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,

because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us {forever}.

"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,

And he said, "A certain man had two sons.

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?