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For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
for all have sinned and are made destitute of the glory of God,
All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
Therefore, I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies in living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing unto God, which is your rational worship.
But the fruit of the Spirit is this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith,
For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,
And we now know that unto those who love God, all things help them unto good, to those who according to the purpose are called to be saints.
Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your soul that ye may experience what is that good and well pleasing and perfect will of God.
Jesus said unto him, I AM the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes unto the Father, but by me.
But ye shall receive the virtue of the Holy Spirit which shall come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized each one of you into the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the wages of sin is death, but the grace of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become sons of God, even to them that believe on his name,
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and the Word was God.
not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the beasts and over all the earth and over every serpent that moves upon the earth.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.
But God increased the price of his charity toward us in that while we were yet sinners the Christ died for us.
For I know the thoughts that I think concerning you, said the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you the end that you wait for.
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers,
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a person be born again from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
The thief comes not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy the sheep; I am come that they might have life and that they might have it in abundance.
Therefore, in the manner which sin entered into the world by one man, and because of sin, death; and so death passed upon all men in the one in whom all sinned.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men in which we can be saved.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are made new.
Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me.
That Word was the true Light, which lightens every man that comes into this world.
And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Justified therefore by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus, the Christ,
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government is placed upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called The Wonderful One, The Counsellor, The God, The Mighty One, The Eternal Father, The Prince of Peace.
Be anxious for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.
So that now, there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ, Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of the Christ; for it is the power of God to give saving health to every one that believes: to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a prince of the Jews;
Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that has nothing to be ashamed of, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
and I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever,
Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
God is a Spirit and those that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,
Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to feed the congregation of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
If ye love me, keep my commandments;
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of men, who hold back the truth with injustice;
And the earth was without order, and empty; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those that are broken,
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John
Faith, therefore, is the substance of things waited for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
For the word of God is alive and efficient and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another that ye may be whole. The effectual prayer of the righteous is very powerful.
The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
And he has made you alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth, for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak, and he will cause you to know the things which are to come.
Let every soul submit itself to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, a small rock and upon the large rock I will build my congregation , and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory,
and I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed; that seed shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all diligence and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all the things that I have said unto you.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father ye desire to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,
Think not that I am come to undo the law or the prophets; I am not come to undo, but to fulfil.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind.
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature;
I AM the vine, ye are the branches: he that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word and believes him that sent me has eternal life and shall not come into judgment but has passed from death unto life.
And it shall come to pass after this that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, exercise yourselves in these things.
But without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.
waiting for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,
So then faith comes by hearing, and the ear to hear by the word of God.
He has declared unto thee, O man, what is good and what the LORD requires of thee: only to do right judgment, and to love mercy, and to humble thyself to walk with thy God.
and when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overthrew the tables
Now the serpent was more astute than all the animals of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Has God indeed said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into diverse trials,
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believes not shall be condemned.
as it is written, There is no one righteous, no, not one;
Sanctify them in thy truth; thy word is the truth.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth green grass, herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its nature, whose seed is in itself upon the earth; and it was so.
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
And if any of you lacks wisdom, let them ask of God (who gives abundantly to all, and without reproach), and it shall be given them.
Jesus said unto her, I AM the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, though he is dead, yet shall he live;
So that those who gladly received his word were baptized, and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Thou shalt not lie with males as with women; it is abomination.
And the first of the sabbaths, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart the next day, and continued his word until midnight.
but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and be ready always to respond to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and reverence,
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals
There came a woman of Samaria to draw water; Jesus said unto her, Give me to drink.
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.
For the invisible things of him, his eternal power and divinity, are clearly understood by the creation of the world and by the things that are made so that there is no excuse;
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
But ye are the chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, that ye should show forth the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
God, having spoken many times and in many ways in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to preach good tidings unto those who are cast down; to bind up the wounds of the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those that are bound;
There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day;
Behold, I stand at the door and call; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and will sup with him, and he with me.
But the LORD had said unto Abram, Depart out of thy country and from thy nature and from thy father's house unto a land that I will show thee;
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
The wind blows where it desires, and thou hearest the sound of it, but canst not tell from where it comes or where it goes; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
but those that wait for the LORD shall have new strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man when the water is troubled to put me into the pool, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.
Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye shall be my disciples indeed;
He that believes on him is not condemned, but he that does not believe is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have; for he has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Then Jesus spoke again unto them, saying, I AM the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal;
I and my Father are one.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the lords of this age, rulers of this darkness, against spiritual wickedness in the heavens.
that thou mightest know the security of those things in which thou hast been instructed.
I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
And as it is appointed unto men to die once, and after this the judgment;
if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is benevolent;
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;
And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth
the same came to Jesus by night and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that thou doest unless God is with him.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ;
And those who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest even unto the last; and Jesus was left alone and the woman that had been in the midst.
Ye are the light of the world. A city set upon a mountain cannot be hid.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: That being, his mother Mary espoused to Joseph (before they came together) she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
And God answered unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM. And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the sons of Israel: I AM (YHWH) has sent me unto you.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Here there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the congregation ; and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as the others who have no hope.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning.
For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every beast that moves upon the earth.
In whom ye also trusted, hearing the word of truth, the gospel of your saving health; in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of the promise,
Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself for her,
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
The Lord is not late concerning his promise, as some count lateness, but is patient with us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
He was not the Light, but was sent to bear witness of the Light.
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
The pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep thyself unspotted from this world.
He that believes in the Son has eternal life, and he that does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husband, as unto the Lord.
Therefore if thy brother shall sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
who also said, Ye men of Galilee, what do ye stand gazing at up into heaven? This same Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out, for the times of refreshing of the presence of the Lord are come;
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has prepared that we should walk in them.
My brethren, What shall it profit though someone says that they have faith and do not have works? Shall this type of faith be able to save them?
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
Know ye not that all of us that are baptized into Jesus the Christ are baptized into his death?
Ye, therefore, are to pray like this: Our Father who art in the heavens, Hallowed be thy name.
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becomes holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of honesty;
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
And be not drunk with wine, in which there is excess, 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 he was wounded for our rebellions; he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and by his stripes healing was provided for us.
But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such to worship him.
And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
For there is only one God and likewise only one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Then Jesus was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are those who testify of me.
in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace,
Marvel not at this, for an hour shall come when all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with him in the midst of us, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son cleanses us from all sin.
No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be Lord in Israel; and his goings forth are from the beginning, from the days of the ages.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my way.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his soul for his friends.
They are of the world; therefore, they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, because the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, that person is not of him.
Then the same day at evening, being the first of the sabbaths, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said unto them, Peace be unto you.
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the day in which the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
No one can come to me unless the Father who has sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in 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, that are in the heavens and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by him and in him;
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up,
Enter ye in at the narrow gate, for the way that leads to destruction is wide and spacious, and those who follow it are many;
For the times of this ignorance God overlooked, but he now commands all men everywhere to repent
Nicodemus said unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born?
If ye then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God.
For unto those whom he knew beforehand, he also marked out beforehand the way that they might be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Clothed, therefore, (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) with bowels of mercies, with kindness, with humility, with meekness, with tolerance,
not forsaking our gathering together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another and so much the more, when ye see that day approaching.
For the Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in spirit,
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, that their widows were neglected in the daily ministry.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
for every one that asks receives, and he that seeks finds, and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
he himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose wound ye were healed.
Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
I AM the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who shall know it?
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
and Jesus and his disciples were also called to the marriage.
Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its savour, with what shall it be salted? From then on it is good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.
who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Be temperate and vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour,
And likewise also the Spirit helps our weakness; for we know not how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself makes entreaty for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. Anyone that loves is born of God and knows God.
All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and he that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.
Love not the world neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
Behold, what charity the Father has given us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world does not know us, because it does not know him.
The first of the sabbaths, Mary Magdalene came early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre and saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons;
And he said to them all, If anyone will come after me, let them deny themself and take up their cross daily and follow me.
Philip answered him, Two hundred denarius of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one of them may take a little.
And it came to pass as he went into the house of one of the princes of the Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day that they watched him.
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day and stood up to read.
For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou should correct that which is lacking and set in place elders in every city, as I had commanded thee:
Then Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself but what he sees the Father do; for all that he does, this also the Son does together with him.
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
For ye are all sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Let the word of the Christ dwell in you in abundance in all wisdom, teaching you and exhorting you one to another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with grace singing in your hearts unto the Lord.
understanding this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Neither do I pray for these alone, but also for those who shall believe in me through their word;
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
And if it seems evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye sin not; and if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus, the righteous Christ;
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirsts, let him come unto me and drink.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with the yoke of slavery.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, who didst claim the Gentiles as an inheritance!
And the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night unto Berea, who when they got there went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Therefore I am certain that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come
For there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
For all that are led by the Spirit of God, the same are sons of God.
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
The former treatise I have made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and for the ages.
What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who shall be against us?
being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
For the prophecy did not come in times past by the will of man, but the holy men of God spoke being inspired by the Holy Spirit.
For we are buried with him by baptism into death, that just as the Christ was raised up from the dead to the glory of the Father, likewise we also walk in newness of life.
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Therefore, my beloved, as ye have always hearkened, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own saving health with fear and trembling.
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment:
and ye have respect to him that wears the precious clothing and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there or sit here under my footstool:
Jesus answered and said unto him, He who loves me will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and dwell with him.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.
Keep yourselves also from the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Charity suffers long and is benign; charity envies not; charity does nothing without due reason, is not puffed up,
Thou shalt remember the sabbath day, to sanctify it.
Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, from the dead,
And it came to pass that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.
according as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in charity;
And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that it behooves us always to pray and not faint,
In my Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
but when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Jesus answered and said unto them, Dissolve this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
And let us consider one another to provoke unto charity and unto good works,
Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship does righteousness have with unrighteousness? and what communion does light have with darkness?
Then Solomon spoke unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every prince in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
Do not deceive yourselves; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows that shall he also reap.
with our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who having been offered joy, endured the cross , despising the shame and was seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He said unto him, Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, Feed my lambs.
And Jesus said unto them, I AM the bread of life; he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes in me shall never thirst.
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
Surely he has borne our sicknesses and suffered our pain: and we considered him stricken, smitten of God, and cast down.
and has made of one blood all the lineage of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined the seasons (which he has limited) and the bounds of their habitation;
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom ye have of God, and that ye are not your own?
And has put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the congregation ,
Then the Jews answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came unto the prince of the priests
For I know with certainty that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory which shall be manifested in us.
And he that was healed did not know who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
For this cause God gave them up unto shameful affections, for even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature;
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son,
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, behold, I am with you always even unto the end of the age. Amen.
Mercy and peace and charity be multiplied unto you.
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
among whom ye are also the called of Jesus Christ;
Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know,
And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be unto you; as my Father has sent me, even so send I you.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
Then some of his disciples said among themselves, What is this that he says unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while, and ye shall see me; and, Because I go to the Father?
And one of the Pharisees asked him if he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and sat down to food.
Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be; but we know that if he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And I saw a great white throne and him that was seated upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and their place was not found.
and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ye and believe the gospel.
He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed and walk.
submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Forasmuch as many have attempted to set forth in order the history of those things which among us have been most certain,
After these things the Lord appointed another seventy also and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place where he himself would come.
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain; and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him;
If a man shall join himself with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
And they had no child because Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well advanced in years.
if my people, upon whom my name is invoked, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and riches.
No temptation has taken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment and cast lots.
Now upon the first of the sabbaths, very early in the morning they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Having, therefore, a great high priest who penetrated the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast this profession of our hope.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; Phares begat Esrom; Esrom begat Aram;
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it unto you.
But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to defraud of the price of the land?
Moreover, brothers, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received and in which ye stand;
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows the work of his hands.
Take heed not to do your alms before men, to be seen of them; otherwise, ye have no reward of your Father who is in the heavens.
and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto saving health by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those who speak evil about you, and persecute you;
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
And I saw the heaven open, and behold a white horse; and he that was seated upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes in me, the works that I do he shall do also; and greater works than these shall he do because I go unto my Father.
Therefore, all things whatsoever ye desire that men should do unto you, so also shall ye do unto them, for this is the law and the prophets.
Behold, the days come, said the LORD, in which I will make a new covenant with the house of Jacob and with the house of Judah:
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the prevarication and to conclude the sin and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and seal the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
Ye have condemned and murdered the just, and he does not 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 they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,
Brethren, if anyone is overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted.
But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.
But I say unto you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the traditions of men, according to the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus, the Christ, Son of God,
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy thought and with all thy strength: this is the principal commandment.
Behold, a virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God With Us.
And this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than the light because their deeds were evil.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Follow peace with everyone and holiness, without which no one 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 the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction that we, through patient endurance and through the comfort of the scriptures, might have hope.
Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, listening to spirits of error and doctrines of demons;
In one week (they are now seventy) he shall confirm the covenant by many: and at the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and because of the many abominations, desolation shall come, even until complete destruction shall be poured out upon the abominable people.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore that desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself the enemy of God.
But now, without the law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets:
By this shall everyone know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye measure out it shall be measured to you again.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another as I have loved you.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.
And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the time of incense.
He that does not love does not know God, for God is charity.
Now therefore ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God,
and gathering them together, he commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, Which, he said, ye have heard of me.
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, Rejoice.
For all things there is a season, and every will under the heaven has its time determined.
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those that perish, but unto us who are saved, it is the power of God.
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of my hand.
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him.
Then he shall also say unto those who shall be on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels;
Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
and he is the reconciliation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
And it came to pass that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
Now there were in the congregation that was at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger and Lucius of Cyrene and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And taking bread, having given thanks, he broke it and gave unto 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 congregation , who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
as all things that pertain to life and to godliness are given us of his divine power, through the knowledge of him that has called us by his glory and virtue,
Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither does he tempt anyone:
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
And the angel of the Lord spoke unto Philip, saying, Arise and go toward the south unto the way that goes down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
to Timothy, dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace of God the Father and of Christ Jesus our Lord.
Blessed is the man that patiently endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those that love him.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We must persuade God rather than men.
Therefore there sprang even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also the Christ.
For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of strength and of love and of temperance.
And he spoke this parable unto some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
For the Christ, when we were yet weak, in his time died for the ungodly.
For it is like a man travelling into a far country, who called his own slaves and delivered unto them his goods.
But we were all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses as filthy rags; and we all fell as the leaves of a tree; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Aram begat Aminadab; Aminadab begat Naasson; Naasson begat Salmon;
And it came to pass that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret
Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well; the demons also believe and tremble.
But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who covertly shall bring in destructive sects and shall deny the Lord that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Is anyone among you afflicted? let them pray. Is anyone happy? let them sing.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
And of the multitude of those that had believed was one heart and one soul; no one said that anything he possessed was his own, but they had all things common.
Blessed is the man that does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.
The woman said unto him, Lord, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and troubled the water; whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatever disease he had.
Therefore he is able also to save to the uttermost those that come unto God by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.
Then those that were come together asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to serve and to give his life in ransom for many.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Jesus said unto him, Have I been such a long time with you, and yet thou hast not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether 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 what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
And Jesus responded unto him, The principal of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one;
All we like sheep have become lost; we have turned each one to his own way; and the LORD transposed in him the iniquity of us all.
Therefore I say through the grace given unto me, to all those that are among you not to obtain more knowledge than is prudent to know, but to obtain knowledge with temperance, each one according to the measure of faith that God has dealt.
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spoke unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me.
Now as Jesus rose early the first of the sabbaths, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. I am the LORD.
Now well along on the sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first of the sabbaths, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; now, therefore, my kingdom is not from here.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in humility let each esteem others better than themselves,
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
And when the sabbath of the great feast of the passover was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought sweet spices that they might come and anoint him.
My brethren, make not unto yourselves many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also of his lineage.
for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband; this hast thou said with truth.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished, and he bowed his head and gave the Spirit.
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who waited upon God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands,
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth sons; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
casting all your cares upon him, for he cares for you.
This then is the promise which we have heard of him and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beautiful appearance of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Let each one according to the gift that he has received, administer it unto the others, as a good steward of the diverse graces of God.
My people were cut off because they lacked wisdom; because thou hast rejected wisdom, I will cast thee out of the priesthood; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy sons.
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was about sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men,
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, and there shall be food in my house, and prove me now in this, said the LORD of the hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Think not that I have come to introduce peace into the land; I came not to introduce peace, but a sword.
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree),
The same was in the beginning with the God.
Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit adultery;
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the empire of death, that is, the devil,
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brothers, ye have done it unto me.
For my thoughts are not as your thoughts, neither are your ways as my ways, saith the LORD.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, I will rather glory in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
chosen (according to the foreknowledge of God the Father) in sanctification of the Spirit, to obey and be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus, the Christ, Grace and peace, be multiplied unto you.
For I testify unto everyone that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If anyone shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book;
of his Son (who was born unto him of the seed of David according to the flesh,
And I will bless those that bless thee and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
And one of the scribes came, having heard their dispute and knowing that he had given a good response unto them, asked him, Which is the principal commandment of all?
which is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day ye heard it and knew the grace of God in truth,
The Spirit is he that gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken unto you, they are Spirit and they are life.
Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be lengthened upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.
For thou hast possessed my kidneys: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
and in knowledge, temperance; and in temperance, patience; and in patience, fear of God;
Therefore, whosoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him unto a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;
For the same Spirit bears witness unto our spirit that we are sons of God,
Thou shalt not murder.
In this we have known the charity of God because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from his birth.
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD; look unto the rock from which ye are hewn and to the hole of the pit from which ye are dug.
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus, the Christ,
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread;
but whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every grass bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.
I saw in the vision of the night, and, behold, in the clouds of heaven like a Son of man that came and drew near unto the Elder of great age, and they brought him near before him.
Paul, slave of Jesus, the Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God
After this I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with long white robes and palms in their hands
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
A fire devours before him and behind him a flame burns: the earth is as the garden of Eden before him, and behind him a desolate wilderness; neither shall anyone escape him.
See that I command thee to be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for I, the LORD thy God, am with thee wherever thou goest.
Let marriage be honourable in all and the bed undefiled; but the fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Then come, shall the LORD say, and we shall be even; if your sins were as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow; if they were red like crimson, they shall become as wool.
The Word is faithful, If anyone desires the office of a bishop, , he desires a difficult ministry.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.
And it came to pass that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They already have their reward.
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only do not use liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by charity serve one another.
And the great dragon was cast out, the serpent of old, who is called Devil and the Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou may keep and do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy way to prosper, and then thou shalt understand everything.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and chastening.
And God called the firmament Heavens. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatever ye do, do everything for the glory of God.
Because in this manner the entrance shall be abundantly administered unto you in the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
And whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men,
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
knowing that ye have been ransomed from your vain conversation (which you received from your fathers), not with corruptible things like silver and gold,
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children
and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And I saw thrones, and those who sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; and I saw the souls of those that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not worshipped the beast neither its image neither had received its mark upon their foreheads or in their hands; and they shall live and reign with Christ the thousand years.
praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching in this with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not have understanding.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who is for the sons of thy people, and it shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there were people until now, but in that time thy people shall escape, all those that are found written in the book.
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Let love be without dissimulation, abhorring that which is evil, causing you to come unto that which is good;
but these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life in his name.
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, so that also those who do not obey the Word, may be won without a word by the conversation of their wives,
And dost thou think this, O man, that judgest those who do such things and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?
And it came to pass that for a whole year they gathered themselves together with the congregation and taught many people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense entering into the temple of the Lord.
And no one has ascended up to the heaven but he that came down from the heaven, even the Son of man, who is in the heaven.
(for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand: not of works, but of him that calls),
And Jesus, after he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water; and, behold, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him;
And the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Then said the Samaritan woman unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
And as they were eating, Jesus took the bread, and, having blessed it, broke it 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 Jesus said unto his disciples, If anyone will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
When Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?
And one of the crowd said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
For I am the LORD, I have not changed; therefore, ye sons of Jacob have not been consumed.
buried together with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who has raised him from the dead.
There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
by which, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of the Christ),
whom we preach, warning every man and teaching in all wisdom that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,
And not only this, but we even glory in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation works patience;
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might.
For whosoever shall have kept the whole law, and then offends in one point is made guilty of all.
for the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the times of the ages
Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
And if thy hand causes thee to fall, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into life maimed than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that can never be quenched,
My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus, the glorious Christ, with respect of persons.
and he who is rich, in his low status, because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Then certain men who came down from Judaea taught the brethren and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
In whom the god of this age has blinded the understanding of those who do not believe, that the light of the gospel of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine in them.
The oppressors of my people are many, and women rule over him. O my people, those who lead thee cause thee to err and twist the way of thy paths.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with which ye are sealed for the day of redemption.
And now why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
And as he was leaving to continue his way, there came one running, who kneeled before him and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil lust, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Then all the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.
Because for this were ye called: for the Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps
Therefore we all, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord with uncovered face, are transformed from glory to glory into the same likeness, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Therefore I say unto you that everything that ye ask for, praying, believe that ye receive it, and it shall come upon you.
making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
And calling the multitude unto him with his disciples, he said unto 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 are called in one hope of your calling,
Paul and Timothy, slaves of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
but following the truth in charity, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened unto ten virgins who, taking their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
The God that made the world and all the things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
Yet thou hast a few persons in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
which has over abounded in us in all wisdom and prudence;
These things I have written unto you that believe in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.
And it came to pass after these things that God proved Abraham and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Behold, here I am.
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven you in Christ.
Even the very dust of your city which cleaves on us we do wipe off against you; notwithstanding be ye sure of this that the kingdom of God is come near unto you.
Do not fear for I am with thee; do not be dismayed, for I am thy God, who strengthens thee; I will help thee always; I will always uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
The elders who are among you I exhort (I am also an elder with them and a witness of the afflictions of the Christ, and also a participant of the glory that shall be revealed).
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
And this is the witness, that God has given eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great charity with which he loved us,
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and death shall be no more neither shall there be any more sorrow nor crying nor pain; for the former things are passed away.
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
she followed Paul and us and cried out, saying, These men are the slaves of the most high God, who announce unto us the way of deliverance.
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel that he might evangelize those that dwell on the earth and every nation and kindred and tongue and people,
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my slave whom I have chosen that ye may know and believe me and understand that I am he; before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
And fear not those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, asking that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
unto whom he also showed himself alive, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, appearing unto them for forty days and speaking to them of the kingdom of God;
Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink or in respect of a feast day or of the new moon or of the sabbath days,
For in him is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him and those also who pierced him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail over him. Even so, Amen.
praising God and having grace with all the people. And the Lord added to the congregation daily such as should be saved.
For ye have not received the spirit of slavery to be in fear again, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth a city of Galilee and was baptized of John in the Jordan.
in him in whom likewise we have obtained an inheritance, having had the way marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will,
For while one says, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal?
And the devil that 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.
Ho, every one that thirsts, come ye to the waters, and he that has no money; come ye, buy, and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain and said, I have gained a man by the LORD.
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
In the same manner delight thyself in the LORD, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart.
I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was the son 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 strength and with all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.
Then Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,
And this is the confidence that we have in God, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us:
who also declared unto us your charity in the Spirit.
that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Who shall separate us from the charity of Christ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?
and in fear of God, brotherly love; and in brotherly love, charity.
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and charity which is in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, God also has highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name,
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for edification, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not even the angels of the heavens, but my Father only.
And, behold, I shall send the promise of my Father upon you, but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye are endued with power from on high.
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them,
Jesus said unto her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.
Jesus spoke these words and lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour is come; clarify thy Son, that thy Son may also clarify thee,
Where do the wars and disputes come from among you? From here that is to say, of your lusts which fight in your members?
Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, and the angel of the covenant, whom ye desire: behold, he comes, said the LORD of the hosts.
There were present at the same time some that told him of the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with his sacrifices.
And whatever ye do whether in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God and Father by him.
Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit murder, and whosoever shall commit murder shall be guilty of the judgment;
Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth;
And all that believed were together and had all things common
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse 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 both now and until the day of eternity. Amen.
Little children, it is the last hour, and as ye have heard that the antichrist comes, likewise there are also beginning to be many antichrists, by which we know that it is the last time.
Therefore, when ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, which shall stand in the holy place (whosoever reads, let him understand),
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel;
I have showed you in all things how that so labouring, ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
And every one that hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be likened unto a 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 the God of all comfort;
For verily I say unto you, Until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall pass from the law until all is fulfilled.
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements, burning, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
Therefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who were called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh, which is made by hands,
And we have known and believed the charity that God has in us. God is charity, and he that abides in charity abides in God, and God in him.
as ye also learned of Epaphras, our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ,
After these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias, and he manifested himself in this manner:
In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem shall be pleasant unto the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years.
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou dost eat of it thou shalt surely die.
I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead in his appearing and in his kingdom:
James, , a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus, the Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the charity of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
We have also the most sure word of the prophets, unto which ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts,
Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand firm against the wiles of the devil.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath nor that is in the water under the earth.
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be anathema.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, they shall heap up unto themselves teachers who shall speak to them according to their own lusts,
And they kept the word within themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should be.
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it does not see him, or know him; but ye know him, for he dwells with you and shall be in you.
These are the origins of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens
Call unto me, and I will answer thee and show thee great and difficult things, which thou dost not know.
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusts in thee.
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I always remember you in my prayers,
Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
for the perfecting of the saints in the work of the ministry, unto the edifying of the body of the Christ
And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.
For if these things are in you and abound, they shall not let you be idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of his grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might be made participants of the divine nature, having fled the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the faithful in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive according to that which they have done in the body, good or evil.
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the Gentiles.
Then Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea and all ye that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known unto you and hearken to my words;
And I beseech you, brethren, mark those who cause dissensions and offences outside of the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.
Owe no one anything, but love one unto another; for he that loves his neighbour has fulfilled the law.
holding fast the doctrine according to the faithful word, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
For John truly baptized in water, but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
And such trust we have through the Christ towards God:
If the Son therefore shall set you free, ye shall be free indeed.
But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised,
and it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfil the law of the Christ.
Listen to your pastors, and do not resist them, for they watch for your souls as those that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless the name of his holiness.
And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall be awakened, some for eternal life, and some for shame and everlasting confusion.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout with joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come unto thee: just, and a saviour; humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said, Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
For by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether we are Jews or Greeks, whether we are slaves or free, and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the works of the devil.
speaking among yourselves with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and praising the Lord in your hearts,
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 the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
But as it is written, That which eye has not seen nor ear heard neither has entered into the heart of man is that which God has prepared for those that love him.
him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain,
Thou shalt not steal.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments and his ways past finding out!
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?
But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear unto myself, only that I might finish my course with joy and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
and from Jesus, the Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his own blood
And if the fall of them is the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their fullness be?
And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe this, all things are possible to him that believes.
Preach the word; be instant in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
For by the deeds of the law, no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Speak unto the sons of Israel and say unto them, When any of you offers an offering unto the LORD of animals, of cattle, even of the cows, or of the sheep ye shall make your offering.
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a Pythian spirit met us, which brought her masters much gain by divination:
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the congregation .
Behold, I show you a mystery: We shall all indeed be raised, but we shall not all be changed;
For I know that my redeemer lives and that he shall rise at the latter day over the dust;
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in the heavens.
That I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death,
While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food together with gladness and singleness of heart,
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
And the very God of peace sanctify you completely, that your spirit, soul, and body be preserved whole without reprehension for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted in the Gentiles, I will be exalted in the earth.
And unto the angel of the congregation of the Laodiceans write; Behold, he who saith, Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
I say, therefore, to the unmarried men and widowers, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and of prayer, and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn over him as one mourns for his only son, afflicting themselves over him as one afflicts himself over his firstborn.
and the hope shall not be ashamed, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us.
because having known God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim because there was much water there, and they came and were baptized.
I am come to cast fire into the earth; and what do I desire, except that it be kindled?
If the world hates you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
not with affection of lust, as the Gentiles who do not know God,
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
In charity there is no fear; but charity that is perfect casts out fear; because fear has torment; from which he that fears is not complete in charity.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath;
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
But if I tarry long, that thou may know how it is expedient to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
Now there is dispersal of gifts, but the same Spirit.
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that many times I purposed to come unto you (but up until now I have been unable) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what hinders me to be baptized?
Therefore, having the loins of your understanding girded with temperance, wait perfectly in the grace that is presented unto you when Jesus, the Christ, is manifested unto you,
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
But the natural man does not perceive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
Josias begat Jechonias and his brothers, about the time they were carried away to Babylon;
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted that which is more important of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; these were expedient for ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
First, I thank my God through Jesus, the Christ, regarding you all, that your faith is preached in all the world.
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
And the LORD replied unto Samuel, Do not look on his countenance or on the height of his stature because I have refused him, for it is not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
and hast suffered, and doth suffer and for my name's sake hast laboured and hast not fainted.
the same shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
whom God purposed for reconciliation through faith in his blood for the manifestation of his righteousness, for the remission of sins that are past, by the patience of God,
And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because in it he had rested from all his work which God created in perfection.
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
For the Father loves the Son and shows him all the things that he does, and he will show him greater works than these that ye may marvel.
Therefore in the manner in which ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him,
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come; and whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.
Let brotherly love continue.
Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to remain in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Then 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 the evening and the morning were the third day.
and said unto those that sold the doves, Take these things away from here; do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in tribulation.
Take the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel by their families, by the houses of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls,
For if ye set men free from their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also set you free;
Circumcised the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
Behold also the ships, which though they are so great are driven of fierce winds, yet they are governed with a very small rudder, wherever the governor desires.
to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among those who are sanctified by the faith that is in me.
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall raise up a kingdom which eternally shall never become corrupted, and this kingdom shall not be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and his fame went out through all the region round about.
If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Therefore, leaving now the word of the beginning of the establishment of the Christ, let us go on unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from works of death, and of faith in God,
Because the Lord GOD will do nothing unless he reveals his secret to his slaves the prophets.
And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Behold, sons are a heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is to be desired.
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
I AM the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
And that same day, when evening was come, he said unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself a people of his own, zealous of good works.
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice because I said, I go unto the Father; for my Father is greater than I.
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat;
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
Behold, the days come, said the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine to the earth, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Therefore God also gave them over to the lusts of their own hearts for uncleanness, to contaminate their own bodies between themselves,
For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou dost walk in the truth.
And they sang a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us unto God by thy blood, out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation
Then shall the King say unto those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
And in this we do know that we have known him if we keep his commandments.
for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and virtue; for thou hast created all things, and by thy will they have their being and were created.
I AM the door; whosoever enters in by me shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture.
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can this be done?
But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
But of that day and that hour no one knows, no, not even the angels who are in the heaven, neither the Son, but only the Father.
Admonish them to be subject to dominion and power, and to persuade those who have authority, that they be quick unto every good work.
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the company called the Italian,
Now as Moses shepherded the sheep of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, he led the flock to the backside of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect.
And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
Even so faith, if it does not have works, is dead in and of itself.
has in these last times spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the ages;
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that, Jesus also being baptized and praying, the heaven was opened,
And he said unto them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
And they shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
and have not listened to the voice of the LORD our God to walk by his laws, which he set before us by the hand of his slaves the prophets.
He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David;
But we see this same Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
So that having different gifts according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, according to the measure of faith;
After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judaea, and he tarried there with them and baptized.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfect, joined together in the same understanding and in the same perception.
And it came to pass when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem
This I say, therefore, and require in the Lord that from now on ye not walk as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their own senses,
Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and anyone that loves him that begat also loves him that is born of him.
And believing, the God of hope fills you with all joy and peace that ye may abound in hope by the virtue of the Holy Spirit.
And, behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give each one according as his work shall be.
And they brought young children to him that he should touch them, and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
And it came to pass about eight days after these words, he took Peter and John and James and went up into the mountain to pray.
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Bear with the one who is sick in the faith, but not unto doubtful discernment.
I am the lily of the field and the rose of the valleys.
Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
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 the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In the tithes and the offerings.
Behold my slave, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall give judgment unto the Gentiles.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abides in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
For it is impossible that those who once received the light and tasted of that heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit
Not as though I had already attained it, either were already perfect, but I follow after, if I may lay hold of that for which I have also been laid hold of by the Christ, Jesus.
And having ordained elders for them in every congregation and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord on whom they believed.
Therefore sin is still in the one that knows to do good and does not do it.
Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently until it receives the early and latter rain.
Through faith we understand that the ages were framed by the word of God, that which is seen being made of that which was not seen.
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship and to go before him unto the other side while he sent the multitude away.
because that which is known of God is manifest to them; for God has showed it unto them.
Then they asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
receiving the end of your faith, even the saving health of your souls.
And I have other sheep which are not of this fold; it is expedient that I bring them also, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
Unto the figure of which the baptism that does now correspond saves us (not taking away the uncleanness of the flesh, but giving testimony of a good conscience before God) by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ,
because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; of whom he has given assurance unto all men in that he has raised him from the dead.
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
In this does the charity consist, not because we had loved God, but because he loved us and has sent his Son to be the reconciliation for our sins.
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.
He that believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
For the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth of God came through Jesus, the Christ.
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
Or does he say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that plows should plow in hope, and that he that threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
For I would not, brethren, that ye ignore this mystery, that ye not be arrogant regarding yourselves: that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles are come in.
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go that they may celebrate a feast unto me in the wilderness.
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the wild fig trees are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto those that put their trust in him.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
And when he was asked of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation;
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put under his authority only.
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is no one that does good.
Therefore when he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
Then came together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,
So shall my Word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall be prospered in that for which I sent it.
Do not multiply thyself speaking great and lofty things; let arrogant words cease from your mouth, for the LORD is the all-knowing God, and the magnificent works are his.
But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Therefore I said unto you that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye do not believe that I AM, ye shall die in your sins.
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the congregation which was at Jerusalem, and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
For the Father judges no man but has committed all judgment unto the Son
For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded this unto them in all the scriptures concerning himself.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes, and a tree of covetousness to understand, she took of its fruit and ate and gave also unto her husband with her; and he ate.
And now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, those whom thou hast given me, keep them in thy name, that they may be one, as we are.
Because I have the right (as long as I am in this tabernacle) to stir you up by reminding you,
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat;
testifying both to the Jews and also to the Gentiles, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the husband is the head of the wife even as the Christ is head of the congregation , and it is he who gives saving health to the body.
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship.
For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
When Israel was a boy, I loved him and called my son out of Egypt.
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day before the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years are as one day.
We love him, because he first loved us.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
At that time Jesus answered and said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and understanding and hast revealed them unto children.
Then said the Jews, This temple was forty-six years in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Jesus said unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? My hour is not yet come.
And as ye desire that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,
The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein.
And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is powerful to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?
For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders in such a manner that they shall deceive, if possible, the very elect.
And you, being dead in sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
And I wrote this same unto you, lest when I came, I should have grief from those of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Behold, the pain of my iniquity has caused me to writhe; my mother conceived me so that sin might be removed from me.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and departed from evil.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent; he said and shall he not do it? He spoke and shall he not execute it?
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be enriched.
Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto which I have called them.
Brethren, I do not reckon to have laid hold of it yet, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and extending myself unto those things which are ahead,
as newborn babes, desire the rational milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby in health;
Not that I speak in respect of want, for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.
I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his slaves things which are convenient to do quickly, and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his slave John,
Let no one deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
because the prudence of the flesh is enmity against God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, neither indeed can it.
They said therefore, What is this that he says, A little while? we cannot understand what he says.
And there are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree in one.
Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in perfection and in truth and put away from among you the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river and in Egypt, and serve ye the LORD.
Asa begat Josaphat; Josaphat begat Joram; Joram begat Ozias;
And Jesus and his disciples went out into the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am?
so that we should be to the praise of his glory, those of us who first trusted in the Christ.
Nevertheless, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye shall have no life in you.
Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, , and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
coming unto whom (is the living Stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious),
He put forth another parable unto them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is likened unto a man who sows good seed in his field
And if the woman shall put away her husband and be married to another, she commits adultery.
For in the manner that we have many members in one body, nevertheless all the members do not have the same operation;
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unfaithfulness; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove from here to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
but I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Having confidence in thy obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the congregation of God?)
who now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fulfill in my flesh that which is lacking of the tribulations of the Christ for his body's sake, which is the congregation ,
For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him?
in which in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the will of the prince of the power of this air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience,
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
And because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father;
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit;
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinks of this water shall thirst again,
But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work.
ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, well pleasing to God by Jesus, the Christ.
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
Pray without ceasing.
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female?
but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother out of control shall be in danger of the judgment, and whosoever shall insult his brother shall be in danger of the council, but whosoever shall say, Thou art impious, shall be in danger of hell.
and if sons, also heirs certainly of God and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together with him.