
For if these things are in your possession, and abounding, they will render you neither inactive nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us therefore approach with boldness the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.
whereby superlatively great and precious promises are freely given to us: that by these ye might become partakers of a divine nature, having fled far away from the corruption that is in the world through inordinate concupiscence.??5 And for this very purpose employing the greatest diligence, lead up in the train of your faith courage; and with courage intelligence;
Let no man despise thy youth; but be a pattern of the faithful, in discourse; in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that each may receive the things done in the body according to what he hath done, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them; Men of Judea, and all ye who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words:
Now I beseech you, brethren, keep a sharp eye over those who cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine ye have learned, and turn away from them.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
firmly attached to the faithful word, according to the doctrine delivered, that he may be able to exhort with sound instruction and to confute the opposers.
For John indeed baptised with water; but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Ghost not many days after the present.
And even Titus, who was with me, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised:
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the Lord shall be saved."
Obey your presidents, and be subject to them: for they are vigilant for your souls, as being to render an account, that they may do it with joy, and not groaning: for that would be disadvantageous for you.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
For by one Spirit we all have been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free men; and we have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
These all persevered unanimously in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
he that practises sin is of the devil; for from the beginning the devil sinneth. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
speaking one to another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in the heart to the Lord;
knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law; because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
But, as it is written, "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and that have not entered into the heart of man, these hath God prepared for those who love him."
him, by the destined counsel and foreknowledge of God delivered up, ye have seized, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and how incomprehensible his ways!
And lo! a person coming to him, said, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, in order to attain eternal life?
Yet I make no account of any [suffering], nor regard my life as of any value to myself, farther than as I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel of the grace of God.
And if I go and prepare you a place, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, and first-born from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth: to him who loved us, and washed us from our sins by his blood,
For if their stumbling is the riches of the world, and their diminution the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Then said Jesus unto him, This [is the point]: if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
preach the word, be urgent, in season, out of season; reprove, enjoin, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
Wherefore by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified before God: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Now it happened as we were going to the oratory, a certain damsel having a pythonic spirit met us, who produced for her masters much gain as a fortuneteller:
So he sent to Ephesus from Miletus, and called the presbyters of the church to attend him.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not indeed all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Every one therefore who shall make confession of me before men, of him will I also make confession before my Father who is in heaven.
that I may know him, and the virtue of his resurrection, and communion with his sufferings, being conformed to his death;
While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all who heard the discourse.
And daily continuing with one mind at the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of their food with great joy and simplicity of heart,
THEN Jesus went to the mount of Olives.
Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of the creation of God;
I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it is becoming them if they abide as I am.
and hope doth not make us ashamed; because the love of God is poured out into our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us.
because though they knew [there was] a God, they glorified him not as God, nor gave him thanks, but became triflers in their disputations, and their stupid heart was darkened.
Now John also was baptising at Enon, near to Salem, for there were many streams of water there: and they came, and were baptised.
I am come to cast fire on the earth, and what is my wish? that it may be now kindled.
But about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with an exceeding loud cry, saying, Eli! Eli! lama, sabacthani? that is, My God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me?
Fear is not in this love; but the perfect love casteth out fear: for fear hath anguish. He that is afraid is not made perfect in love.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abiah: and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth.
And almost all things are purified by blood according to the law, and without effusion of blood there is no remission of sin.
but should I be delayed, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the pedestal of truth.
Then came Jesus from Galilee unto Jordan to John, that he might be baptized by him.
But I would not that ye should be unacquainted, brethren, that oftentimes I have been purposing to come to you (and have been prevented until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the other Gentile nations.
But as they went on the road, they came to some water: and the eunuch said, Here is water, what forbids my being baptised?
Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, vigilant, wait with assured hope for the grace, which shall be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are folly to him: and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon,
Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithes of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier precepts of the law, judgment, and mercy, and fidelity: these thing ought ye to have done, and not to leave the others undone.
First then I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, because your faith is proclaimed through the whole world.
For it is God who worketh effectually in you both to will and to perform of his good pleasure.
and hast borne, and hast exercised patience, and for my name sake hast endured great toil, and hast not fainted.
who shall give an account to him, who holds himself ready to judge the living and the dead.
whom God hath proposed as the propitiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, in demonstration of his justice for the remission of past sins, through the patience of God;
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things which he himself doeth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that ye may wonder.
For as many of you as have been baptised into Christ, have been invested with Christ.
And the spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him who is athirst come: and whosoever is desirous, let him take of the water of life freely.
JESUS then before the days of the passover came to Bethany, where the deceased Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead.
strengthening the souls of the brethren, exhorting them to abide firm in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must pass into the kingdom of heaven.
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
and said to those who sold doves, Take these hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews;
Behold also the ships, though so great, and driven by tempestuous winds, are turned about by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the inclination of the pilot pleaseth.
to open their eyes, to convert them from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance with those who are sanctified by faith which is in me.
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a report went out into all the region round about concerning him.
If he called those gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
look upon my hands and my feet, that it is my very self: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
WHEREFORE, desisting from initiatory discourse respecting Christ, let us advance towards perfection; not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and faith in God,
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
NOW at that time Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth;
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming??he Almighty.
And the same day he saith unto them, as the evening shut in, Let us pass over to the other side.
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Ye have heard that I told you, I am going away, though I am coming again to you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I am going to the Father: because my Father is greater than I.
And the things which thou hast heard of me before many witnesses, these commit to faithful men, who shall be qualified to teach others also.
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, lo! Satan hath earnestly sought you, that he might sift you as wheat:
Ye are of God, my dear children, and have overcome them; because he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world.
Then was there war in the heaven: Michael and his angels warred against the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels,
Wherefore God abandoned them, through the lusts of their own hearts, unto impurity, to dishonour their own bodies by themselves:
I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came, and bore witness to thy truth, even as thou walkest in the truth.
And they sung a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereon; because thou hast been slaughtered, and hast redeemed us for God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Then shall the King say to those on his right-hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Worthy art thou, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power; for thou hast created all things, and by thy will they exist, and were created.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
Now I tell you, that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day, than for that city.
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, nor the angels which are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.
REMIND them to be subject to princes and those invested with authority, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work,
NOW there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort called the Italic,
And they began to question among themselves, who it could possibly be of them who should do this thing.
in these last days hath spoken to us by a Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Now it came to pass, at the time when John was baptising all the people, that Jesus also was baptised, and as he prayed, the heaven was opened,
Then said he to them, Beware, and be on your guard against covetousness; for a man's life doth not depend on the abundance of his possessions.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father;
But we see Jesus for a little while made lower than angels, by the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour, that, by the grace of God, he might taste of death for every one.
Having then different gifts according to the grace which is given unto us, if it be prophecy, speak according to the analogy of faith;
After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea; and there he abode with them, and baptised.
Now I conjure you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be perfectly united together in the same mind and the same sentiment.
And it came to pass, as the days hastened to their period when he should be received up [to glory], that he resolutely set his face to go to Jerusalem;
This then I urge and testify in the Lord, that ye walk no more as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind,
EVERY one who believeth that Jesus is the Messiah, is born of God; and every one who loveth him that begat, loveth him also who is begotten by him.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy, and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost.
And behold, I come quickly: and my reward is with me, to give to every man as his work shall be.
And they brought unto him little children, that he should touch them: but his disciples rebuked those who brought them.
And it was about eight days after these discourses, that taking Peter, and John, and James, he went up into a mountain to pray.
HIM that is weak in faith take by the hand, and enter not into niceties of disputes.
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be ejected out [of it].
Then, immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine: so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
For it is not possible to renew again unto repentance those who have been once illuminated, and have tasted the celestial gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Not that I have already attained, or am now perfect: but I pursue, that I may overtake that for which also by his apprehension of me I am destined by Christ Jesus.
Then appointing them presbyters in every city, by prayer with fastings they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, in patient expectation for it, till it receives the former and the latter rain.
By faith we understand that the worlds were exactly formed by the word of God, so that the visible objects were not made out of things which now appear.
And immediately Jesus compelled his disciples to go on board the vessel, and pass before him to the other side, while he dismissed the people.
Because that which is capable of being known relative to God, is evident among them; for God hath manifested it to them.
Then they asked him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
THEN said he also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he received an information against him, as having dissipated his treasures.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: these also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, one shepherd.
The antitype to which baptism now saveth us (not the mere removal of filth from the flesh, but the engagement of a good conscience to God), by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
because he hath fixed the day in which he will judge the whole world in righteousness by the man whom he hath appointed; affording evidence of this to all, by raising him from the dead.
Now there stood there six large stone jars, for the customary purifying ablution of the Jews, containing two or three baths each.
Herein is love, not that we have loved God, but that he hath loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiatory sacrifice for our sins.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from his belly shall rivers flow of living water.
For the law was given by Moses, but the grace and the reality came by Jesus Christ.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes doubtless it was written; because he who ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he who soweth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
For I would not that you should be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is come on Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
And if any one was not found inscribed on the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
And being asked by one of the Pharisees, When cometh the kingdom of God? he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
But he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times and the seasons, which the Father hath reserved under his own authority.
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had spoken thus unto them; and they believed the scriptures, and the word which Jesus had spoken.
AND the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem, collected together around him.
But when they believed Philip, who preached the glad tidings of the things which related to the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised both men and women.
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins.
BUT Saul was delighted with his execution. Now on that very day commenced a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all, besides the apostles, were dispersed through the regions of Judea and Samaria.
For the Father never judgeth any man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son:
For what would a man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as the ransom for his soul?
And beginning from Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them in all the scriptures, the things relating to himself.
And now no longer am I in this world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father! preserve them for thy name's sake whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Indeed, I think it right, as long as I am in this frail tabernacle, to rouse up your attention by reminding you:
repeatedly urging both on Jews and Greeks repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; and is himself the saviour of the body.
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye affirm, That the place where we ought to worship is at Jerusalem.
For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no more sacrifice for sins remaineth;
But let not this particular be concealed from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
At that time Jesus spake and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and the intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes:
Then said the Jews, This temple has been forty-six years in building, and canst thou rear it up in three days?
Jesus saith unto her, What is that to me and thee, woman? my hour is not yet come.
For there is no difference between either Jew or Greek: for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call upon him.
built up on the foundation of apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
And now, brethren, I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to finish the superstructure, and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
For what would it profit a man, though he should gain the whole world, if he be punished with the loss of his own soul?
for false Messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and give out great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if it were possible, even the elect.
And you, who were dead in sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened with him, freely forgiving you all trespasses;
And I have written unto you for this very purpose, that I might not, when I come to you, have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor though he was rich, that ye by his poverty should be made rich.
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
And as they were employed in the ministry, and kept a fast, the Holy Ghost said, Set apart for me now both Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Brethren, I count not myself to have overtaken it; but this one object I pursue, forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching out to those which are before,
as new-born babes desire earnestly the unadulterated milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Not that I mention this with a view to my indigence: for I have learned in whatever circumstances I am, to be content.
THE revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to shew to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass; and sending by his angel, he shewed them to his servant John:
Let no man deceive you in any way: because that cannot be till the apostasy come first, and the man of sin appear, the son of perdition,
Because the propensity of the flesh is inimical against God: for it is not in subjection to the law of God, neither indeed can it be.
They said therefore, What is this which he saith, This little while? we know not what he means.
And there are three which bear witness upon earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are for the same one object.
and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias,
And Jesus and his disciples went out into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and on the road he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am?
Therefore much more, being justified already by his blood, shall we be saved by him from wrath.
Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
Then Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Ye men of Athens, I observe that in all things ye are too much devoted to the worship of daemons.
Whom approaching, as the living stone, rejected indeed of men, but elect of God, and honourable,
Another parable proposed he to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man who sowed good seed in his field:
and if a wife put away her husband, and marrieth another, she committeth adultery.
For as we have in one body many members, but the members, though many, have not the same function,
Then said Jesus unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence, thither, and it will remove; and nothing will be impossible for you.
but I say unto you, That every one who looketh upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Having confidence in thy obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do more than I say.
for if a man knoweth not how to order his own family, how shall he take proper care of the church of God?
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh the measure of afflictions for Christ which remains to be endured for his body, which is the church,
Because every one that is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith.
If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to give good gifts to your children; how much more shall your Father, who is in heaven, give his Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
wherein in times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with energy in the children of disobedience:
But because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father!
Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one who drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
ye also, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
For as the woman was taken out of the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things are of God.
But he replying, said unto them, Have ye not read, that he who created them from the beginning, created them male and female?
but I say unto you, That every man who is angry with his brother without cause, shall be liable to the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the sanhedrim: but whosever shall say, Thou fool, shall be liable to be cast into hell fire.
But if children, then heirs; heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be we suffer with him, that we may also together with him be glorified.
Now he that supplieth seed to the sower, shall also supply bread for food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat falling on the earth undergo a deathlike change, it abideth single: but if it [thus] die, it beareth abundant produce.
And it came to pass, as he was going towards Jerusalem, he passed also through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
THEN calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
Even as the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
For that we brought nothing into the world is evident, neither can we carry any thing out of it.
Then said Jesus, Permit little children, and hinder them not from coming to me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, even every one that judgeth: for in the very thing wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest art living in the practices of the same things.
Now many other miracles did Jesus therefore also in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day.
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who, by the eternal Spirit, offered up himself in sacrifice without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, that we may perform divine service to the living God?
knowing this, that our old man hath been crucified with him, that the body of sin might be abolished, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
THEN in those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the desert country of Judea,
But this I add, He that soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly, and he that soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully.
I am not able to perform any thing by myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; for I seek not my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak truth, every one with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses, and Judah and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
Or despisest thou the riches of his kindness and patience and long-suffering, ignorant that this goodness of God is leading thee to repentance?
While they were relating these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you!
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world are become our Lord's, and his Messiah's, and he shall reign for ever and ever.
I no more call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his master is doing: but I have called you friends because I have made known to you all things which I have heard of my Father.
And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit: and having said this, he expired.
saying, Father, if thou wilt, remove this cup from me! nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done.
that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions;
For God is my witness, how earnestly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
I am the bread that giveth life, which came down from heaven: if any person eat of this bread, he shall live to eternity; and the bread indeed which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
every valley shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be levelled, and the crooked ways made strait, and the rough roads smooth:
But if the Spirit of him who hath raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he who raised Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his indwelling Spirit in you.
For he was reckoned of our number, and had obtained an appointment to this ministry.
Then Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
filled with fruits of righteousness, which by Jesus Christ are to the glory and praise of God.
But to every one of us hath the grace been given, according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
And they came to Jericho. And as he was going out of Jericho with his disciples, and a great multitude, Bartimeus, the blind, the son of Timeus, sat by the road-side begging:
to whom all gave heed from the small to the great, saying, This man is the great power of God.
And when he opened the fifth seal I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they maintained.
Because this day there is born for you a Saviour, which is Messiah, the Lord, in the city of David.
And another came, saying, Master, there is thy maneh, which I have kept wrapt up in a napkin:
But when the multitudes knew it, they followed him and receiving them, he spake to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of a cure.
So passing through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia,
AND it came to pass afterwards, that he went through every city and village, preaching and publishing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God, and the twelve with him.
But to the Son, "Thy throne, O God, is unto eternity; a sceptre of rectitude is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto wrath: for it is written, "Vengeance belongeth to me; I will recompence, saith the Lord."
O INFATUATED Galatians, who hath bewitched you that ye should not obey the truth? To whom Jesus Christ has been described, as before your eyes, crucified among you.
Then the ruler of the synagogue, indignant, that on the sabbath Jesus had performed the cure, addressing himself to the multitude, said, There are six days in which work is to be done: on these therefore come and be cured, and not on the sabbath-day.
Let every man, as he hath purposed in heart, give, not with reluctance or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.
and said to them, That thus it is written, and thus must the Messiah suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be with you, and peace from him, who is, and who was, and who is coming; and from the seven spirits which are before the throne of God,
And he will shew you a large upper room ready furnished: there make preparation for us.
And when they had arrived, they went up to an upper room, where abode Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealous, and Jude brother to James.
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life?
And have no society with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather rebuke them.
Ye husbands, in like manner dwell with them discreetly, putting respect on the dear woman as being the weaker vessel, and as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may meet no interruption.
For we ourselves also in time past were thoughtless, disobedient, erroneous, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
in like manner also that the women dress themselves in decent apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with plaited tresses, or gold, or pearls, or very costly clothing,
AND I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon the horns ten diadems, and upon the heads a title of blasphemy.
And a certain woman, Lydia by name, a seller of purple, from the city of Thyatira, a worshipper of God, hearkened: whose heart the Lord thoroughly opened, to attend to the words spoken by Paul.
Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shalt in any wise hurt you.
who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
And judge not, that ye be not judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned:
knowing that the deposition of this frail tabernacle of mine is hastily approaching, as our Lord Jesus Christ hath made evident to me.
And he saith to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do evil, to preserve life, or to kill? but they were silent.
knowing that whatsoever good a man doeth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman, or whether he be free.
And it came to pass the next day, that he went into a city called Nain; and a considerable number of his disciples went with him, and a vast multitude.
Now we know that whatsoever things the law saith, it speaks to those who are under the law: that every mouth might be sealed up, and all the world become criminal before God.
And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, for what cause hast thou abandoned me?
Now it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray and continued all night in an oratory of God.
By this was the love of God manifested to us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might have life by him.
For if God spared not the angels when they sinned, but casting them bound in chains of darkness into hell, delivered them to be kept fast until the judgment;
And having done so, they inclosed a prodigious multitude of fishes; and their net was broken.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you are concurring upon earth, respecting any matter, which ye shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
Now he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise, and stand in the midst. And he arose, and stood up.
And six days after Jesus taketh with him Peter and James and John, only, and carrieth them up with him into an exceeding high mountain in great privacy; and was transfigured before them.
FOR this reason we ought to attend more diligently to the things which have been heard, lest by any means we let them flow by us.
but every person is tempted, when by his own peculiar passion he is born away, and ensnared.
For then the tribulation will be great, such as never was from the beginning of the world, and never more shall be.
PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners, dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
and Hezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias,
What then? have we pre-eminence? Not at all: for we have before proved that both the Jews and Greeks are all under sin;
Who is a wise man and intelligent among you, let him shew in a becoming conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.
to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
This title then many of the Jews read: for the spot where Jesus was crucified was nigh unto the city: and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.
Then saith he to the man, Stretch out thy hand; and he stretched it out, and it was restored, sound as the other.
Now when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord: and they believed, even as many as were ordained to life eternal.
And Zacharias said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am old, and my wife far advanced in her age.
that which we have seen and heard, declare we to you, that ye also may have communion with us: and indeed our communion is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
But what saith it? "The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart:" that is, the word of faith which we preach;
For the love of money is the root of all evils, which some coveting, have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
But all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one who believeth in him, shall receive remission of sins.
Know ye not that they who run on the course, all run indeed, yet but one obtaineth the price? So run, that ye may obtain.
THEN six days after, Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them into an exceeding high mountain apart.
Then Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who, when they had both stripped him, and covered him with wounds, got off, leaving him half dead.
And in those days arose Peter in the midst of the disciples, and said, (there was a number of persons together, about an hundred and twenty,)
Then as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall there things be? and what is the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the age?
In brotherly affection be tenderly attached to each other; in honour preferring one another:
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore prudent as serpents, and harmless as doves.
For I also am a man under authority, having under my command soldiers and I say to this soldier, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Of his own choice he produced us by the word of truth, that we might be a sort of first fruit of his creatures.??19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye received me hospitably:
It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief.
for this is my blood, that [blood] of the new testament, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins.
And now, Father, do thou glorify me with thyself in the glory which I held with thee before the world was.
if there be a man blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not under an accusation or debauchery, or disorderly conduct.
For the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the children of God.
There is a little lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but these, what are they among so many?
Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
And the angel said unto them, Be not affrighted: for, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be for all the people.
For this I know, that after my departure there will come among you grievous wolves, not sparing the flock:
Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS.
Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, that the hour approaches, when ye shall worship the Father neither in this mountain, nor at Jerusalem.
Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, Abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul;
But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and shut thy door, to pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
And as they were eating, Jesus taking a loaf, when he had blessed, brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the transcendently excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as offals of ordure, that I may gain Christ,
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be slain, and after three days rise again.
After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and he continued there not many days.
Then Mary arose in those days, and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,
Then the Lord, after having thus spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
the righteousness of God indeed by faith in Jesus Christ unto all and upon all that believe: for there is no difference:
So they took him and led him to the hill of Mars, saying, May we know what this novel doctrine taught by thee is?
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden under foot of the Gentiles, until the times appointed for the Gentiles shall come to their period.
And Jesus looking upon them, said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Now beside the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Therefore we never faint; for though our outward man decay, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit within him was greatly grieved, beholding the city so devoted to idolatry.
And then shall the sign of the Son of man appear in the heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth lament bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Servants, be obedient to your masters after the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as unto Christ;
And he said unto them, When ye pray say, Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done as in heaven so upon earth.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who hath been made to us of God wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
And some fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much mold, and immediately it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth:
But he that hath no possession of these things, is blind, dim-sighted, sinking into oblivion of his purification from the sins of his former days.