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For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
All scripture [is] inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,
Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies [as] a living sacrifice, holy [and] pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this [is] not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
And we know that all [things] work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to [his] purpose,
Therefore, go [and] make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
But you will receive power [when] the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth."
And Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the compensation due sin [is] death, but the gift 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 those who believe in his name--he gave to them authority to become children of God,
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
he saved us, not by deeds of righteousness that we have done, but because of his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
that if you confess with your mouth "Jesus [is] Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.
And God said, "Let us make humankind in our image and according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth."
{Trust Yahweh} with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.
but God demonstrates his own love for us, [in] that [while] we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For I know the plans that I [am] planning concerning you,' {declares} Yahweh, 'plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope.
And he himself gave some [as] apostles and some [as] prophets and some [as] evangelists and some [as] pastors and teachers
So God created humankind in his image, in the likeness of God he created him, male and female he created them.
And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.
Come to me, all [of you] who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us [our] sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
The thief {comes only} so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.
Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned.
And he said to them, "Go into all the world [and] preach the gospel to all creation.
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among people by which we must be saved."
Therefore if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation; the old [things] have passed away; behold, new [things] have come.
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
The true light, who gives light to every person, was coming into the world.
And Jesus approached [and] spoke to them, saying, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore, [because we] have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
I am able [to do] all [things] by the one who strengthens me.
For a child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. And the dominion will be on his shoulder, and his name is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Consequently, [there is] now no condemnation for those [who are] in Christ Jesus.
And on the third day, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in the same [place].
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [life] I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
"A new commandment I give to you: that you love one another--just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees {whose name was} Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.
But seek first his kingdom and righteousness, and all these [things] will be added to you.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, in order that he may be with you {forever}--
Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,
God [is] spirit, and the ones who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look! the virgin [is] with child and she is about to give birth [to] a son, and she shall call his name 'God with us.'
Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own [Son].
For "everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness [was] over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God [was] hovering over the surface of the waters.
"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.
Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
Now faith is the realization of what is hoped for, the proof of things not seen.
"Hear, Israel, Yahweh our God, Yahweh is unique.
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.
On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
And you, {although you were dead} in your trespasses and sins,
But when he--the Spirit of truth--comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for [there] is no authority except by God, and those that exist are put in place by God.
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!
Now when the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
And I will put hostility between you and between the woman, and between your offspring and between her offspring; he will strike you [on the] head, and you will strike him [on the] heel."
All [things] came into being through him, and apart from him not one [thing] came into being that has come into being.
Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They} accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day [to see] if these [things] were so.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name--that one will teach you all [things], and will remind you of everything that I said to you.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.
This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people,
"Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy [them] but to fulfill [them].
Finally, become strong in the Lord and in the might of his strength.
And he said to him, " 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
"I am the vine; you [are] the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him--this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything.
Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
And it will happen afterward thus: I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your elders will dream dreams; your young men shall see visions.
Finally, brothers, whatever [things] are true, whatever [things are] honorable, whatever [things are] right, whatever [things are] pure, whatever [things are] pleasing, whatever [things are] commendable, if [there is] any excellence of character and if anything praiseworthy, think about these [things].
Now without faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him.
looking forward to the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Consequently, faith [comes] by hearing, and hearing through the word about Christ.
He has told you, O mortal, what [is] good, and what does Yahweh ask from you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
And he made a whip of cords [and] drove [them] all out of the temple [courts], both the sheep and the oxen, and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other {wild animal} which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God indeed say, 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
Consider [it] all joy, my brothers, whenever you encounter various trials,
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them [ability] to speak out.
The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who refuses to believe will be condemned.
just as it is written, "[There] is no one righteous, not even one;
Sanctify them in the truth--your word is truth.
And God said, "Let the earth produce green plants [that will] bear seed--fruit trees bearing fruit {in which there is seed}--according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.
And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household!"
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.
And [after he] had said these [things], [while] they were watching, he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight.
And you shall not lie with a male as lying {with} a woman; that [is] a detestable thing.
And on the first [day] of the week, [when] we had assembled to break bread, Paul began conversing with them, [because he] was going to leave on the next day, and he extended [his] message until midnight.
but set Christ apart [as] Lord in your hearts, always ready to [make] a defense to anyone who asks you [for] an accounting concerning the hope [that is] in you.
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor passive homosexual partners, nor dominant homosexual partners,
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me [water] to drink."
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!"
For from the creation of the world, his invisible [attributes], both his eternal power and deity, are discerned clearly, being understood in the things created, so that they are without excuse.
when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
[Although] God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,
[The] Spirit of the Lord Yahweh [is] upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news [to the] oppressed, to bind up {the brokenhearted}, to {proclaim} release to [the] captives and liberation to those who are bound,
"Now a certain man was rich, and dressed [in] purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, indeed I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.
And Yahweh said to Abram, "Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you.
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
The wind blows wherever it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
But those who wait for Yahweh shall renew [their] strength. They shall go up [with] wings like eagles; they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not be faint.
The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But {while} I am coming, another goes down before me."
Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples,
The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
Your lifestyle [must be] free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, "I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you."
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
The Father and I are one."
because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
so that you may know the certainty concerning the things about which you were taught.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
And {just as} it is destined for people to die once, and after this, judgment,
if you have tasted that the Lord [is] kind,
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.
And God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light.
Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee {named} Nazareth,
This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."
Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,
Now [when they] heard [it], being convicted by their conscience, they began to depart, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone--and the woman who was in [their] midst.
You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden,
Now the birth of Jesus Christ occurred in this way. His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, [but] before they came together, she was found {to be pregnant} by the Holy Spirit.
And God said to Moses, "I am that I am." And he said, "So you must say to the {Israelites}, 'I am sent me to you.'"
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits [to determine] if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.
And behold, a certain legal expert stood up to test him, saying, "Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"
Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.
He made the one who did not know sin [to be] sin on our behalf, in order that we could become the righteousness of God in him.
I have said these [things] to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world."
And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven, and over every animal that moves upon the earth."
in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also when you believed you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
That one was not the light, but [came] in order that he could testify about the light.
And the angel answered [and] said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the one to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.
The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life--but the wrath of God remains on him.
--wives to their own husbands as to the Lord,
"Now if your brother sins against you, go correct him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
who also said, "Men {of Galilee}, why do you stand there looking into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven like this will come back in the same way you saw him departing into heaven!"
Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be blotted out,
For we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them.
What [is] the benefit, my brothers, if someone says [that he] has faith but does not have works? That faith [is] not able to save him, [is it]?
For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him.
Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Therefore you pray in this way: "Our Father who is in heaven, may your name be treated as holy.
Older women likewise [are to be] reverent in [their] behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.
Then Yahweh God said, "[it is] not good [that] the man is alone. I will make for him a helper {as his counterpart}."
What therefore shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, in order that grace may increase?
And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea did not exist [any] longer.
But he [was] pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace [was] upon him, and by his wounds {we were healed}.
But an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for indeed the Father seeks such [people] [to be] his worshipers.
Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire.
For [there is] one God and one mediator between God and human beings, the man Christ Jesus,
Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil,
You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me.
in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
"Do not be astonished [at] this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice
But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.
Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:
"Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, [too] small to be among the clans of Judah, from you one will go out for me, to be ruler in Israel; and his origins [are] from of old, from ancient days.
Your word [is] a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
For I passed on to you {as of first importance} what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.
They are from the world; {therefore} they speak from the world and the world listens to them.
But I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never carry out the desire of the flesh.
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person {does not belong to him}.
Now [when it] was evening on that day--the first [day] of the week--and the doors had been shut where the disciples were because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace to you."
and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For {ever since} the fathers fell asleep, all [things] have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation."
No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.
After these [things] [there] was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
because all [things] in the heavens and on the earth were created by him, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers, all [things] were created through him and for him,
And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, thus it is necessary [that] the Son of Man be lifted up,
"Enter through the narrow gate, because broad [is] the gate and spacious [is] the road that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it,
Therefore [although] God has overlooked the times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"
Therefore, if you have been raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
because [those] whom he foreknew, he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.
But be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
Therefore, as [the] chosen of God, holy and [dearly] loved, put on affection, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience,
not abandoning {our meeting together}, as [is] the habit of some, but encouraging [each other], and by so much more as you see the day drawing near.
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, in order that he could bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,
Now in these days, [as] the disciples were increasing [in number], a complaint arose by the {Greek-speaking Jews} against the {Hebraic Jews} because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution [of food].
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you--not as the world gives, I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let [them] be afraid.
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that [we] may die to sins [and] live to righteousness, by whose wounds you were healed.
Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?
For we do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who has been tempted in all [things] in the same way, without sin.
And both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding.
"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside [and] trampled under foot by people.
who is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, sustaining all [things] by the word of power. [When he] had made purification for sins through him, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
And likewise also, the Spirit helps [us] in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as one ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes [for us] [with] unexpressed groanings.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
Everyone whom the Father gives to me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never throw out,
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
"When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father--that one will testify about me.
See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
Now on the first [day] of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, [while it] was still dark, and saw the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
So Peter opened [his] mouth [and] said, "In truth I understand that God is not one who shows partiality,
And he said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.
Philip replied to him, "Two hundred denarii [worth of] bread would not be enough for them, in order that each one could receive a little."
And it happened that when he came to the house of a certain one of the leaders of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat {a meal}, they were watching him closely.
And he came to Nazareth, where {he had been brought up}, and according to {his custom} he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read.
On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.
So Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these [things] also the Son does likewise.
Now [after] Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom, with psalms, hymns, [and] spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God,
recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one's own interpretation,
"And I do not ask on behalf of these only, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word,
And {all those who descended from Jacob} were seventy individuals, and Joseph was in Egypt.
But if it is bad in your eyes to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you want to serve, whether it is the gods that your ancestors served beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you [are] living; but as for me and my household, we will serve Yahweh."
My little children, I am writing these [things] to you in order that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous [one],
Now on the last day of the feast--the great [day]--Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink,
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness,
Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who says to you, 'Give me [water] to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of dawn! You are cut down to the ground, conqueror of nations!
Now the brothers sent away both Paul and Silas at once, during the night, to Berea. {They} went into the synagogue of the Jews [when they] arrived.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
For [there] are three that testify,
For all those who are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
In the [same] way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
I produced the former account, O Theophilus, about all {that} Jesus began to do and to teach,
After these [things] Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you."
Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and today and {forever}.
What then shall we say about these [things]? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us?
convinced of this same [thing], that the one who began a good work in you will finish [it] until the day of Christ Jesus,
Now before the feast of Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, [and] having loved [his] own in the world, loved them to the end.
for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}.
Have you suffered so many [things] for nothing--if indeed also [it was] for nothing?
Now as they traveled along, he entered into a certain village. And a certain woman {named} Martha welcomed him.
Therefore my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
And [when he] comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment:
and you look favorably on the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, "Be seated here in a good place," and to the poor person you say, "You stand or be seated there by my footstool,"
Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and {will take up residence with him}.
If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves.
Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, [it] does not boast, [it] does not become conceited,
"Remember the day of the Sabbath, to consecrate it.
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
And it happened that while he was in a certain place praying, when he stopped a certain one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, [that] we should be holy and blameless before him in love,
And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged,
In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.
But when the fullness of time came, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up!"
And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love} and good works,
Therefore, if [there is] any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?
And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the leaders for all Israel, the heads of the {families}.
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked, for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap,
Now large crowds were going along with him, and he turned around [and] said to them,
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Blessed [are] the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.
Now when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs!"
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty again.
"For this [reason] I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body [more than] clothing?
However, he was the one who lifted up our sicknesses, and he carried our pain, yet we ourselves assumed him stricken, struck down [by] God and afflicted.
And he made from one [man] every nation of humanity to live on all the face of the earth, determining [their] fixed times and the fixed boundaries of their habitation,
And she will give birth to a son, and you will call his name 'Jesus,' because he will save his people from their sins."
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [who is] in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
and he subjected all [things] under his feet and gave him [as] head over all [things] to the church,
So the Jews answered and said to him, "What sign do you show to us, because you are doing these [things]?"
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life--
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the glory that is about to be revealed to us.
But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn [while] a crowd was in the place.
Because of this, God gave them over to degrading passions, for their females exchanged the natural relations for those contrary to nature,
Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,
who has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred [us] to the kingdom of the Son {he loves},
teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age."
May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.
In the year of the death of Uzziah the king, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and raised throne, and the hem of his robe [was] filling the temple.
among whom you also are [the] called of Jesus Christ.
"Israelite men, listen to these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, just as [you] yourselves know--
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared;
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you."
"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he is saying to us, 'A little [while] and you will not see me, and again a little [while] and you will see me,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"
Now one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he entered into the house of the Pharisee [and] reclined at the table.
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.
And I saw a great white throne and the one who was seated on it, {from whose presence} earth and heaven fled, and a place was not found for them.
and saying, "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the gospel!"
But he answered them, "The one who made me well--that one said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk!'"
being subject to one another {out of reverence for} Christ
Since many have attempted to compile an account concerning the events that have been fulfilled among us,
And after these [things], the Lord also appointed seventy-two others and sent them out two by two before {him} into every town and place where he was about to go.
Now [when he] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain and [after he] sat down, his disciples approached him.
" 'As for the man who lies with a male [as] lying [with] a woman, they have committed a detestable thing; they shall surely be put to death--their blood [is] on them.
And {they did not have} a child, because Elizabeth was barren. And they were both advanced {in years}.
[then if] my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and will pray and will seek my face and will turn from their evil ways, then I myself shall hear from the heavens and will forgive their sins and heal their land.
But know this, that in the last days difficult times will come,
"No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.
Temptation has not come upon you except [what is] common to humanity. But God [is] faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, [so that you] may be able to endure [it].
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost."
[[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes.
Now on the first [day] of the week, at very early dawn, they came back to the tomb bringing the fragrant spices which they had prepared.
Therefore, [because we] have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
"There shall be for you no other gods before me.
and Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez became the father of Hezron, and Hezron became the father of Aram,
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, in order that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
But Peter said, "Ananias, for what [reason] has Satan filled your heart, [that] you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself [some] of the proceeds of the piece of land?
Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed to you, which you have also received, in which you also stand,
The heavens [are] telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.
"And take care not to practice your righteousness before people to be seen by them; {otherwise} you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able [to make] you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
And after John {had been taken into custody}, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God
Now [when they] heard [this], they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "What should we do, men [and] brothers?"
But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
And my God will fulfill your every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and the one seated on it was called "Faithful" and "True," and with justice he judges and makes war.
Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in me, the works that I am doing he will do also, and he will do greater [works] than these because I am going to the Father.
Therefore [in] all [things], whatever you want that people should do to you, thus also you do to them. For this is the law and the prophets.
Look, [the] days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "and I will {make} a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
"Seventy weeks is decreed for your people and {for your holy city}, to put an end to the transgression and to seal [up] sin and to make atonement for guilt and to bring [in] everlasting righteousness and to seal vision and prophet and to anoint {the most holy place}.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous [person]; he does not resist you.
For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in the midst of them."
And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will expel demons, they will speak in new tongues,
But he answered [and] said, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God."
who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,
Brothers, even if a person is caught in some trespass, you [who are] spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of humility, looking out for yourself, lest you also be tempted.
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Beware lest {anyone take you captive} through philosophy and empty deceit, according to {human tradition}, according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ,
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
'And it will be in the last days,' God says, 'I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.'
"Behold, the virgin {will become pregnant} and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him.
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
And he will make a strong covenant with the many [for] one week, but [in] half of the week he will let cease sacrifice and offering {and in its place} a desolating abomination [comes] even until {the determined complete destruction} is poured out on [the] desolator."
Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes [himself] an enemy of God.
But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified about by the law and the prophets--
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples--if you have love for one another."
Give, and it will be given to you, a good measure--pressed down, shaken, overflowing--they will pour out into your lap. For with the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you in return."
This is my commandment: that you love one another just as I have loved you.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a ringing brass gong or a clashing cymbal.
And the whole crowd of the people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,
And [while he] was with [them], he commanded them, "Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for what was promised by the Father, which you heard about from me.
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.
For everything there [is] an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven:
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish {forever}, and no one will seize them out of my hand.
I am astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel,
Jesus of Nazareth--how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
Then he will also say to those on [his] left, 'Depart from me, [you] accursed ones, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
and he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
And it happened that [while] he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,
Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
And he took bread, [and] [after] giving thanks, he broke [it] and gave [it] to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,
because his divine power has bestowed on us all [things] [that are] necessary for life and godliness, through the knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence of character,
No one who is being tempted should say, "I am being tempted by God," for God {cannot be tempted} by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
And it happened {one day} {that} the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst.
Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Get up and go toward the south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert [road].)
to Timothy, [my] dear child. Grace, mercy, [and] peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.
But Peter and the apostles answered [and] said, "It is necessary to obey God rather than men!
And therefore these were fathered from one man, and [he] being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea.
For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, [although they] are many, are one body, thus also Christ.
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.
And he also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and looked down on {everyone else}:
And [when the] wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine!"
For [while] we were still helpless, yet at the proper time Christ died for the ungodly.
For [it is] like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.
And we all have become like the unclean, and all our deeds of justice like a menstrual cloth, And we all wither like leaf, and our iniquities take us away like the wind.
But [as] for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share [is] in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.
that they all may be one, just as you, Father, [are] in me and I [am] in you, that they also may be in us, in order that the world may believe that you sent me.
and Aram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around him and hearing the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe, and shudder!
But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in {destructive heresies}, even denying the Master who bought them, [thus] bringing on themselves swift destruction.
Is anyone among you suffering misfortune? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praise.
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Now the group of those who believed were one heart and soul, and no one said anything of what belonged to him was his own, but all [things] were theirs in common.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of [the] wicked; nor does he stand in [the] way of sinners; nor does he sit in [the] assembly of mockers.
The woman said to him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
Therefore also he is able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, [because he] always lives in order to intercede on their behalf.
So [when] they had come together, they began asking him, saying, "Lord, [is it] at this time you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life [as] a ransom for many."
And God saw everything that he had made and, behold, [it was] very good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ--this Jesus whom you crucified!"
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.
Jesus said to him, "Am I with you so long a time and you have not known me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father?'
So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely [to see] if he would heal on the Sabbath, in order that they could find [a reason] to accuse him.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
All of us have wandered about like sheep; we each have turned to his own way; and Yahweh let fall on him the iniquity of us all.
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think {sensibly}, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.
And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."
Now a certain man {named} Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
Now early on the first [day] of the week, [after he] rose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had expelled seven demons.
Therefore you be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
You shall not seek vengeance, and you shall not harbor a grudge [against] {your fellow citizens}; and you shall love your neighbor like yourself; I [am] Yahweh.
Now after the Sabbath, at the dawning on the first [day] of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to view the tomb.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here."
[Do] nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves,
For our commonwealth exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
And [when] the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome purchased fragrant spices so that they could go [and] anoint him.
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, [because you] know that we will receive a greater judgment.
for in him we live and move and exist, as even some of {your own} poets have said: 'For we also are {his} offspring.'
for you have had five husbands, and [the one] whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!"
Then when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed," and bowing [his] head, he gave up [his] spirit.
For in the [same] way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves [by] being subject to their own husbands,
To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase {your pain in childbearing}; in pain you shall bear children. And to your husband [shall be] your desire. And he shall rule over you."
casting all your cares on him, because {he cares} for you.
And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light and there [is] no darkness in him at all.
For the sun rises with its burning heat and dries up the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is lost. So also the rich person in his pursuits will wither away.
Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from acting as a priest for me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
And behold, on [that] same day, two of them were traveling to a village {named} Emmaus [that was] sixty stadia distant from Jerusalem,
Therefore, I urge first of all [that] petitions, prayers, requests, [and] thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,
Bring the whole tithe to {the storehouse}, so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you {an overflowing blessing}.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth! I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law [by] becoming a curse for us, because it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who hangs on a tree,"
This one was in the beginning with God.
"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'
Therefore, since the children share in blood and flesh, he also in like manner shared in these [same things], in order that through death he could destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
And the king will answer [and] say to them, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did [it] to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did [it] to me.'
"For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, and your ways [are] not my ways," {declares} Yahweh.
So the young men stood up, wrapped him up, and carried [him] out [and] buried [him].
And he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, because the power is perfected in weakness." Therefore rather I will boast most gladly in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may reside in me.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and [for] sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues written in this book.
concerning his Son, who was born {a descendant} of David according to the flesh,
And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse. And all families of the earth will be blessed in you."
And one of the scribes came up [and] heard them debating. [When he] saw that he answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"
that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day you heard about and understood the grace of God in truth,
The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you.
Indeed you created my {inward parts}; you wove me in my mother's womb.
and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The Spirit himself confirms to our spirit that we are children of God,
"You shall not murder.
We have come to know love by this: that {he} laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.
And [as he] went away, he saw a man blind from birth.
And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."
But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.
"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek Yahweh. Look to [the] rock [from which] you were hewn, and to [the] excavation of [the] pit [from which] you were quarried.
being justified as a gift by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread,
But whoever drinks of this water which I will give to him will never be thirsty for eternity, but the water which I will give to him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
And God said, "Look--I am giving to you every plant [that] bears seed which [is] on the face of the whole earth, and every kind of tree {that bears fruit}. They shall be yours as food."
"{I continued watching} in the visions of the night, and look, with the clouds of heaven [one] like a son of man was coming, and he came to the Ancient of Days, and {was presented} before him.
Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called [to be] an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
After these [things] I looked, and behold, a great crowd that no one was able to number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed [in] white robes and [with] palm branches in their hands.
"Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up at some other place--that one is a thief and a robber.
{Before them} a fire devours, and behind them a flame burns. Like the garden of Eden is the land {before them}, and after them [it is like] a desolate desert, and nothing can escape them.
Did I not command you? Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you {wherever you go}."
Marriage [must be] held in honor by all, and the marriage bed [be] undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
"Come now, and let us argue," says Yahweh. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white like snow; even though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
The saying [is] trustworthy: if anyone aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.
Blessed [are] the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.
And it happened that [while] Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the inland regions [and] came to Ephesus and found some disciples.
And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand [and] pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, in order that they may be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom [become] an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
And the great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
The scroll of this law will not depart from your mouth; you will meditate on it day and night so that {you may observe diligently all that is written} in it. For then you will succeed [in] your ways and prosper.
Fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.
And God called the vaulted dome "heaven." And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all [things] for the glory of God.
For in this way entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied for you.
Whatever you do, accomplish [it] from the soul, as to the Lord, and not to people,
On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,
[because you] know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,
Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children,
And he brought them outside [and] said, "Sirs, what must I do so that I can be saved?"
And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.
with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
"Now at that time, Michael, the great prince, will arise, {the protector} over the sons of your people, and it will be a time of distress that has not been since [your people] {have been} a nation until that time. And at that time your people will escape, {everyone who is found} written in the scroll.
And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind [was] great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] always only evil.
Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,
A woman of excellence, who will find? For her worth [is] far more than precious jewels.
but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.
In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives,
But do you think this, O man who passes judgment on those who do such things, and who does the same [things], that you will escape the judgment of God?
Then Peter came up to him [and] said, "Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?"
And [when he] found [him], he brought [him] to Antioch. And it happened to them also [that they] met together [for] a whole year with the church and taught a large number [of people]. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
according to the custom of the priesthood he was chosen by lot to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.
And no one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven--the Son of Man.
for [although they] had not yet been born, or done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God according to election might remain,
Now [after he] was baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water, and behold, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove coming upon him.
And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.
A voice [is] calling in the wilderness, "Clear the way of Yahweh! Make a highway smooth in the desert for our God!
So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How do you, being a Jew, ask from me [water] to drink, [since I] am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
Now [while] they were eating Jesus took bread and, [after] giving thanks, he broke [it], and giving [it] to the disciples, he said, "Take, eat, this is my body."
And [when he] entered again into Capernaum after [some] days, it became known that he was at home.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Now [when] Jesus came to the region of Caesarea {Philippi}, he began asking his disciples, saying, "Who do people say [that] the Son of Man is?"
Now someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me!"
And I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life."
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
"For I, Yahweh, have not changed, and you, O children of Jacob, have not perished.
having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with [him] through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.
so that you may be able when you read to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ
whom we proclaim, [by] admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature in Christ,
And not only [this], but we also boast in our afflictions, [because we] know that affliction produces patient endurance,
And you shall love Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your might.
For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one [point only] has become guilty of all [of it].
Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'
in the hope of eternal life which God, who does not lie, promised before eternal ages,
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
The one who has my commandments and keeps them--that one is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better [for] you to enter into life crippled than, having two hands, to go into hell--into the unquenchable fire!
My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
but the rich person in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the grass.
And some men came down from Judea [and] began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom [prescribed] by Moses, you cannot be saved."
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
My people--children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, your leaders are misleading [you], and they confuse the course of your paths.
and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!'
"Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
And [as] he was setting out on [his] way, one [individual] ran up and knelt down before him [and] asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"
Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,
He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize him.
How then will they call upon [him] in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe [in him] about whom they have not heard? And how will they hear about [him] without one who preaches [to them]?
For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.
Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were drawing near to hear him.
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps,
And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
For this [reason] I say to you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received [it], and it will be [done] for you.
always asking in my prayers if somehow now at last I may succeed to come to you in the will of God.
Or also, [if] he will ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
And summoning the crowd together with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),
Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,
"Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps [and] went out to meet the bridegroom.
the God who made the world and all the things in it. This one, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,
But you have a few {people} in Sardis who have not defiled their clothing, and they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy.
that he caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight,
These [things] I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.
And it happened [that] after these things, God tested Abraham. And he said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I [am]."
Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.
"Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you! Nevertheless know this: that the kingdom of God has come near!"
You must not fear, for I [am] with you; you must not be afraid, for I [am] your God. I will strengthen you, indeed I will help you, indeed I will take hold of you with the right hand of my salvation.
Therefore [I, your] fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, [and] also a sharer of the glory that is going to be revealed, exhort the elders among you:
And a shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from its roots will bear fruit.
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love [with] which he loved us,
And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist [any] longer, and mourning or wailing or pain will not exist [any] longer. The former [things] have passed away."
Now the whole earth [had] one language and the same words.
She followed Paul and us [and] was crying out, saying, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!"
And I saw another angel flying {directly overhead}, having an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who reside on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,
"You [are] my witnesses," {declares} Yahweh, "and my servant whom I have chosen so that you may know and believe {in} me and understand that I [am] he. No god was formed before {me}, and none shall be after me.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
So the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated for them.
Because of this also we, from the day we heard about [it], did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled [with] the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,
to whom he also presented himself alive after he suffered, with many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking the things about the kingdom of God.
Therefore do not let anyone judge you with reference to eating or drinking or participation in a feast or a new moon or a Sabbath,
For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, "But the one who is righteous by faith will live."
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even every one who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Yes, amen.
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to the total [of] those who were being saved.
For you have not received a spirit of slavery [leading] to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"
And it happened that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.
in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all [things] according to the counsel of his will,
For whenever anyone says, "I am with Paul," and another, "I [am] with Apollos," are you not [merely] human?
And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet also [are], and they will be tormented day and night {forever and ever}.
"Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat, and come, buy without money, wine and milk without price!
And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain. And she said, "I have given birth to a man with [the help of] Yahweh."
I still have many [things] to say to you, but you are not able to bear [them] now.
Take pleasure in Yahweh as well, and he will give to you the requests of your heart.
I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I [am], whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
[because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
And Jesus, [when he] began [his ministry], was himself about thirty years [old], being the son (as it was believed) of Joseph the [son] of Eli,
And he answered [and] said, "You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
And Mary said, "My soul exalts the Lord,
And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
[who] also made clear to us your love in the Spirit.
that is, to be encouraged together with you through {our mutual faith}, both yours and mine.
And most certainly, great is the mystery of godliness: Who was revealed in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?
and with godliness, brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.
Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"
Hold fast to the pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in the faith and love [that are] in Christ Jesus.
Therefore also God exalted him and graciously granted him the name above every name,
{No rotten word must proceed} from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,
"But concerning that day and hour no one knows--not even the angels of heaven nor the Son--except the Father alone.
And behold, I am sending out what was promised by my Father upon you, but you stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
And it happened [that], when humankind began to multiply on the face of the ground, daughters were born to them.
Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'"
Jesus said these [things], and lifting up his eyes to heaven he said, "Father, the hour has come! Glorify your Son, in order that your Son may glorify you--
From where [are] conflicts and from where [are] quarrels among you? [Is it] not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?
"Look! I [am] going to send my messenger, and he will prepare [the] way {before me}. And the Lord whom you [are] seeking will come suddenly to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, [in] whom you [are] taking pleasure--look!--[he is] about to come," says Yahweh of hosts.
Now at the same time some had come to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
and everything {whatever} you do in word or in deed, giving thanks [for] all [things] in the name of the Lord Jesus to God the Father through him.
"You have heard that it was said to the {people of old}, 'Do not commit murder,' and 'whoever commits murder will be subject to judgment.'
"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
And all who believed were in the same [place], and had everything in common.
And {you will experience joy and exultation}, and many will rejoice at his birth.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded!
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, by which we know that it is the last hour.
"So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken about by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place" (let the one who reads understand),
Hear the word of Yahweh, house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.
I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one tiny letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all takes place.
and repentance and the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed [by] being burned up, and the earth and the deeds [done] on it will be disclosed.
Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in [the] flesh, the so-called uncircumcision by the so-called circumcision in [the] flesh, made by hands,
And we have come to know and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
just as you learned [it] from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave who is a faithful minister of Christ [on] our behalf,
After these [things] Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now he revealed [himself] in this way:
In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed.
And the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to Yahweh, like [in the] days of old and like [in] former years.
And the word of Yahweh came to me, {saying},
but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day {that you eat} from it {you shall surely die}."
I solemnly charge [you] before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,
James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion. Greetings!
These [are] the generations of Noah. Noah [was] a righteous man, without defect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.
and we possess [as] more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well [if you] pay attention to [it] as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,
So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, [thus] making himself equal with God.
"You shall not make for yourself a divine image [with] any form that [is] in the heavens above or that [is] in the earth below or that [is] in the water below the earth.
But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim a gospel to you contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed!
For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound teaching, but in accordance with their own desires, they will accumulate for themselves teachers, {because they have an insatiable curiosity},
And they kept the matter to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead {meant}.
Therefore, brothers, [since we] have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it does not see him or know [him]. You know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.
These are the generations of heaven and earth when they were created, in the day [that] Yahweh God made earth and heaven--
'Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great [things] and inaccessible [things that] you have not known.'
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, [when] Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
And there were shepherds in the same region, living out of doors and keeping watch, guarding over their flock by night.
Blessed [are] the ones who hunger and thirst [for] righteousness, because they will be satisfied.
You will protect a firm inclination [in] peace, [in] peace because he trusts in you.
For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, how constantly I make mention of you,
Hear this word, [you] cows of Bashan who [live] on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the powerless, who crush the poor, who say to their husbands, "Bring [something] so that we may drink!"
Therefore, consider carefully how you live, not as unwise but as wise,
for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
And I came to you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling,
For [if] these [things] are yours and are increasing, this does not make [you] useless or unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
through which things he has bestowed on us his precious and very great promises, so that through these you may become sharers of the divine nature [after] escaping from the corruption [that is] in the world because of evil desire,
Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive back the [things] through the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came out from [the] womb I consecrated you; I appointed you [as] a prophet to the nations."
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them, "Judean men, and all those who live [in] Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words!
Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for the one who loves someone else has fulfilled the law.
holding fast to the faithful message according to the teaching, in order that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction and to reprove those who speak against [it].
For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit {not many days from now}."
Now we possess such confidence through Christ toward God.
So if the son sets you free, you will be truly free.
But not even Titus [who was] with me, [although] he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
And it will be [that] everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.'
Carry the burdens of one another, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.
Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and all within me, [bless] his holy name.
And many from [those] sleeping {in the dusty ground} will awake, some to {everlasting life} and some to disgrace and {everlasting contempt}.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king comes to you; he [is] righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, and on a male donkey, {the foal of} a female donkey!
Do you not know that you are God's temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples [and] said, "Blessed [are] the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free [persons], and all were made to drink one Spirit.
All these were busily engaged with one mind in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this [reason] the Son of God was revealed: in order to destroy the works of the devil.
speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and singing praise in your heart to the Lord,
but knowing that a person is not justified by the works of the law, if not by faith in Jesus Christ, and we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law {no human being will be justified}.
But just as it is written, "[Things] which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him."
this man, delivered up by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed [by] nailing to [a cross] through the hand of lawless men.
"You shall not steal.
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] his judgments and [how] incomprehensible [are] his ways!
And behold, someone came up to him [and] said, "Teacher, what good [thing] must I do so that I will have eternal life?"
But I consider [my] life [as] worth {nothing} to myself, in order to finish my mission and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify [to] the gospel of the grace of God.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also.
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood
And if their trespass [means] riches for the world and their loss [means] riches for the Gentiles, how much more [will] their fullness [mean]?
But Jesus said to him, "If you are able! All [things] [are] possible for the one who believes!"
preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.
For by the works of the law {no person will be declared righteous} before him, for through the law [comes] knowledge of sin.
"Speak to the {Israelites}, and say to them, 'When a person from you presents an offering to Yahweh, you shall present your offering from domestic animals, from the cattle or from the flock.
And it happened that [as] we were going to the place of prayer, a certain female slave who had a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing a large profit to her owners [by] fortune-telling.
And from Miletus he sent [word] to Ephesus [and] summoned the elders of the church.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
But I myself know [that] my redeemer [is] alive, and [at the] last he will stand up upon {the earth}.
"Therefore everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge him before my Father [who is] in heaven.
so that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
[While] Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who were listening to the message.
Rather, your iniquities have been {barriers} between you and your God, and your sins have hidden [his] face from you, from hearing.
And every day, devoting themselves [to meeting] with one purpose in the temple [courts] and breaking bread from house [to house], they were eating [their] food with joy and simplicity of heart,
But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Be still, and know that I [am] God. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.
"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God's creation, says:
Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows: [It is] good for them if they remain as I [am].
" 'I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication, and they will look to me whom they pierced, and they shall mourn over him, as one wails over an only child, and they will grieve bitterly over him as [one] grieves bitterly over a firstborn.
and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
For [although they] knew God, they did not honor [him] as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasoning, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and they were coming and were being baptized.
"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before [it hated] you.
not in lustful passion, just as also the Gentiles who do not know God;
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")
[There] is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.
And he said to them, "The Sabbath was established for people, and not people for the Sabbath.
It happened that in the days of Herod, king of Judea, [there was] a certain priest, Zechariah by name, of the division of Abijah. And {he had a wife} from the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elizabeth.
Indeed, nearly everything is purified with blood according to the law, and apart from the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
But if I am delayed, [I am writing] in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John in order to be baptized by him.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,
Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I intended to come to you, and was prevented until now, in order that I might have some fruit among you also, just as also among the rest of the Gentiles.
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all [people] to myself."
And as they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, "Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?"
Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action} [by] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
And heaven and earth and all their array were finished.
But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
and Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important [matters] of the law--justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these [things] {while not neglecting those}.
First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world.
For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.
But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For [God does] not [see] what man sees, for a man {looks on the outward appearance}, but Yahweh {looks on the heart}."
And you have patient endurance, and have endured [many things] because of my name, and have not become weary.
They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
whom God made publicly available as the mercy seat through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previously committed sins,
And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified it, because on it he rested from all his work {of creating that [there was] to do}.
But when the kindness and love for mankind of God our Savior appeared,
For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished.
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, live in him,
for as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
And Jesus was advancing in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and [with] people.
And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And the one who hears, let him say, "Come!" And the one who is thirsty, let him come. The one who wants, let him take the water of life freely.
Brotherly love must continue.
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."
"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity from the noise of the sea and [its] surging,
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
And to the ones selling the doves he said, "Take these [things] away from here! Do not make my Father's house {a marketplace}!"
God [is] our refuge and strength, a very sufficient help in troubles.
"{Take a census of} the entire community of the {Israelites} according to their clans and {their families}, according to [the] number of names, every male individually
For if you forgive people their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
{circumcised on the eighth day}, from the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew [born] from Hebrews, according to the law a Pharisee,
Behold also ships: [although they] are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot wishes.
to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
And {in the day of those kings}, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will {never} be destroyed, and the kingdom will not be left for another nation, and it will bring an end to all these kingdoms, but it will stand {forever}.
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news about him went out throughout all the surrounding region.
If he called them 'gods' to whom the word of God came--and the scripture cannot be broken--
Look at my hands and my feet, that I am I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as {you see that I have}."
Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
Surely my Lord does not do anything unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.
And {whatever} you ask in my name, I will do this, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Look, children [are] the heritage of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth [hour].
I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the one who is and the one who was and the one who is coming, the All-Powerful.
After these [things] Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee (that is, Tiberias).
And on that day, [when it] was evening, he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side."
who gave himself for us, in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds.
You have heard that I said to you, 'I am going away, and I am coming to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I [am].
and [the things] which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these [things] to faithful people who will be competent to teach others also.
"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you like wheat,
You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one [who is] in you is greater than the one [who is] in the world.
Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh!
And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels {fought against} the dragon, and the dragon and his angels {fought back}.
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to immorality, [that] their bodies would be dishonored among themselves,
For I rejoiced exceedingly [when the] brothers came and testified [to] your truth, just as you are walking in [the] truth.
And they were singing a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and bought [people] for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation,
Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!
And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now,
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, because you have created all [things], and because of your will they existed and were created."
I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and will go out and will find pasture.
Nicodemus answered and said to him, "How can these [things] be?"
I tell you that it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!
"But concerning that day or hour no one knows--not even the angels in heaven nor the Son--except the Father.
Remind them to be subject to the rulers [and] to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work,
Now [there was] a certain man in Caesarea {named} Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Cohort,
And Moses was a shepherd with the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the west [of] the desert, and he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
When Abram [was] ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram. And he said to him, "I [am] El-Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless
And they began to debate with one another who then of them it could be who was going to do this.
Thus also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.
in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all [things], through whom also he made the world,
Now it happened that when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and [while he] was praying, heaven was opened,
And he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourselves from all greediness, because not [even] when someone has an abundance {does} his life [consist] of his possessions."
And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
and we have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God, by following his law {which he placed before us} by [the] hand of his servants the prophets.
This one will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
but we see Jesus, for a short [time] made lower than the angels, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that apart from God he might taste death on behalf of everyone.
Yahweh is my shepherd; I will not lack [for anything].
but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;
After these [things] Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.
Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same [thing] and there not be divisions among you, and that you be made complete in the same mind and with the same purpose.
Now it happened that when the days were approaching {for him to be taken up}, he set [his] face to go to Jerusalem.
This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, [that] you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk: in the futility of their mind,
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father} also loves the [child] fathered by him.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
"Behold, I am coming quickly, and my reward [is] with me, to repay each one according to [what] his deeds are!
And they were bringing young children to him so that he could touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
Now it happened that about eight days after these words, he took along Peter and John and James [and] went up on the mountain to pray.
The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.
Now receive the one who is weak in faith, [but] not for quarrels about opinions.
I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Now is the judgment of this world! Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out!
"And immediately after the tribulation of those days, 'the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.'
Will a human [dare to] rob God? Yet you [are] robbing me! And you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In the tithes and the contributions!
Look! [here is] my servant; I hold him, my chosen one, [in whom] my soul delights. I have {put} my spirit on him; he will bring justice forth to the nations.
Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither [can] you, unless you remain in me.
For [it is] impossible [concerning] those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and become sharers of the Holy Spirit,
Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.
And [when they] had appointed elders for them in every church, [after] praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
Therefore, to the one who knows to do good and does not do [it], to him it is sin.
Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.
By faith we understand the worlds were created by the word of God, in order that what is seen did not come into existence from what is visible.
And immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds.
because what can be known about God is evident among them, for God made [it] clear to them.
So they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up [your mat] and walk?'"
And he also said to the disciples, "A certain man was rich, who had a manager. And charges were brought to him that this person was squandering his possessions.
obtaining the goal of your faith, the salvation of [your] souls.
And I have other sheep which are not from this fold. I must bring these also, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock--one shepherd.
And also, corresponding to [this], baptism now saves you, not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by the man who he has appointed, having provided proof to everyone [by] raising him from the dead."
Now six stone water jars were set there, in accordance with the ceremonial cleansing of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son [to be the] propitiation for our sins.
"Just as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
the one who believes in me. Just as the scripture said, 'Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.'"
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Or doubtless does he speak {for our sake}? For it is written {for our sake}, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope and the one who threshes [ought to do so] in hope of a share.
There is neither remembrance of former generations, nor will there be remembrance of future generations.
For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise {in your own sight}, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,
And afterward, Moses and Aaron went, and they said to Pharaoh, "Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, 'Release my people so that they may hold a festival for me in the desert.'"
"[The] bricks have fallen, but we will build [with] dressed stone. [The] sycamore-fig trees were felled, but we will replace [them with] cedars."
Every word of God [is] flawless; he [is] a shield for him who takes refuge in him.
And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Now [when he] was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with {things that can be observed},
But he said to them, "It is not for you to know [the] times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority.
[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.
So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.
And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered to him.
so shall be my word that goes out from my mouth. It shall not return to me without success, but shall accomplish what I desire and be successful [in the thing for] which I sent it.
Do not increase speaking {very proud} words! Let no arrogance go forth from your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge [whose] deeds are not weighed.
But when they believed Philip [as he] was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were being baptized.
Thus I said to you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am [he], you will die in your sins."
And Saul was agreeing with his murder. Now there happened on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Blessed [are] the pure in heart, because they will see God.
For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.
When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.
And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we [are].
But I consider [it] right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder,
And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "From every tree of the garden {you may freely eat},
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks with respect to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you [people] say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship."
For [if] we keep on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your [notice], that one day with the Lord [is] like a thousand years, and a thousand years [is] like one day.
We love, because he first loved us.
Yahweh [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh [is] the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
[As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}.
At that time Jesus answered [and] said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these [things] from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to young children.
Then the Jews said, "This temple has been under construction forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?"
After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying: "Do not be afraid, Abram; I [am] your shield, [and] your reward [shall be] very great."
And Jesus said to her, "What {does your concern have to do with me}, woman? My hour has not yet come."
And just as you want people {to do} to you, do {the same} to them.
For [there] is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same [Lord] [is] Lord of all, who is rich to all who call upon him.
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness, [the] world and those who live in it,
"And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and to give [you] the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
For false messiahs and false prophets will appear, and will produce great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
And {although you were dead} in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
And I wrote this very [thing] in order that [when I] came, I would not experience sorrow from those who ought to have made me glad, [because I] have confidence about you all, that my joy {belongs to all of you}.
Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me.
[There] was a man in the land of Uz whose name [was] Job. That man was blameless and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil.
God [is] not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of humankind, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do [it]? And has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus:
And [while] they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of [it]. But [I do] one [thing], forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever [circumstances] I am.
"I [am] Yahweh, your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his slaves [the things] which must take place in a short time, and communicated [it] [by] sending [it] through his angel to his slave John,
Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for [that day will not come] unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],
So they kept on saying, "What is this that he is saying, 'A little [while]'? We do not understand what he is speaking about!"
the Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three are {in agreement}.
"So now, revere Yahweh and serve him in sincerity and faithfulness; remove the gods that your ancestors served beyond the river and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh.
and Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram, and Joram became the father of Uzziah,
And Jesus and his disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, "Who do people say [that] I am?"
[that] we who hoped beforehand in Christ should be for the praise of his glory,
[No], but in all these [things] we prevail completely through the one who loved us.
Therefore, by much more, [because we] have been declared righteous now by his blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.
Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves!
So Paul stood there in the middle of the Areopagus [and] said, "Men of Athens, I see you [are] very religious {in every respect}.
to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen [and] precious in the sight of God.
He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function,
And he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here [to] there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you [because I] know that you will do even beyond what I say.
(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,
because everyone who is fathered by God conquers the world.
Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,
"You shall not commit adultery.
And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba! (Father!),"
And [when he] had said this, he breathed on [them] and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again.
But he answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."
And [you] yourselves, as living stones, are being built up [as] a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
For just as the woman [is] from the man, thus also the man [is] through the woman. But all [things] [are] from God.
pray constantly,
And he answered [and] said, "Have you not read that the one who created [them] from the beginning made them male and female
But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Stupid fool!' will be subject to the council, and whoever says, 'Obstinate fool!' will be subject to fiery hell.
and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].
Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed, and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow,
Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth [and] dies, it remains [by] itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.