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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.