"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.

since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God's glory.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God

And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.

Therefore, as you go, disciple people in all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

Do not be conformed to this world, but continuously be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.

Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

But you'll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Peter answered them, "Every one of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in union with the Messiah Jesus our Lord.

In the beginning, God created the universe.

However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

"Twas not for deeds that we had done, but by his steadfast love alone, he saved us through a second birth, renewed us by the Spirit's work,

If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, to be like us. Let them be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, the livestock, everything that crawls on the earth, and over the earth itself!"

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not depend on your own understanding.

But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that the Messiah died for us while we were still sinners.

For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, "plans for well-being, and not for calamity, in order to give you a future and a hope.

And it is he who gifted some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, and still others to be pastors and teachers,

So God created mankind in his own image; in his own image God created them; he created them male and female.

The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.

"Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.

If we make it our habit to confess our sins, in his faithful righteousness he forgives us for those sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.

Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God."

The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I've come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death resulted from sin, therefore everyone dies, because everyone has sinned.

Then he told them, "As you go into the entire world, proclaim the gospel to everyone.

There is no salvation by anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."

Therefore, if anyone is in the Messiah, he is a new creation. Old things have disappeared, and look! all things have become new!

"Don't let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.

This was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world.

Then Jesus approached them and told them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Never worry about anything. Instead, in every situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers and requests, with thanksgiving.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in union with the Messiah Jesus.

On the third day of that week there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

When the day of Pentecost was being celebrated, all of them were together in one place.

I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who believes, of the Jew first and of the Greek as well.

I'm giving you a new commandment"to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

Now there was a man from the Pharisees, a leader of the Jews, whose name was Nicodemus.

Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision.

But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well.

I will ask the Father to give you another Helper, to be with you always.

Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

"Therefore the LORD himself will give you a sign. Watch! The virgin is conceiving a child, and will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.

Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in the Messiah Jesus:

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to be shepherds of God's church, which he acquired with his own blood.

"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

"If you love me, keep my commandments.

For God's wrath is being revealed from heaven against all the ungodliness and wickedness of those who in their wickedness suppress the truth.

When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters,

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

Jesus answered, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Now when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.

"Listen, Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins

Yet when the Spirit of Truth comes, he'll guide you into all truth. He won't speak on his own accord, but he'll speak whatever he hears and will declare to you the things that are to come.

Every person must be subject to the governing authorities, for no authority exists except by God's permission. The existing authorities have been established by God,

I tell you that you are Peter, and it is on this rock that I will build my congregation, and the powers of hell will not conquer it.

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

"I'll place hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. He'll strike you on the head, and you'll strike him on the heel."

Through him all things were made, and apart from him nothing was made that has been made.

These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything that I have told you.

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe because of him.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.

"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I didn't come to destroy them, but to fulfill them,

Finally, be strong in the Lord, relying on his mighty strength.

Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whoever hears what I say and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged, but has passed from death to life.

"Then it will come about at a later time that I will pour out my Spirit on every person. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your elderly people will dream dreams, and your young people will see visions.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is fair, whatever is pure, whatever is acceptable, whatever is commendable, if there is anything of excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy keep thinking about these things.

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who diligently search for him.

as we wait for the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.

Consequently, faith results from listening, and listening results through the word of the Messiah.

He has made it clear to you, mortal man, what is good and what the LORD is requiring from you to act with justice, to treasure the LORD's gracious love, and to walk humbly in the company of your God.

After making a whip out of cords, he drove all of them out of the Temple, including the sheep and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the moneychangers and knocked over their tables.

Now the Shining One was more clever than any animal of the field that the LORD God had made. He asked the woman, "Did God actually say, "You are not to eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Train a child in the way appropriate for him, and when he becomes older, he will not turn from it.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit gave them that ability.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever doesn't believe will be condemned.

As it is written, "Not even one person is righteous.

"Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth.

Then God said, "Let vegetation sprout all over the earth, including seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each kind containing its own seed!" And that is what happened:

They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved."

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.

Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.

So those who welcomed his message were baptized. That day about 3,000 people were added to their number.

After saying this, Jesus was taken up while those who had gathered together were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

"I am the LORD. You are not to have sexual relations with a male as you would with a woman. It's detestable."

On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul began to address the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he went on speaking until midnight.

Instead, exalt the Messiah" as Lord in your lives. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you to explain the hope you have.

And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent Jesus the Messiah.

You know that wicked people will not inherit the kingdom of God, don't you? Stop deceiving yourselves! Sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,

A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus told her, "Please give me a drink,"

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"

For since the creation of the world God's invisible attributes his eternal power and divine nature have been understood and observed by what he made, so that people are without excuse.

So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

God, having spoken in former times in fragmentary and varied fashion to our forefathers by the prophets,

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed and to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners;

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.

Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone listens to my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eat with me.

The LORD told Abram, "You are to leave your land, your relatives, and your father's house and go to the land that I'm going to show you.

"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

The wind blows where it wants to. You hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. That's the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

but those who keep waiting for the LORD will renew their strength. Then they'll soar on wings like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired."

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I don't have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I'm trying to get there, someone else steps down ahead of me."

So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God's unique Son.

Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for God has said, "I will never leave you or abandon you."

Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

I and the Father are one."

For our struggle is not against human opponents, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers in the darkness around us, and evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.

so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vintner.

Indeed, just as people are destined to die once and after that to be judged,

Surely you have tasted that the Lord is good!

that is present in us and will be with us forever.

"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light.

Now in the sixth month of her pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,

He came to Jesus at night and told him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm,

When they heard this, they went away one by one, beginning with the oldest, and he was left alone with the woman standing there.

"You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah happened in this way. When his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they lived together she was discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

God replied to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and then said, "Tell the Israelis: "I AM sent me to you.'"

Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Because all of you are one in the Messiah Jesus, a person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female.

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Just then an expert in the Law stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve like other people who have no hope.

Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights, in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow.

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that God's righteousness would be produced in us.

I have told you this so that through me you may have peace. In the world you'll have trouble, but be courageous I've overcome the world!"

God blessed the humans by saying to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it! Be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, and every living thing that crawls on the earth!"

You, too, have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed in the Messiah, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Husbands, love your wives as the Messiah loved the church and gave himself for it,

And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some people understand slowness, but is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to perish, but wants everyone to repent.

John was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will surround you. Therefore, the child will be holy and will be called the Son of God.

A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord.

"If your brother sins against you, go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

They asked, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go up into heaven."

Therefore, repent and turn to him to have your sins blotted out,

For we are God's masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life.

What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?

Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.

Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into union with the Messiah Jesus were baptized into his death?

Therefore, this is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness.

(Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.)

Later, the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make the woman to be an authority corresponding to him."

What should we say, then? Should we go on sinning so that grace may increase?

Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, and he was crushed for our iniquities, and the punishment that made us whole was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed.

Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him.

Now in those days an order was published by Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be registered.

There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings a human, the Messiah Jesus.

After this, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.

You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me.

In union with him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of God's grace

Don't be amazed at this, because the time is approaching when everyone in their graves will hear the Son of Man's voice

But if we keep living in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.