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"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
since all have sinned and lack the glory which comes from God;
Every Scripture, seeing that it is God-breathed, is also profitable for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.
But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is God's gift.
Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Jesus answered him. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man ever comes to the Father but by me.
"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."
"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
FOR THE POOR WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, OUR MASTER.
But to all who receive him, to them he has given the right to become children of God, even to those who trust in his name;
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was face to face with God, and the Word was God.
He saved us, not because of any deeds that we had done in righteousness, But because of his own pity for us. He saved us by that washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit
Confess with your mouth "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God actually raised him from the dead, and you will be saved.
And the Word became flesh and tented with us. And we gazed on his glory??lory as of the Father's only Son??ull of grace and truth.
But God gives proof of his love to us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
It is he who made some men apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
and they stedfastly continued in the teaching of the apostles, and in the fellowship, in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers.
"Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
But if we confess our sins, faithful is he and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all wrong-doing.
"In very truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
"The thief never comes except to steal and kill and destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it in abundance.
Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.
And he said to them. "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
"There is no salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men, in which we must be saved."
So there is a new creation when any man is in Christ. The old life has passed away, behold, the new is come.
"Let not your hearts be troubled. You trust in God, trust in me also.
The true Light, which enlightens every man, was then coming into the world.
And Jesus came forward to them and spoke to them, saying. "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
Since we stand justified as the result of faith, let us continue to enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
I am strong for everything in Him who gives me strength.
Do not worry about anything; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
Thus there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;
Now two days after this there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;
When the day of Pentecost was fully come, and they were all together in the same place,
I have been crucified with Christ, so it is no longer I who am living, but it is Christ who is living in me; and the life I am now living in the flesh, I am living in faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
FOR I AM PROUD OF THE GOSPEL. IT IS GOD'S SAVING POWER FOR EVERY ONE WHO BELIEVES. FOR THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO FOR THE GENTILE.
I give you a new commandment, Love one another!
Now there was one of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler among the Jews.
Strive earnestly to present yourself unto God, tested and proved worthy by trial, a workman unashamed, ever cutting a straight path for the message of the truth.
"But continue to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
"and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter to be with you forever, the Spirit of Truth.
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood.
for Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.
"If you love me, you will obey my commandments,
For God's wrath is ever being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who smother the truth by their unrighteousness.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me Because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to the prisoners, And recovery of sight to the blind; To set at liberty those that are bruised,
"I tell you solemnly," Jesus answered, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Accordingly when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John,"
Now faith is the title-deed of things hoped for; the putting to the proof of things not seen.
"and you shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. For the fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty in its working.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said: "Behold, that is God's Lamb, who takes and bears away the sin of the world.
And so God has given life to you Gentiles also, who were once dead in your trespasses and sins,
But when he is come, that Spirit of Truth, he will guide you into the whole truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but all that he hears he will speak, and will make known to you that which is to come.
Every one should be in the higher authorities; for there is no authority apart from God. The authorities that now exist have been appointed by God.
"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.
"But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he take his seat on the throne of his glory;
All things came into being through him, and apart from him nothing that exists came into being.
The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so.
"But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and bring to your remembrance everything that I have told you.
"You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a man-slayer from the very beginning; and he has no standing place in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he utters a lie, he speaks from his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lying.
He came as a witness, that he might bear testimony concerning the Light??o that all men might believe through him.
"For God's grace has shined forth bringing salvation to all men
"Do not suppose that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am come not to destroy, but to fulfil.
Finally, my brothers, let your hearts be strengthened in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Jesus answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
He is a visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
"I am the Vine you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears abundant fruit; because apart from me you can do nothing.
"I tell you solemnly that he who listens to my messages and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life. He will not come under condemnation, but has passed out of death into life.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if virtue is anything, if honor is anything, be always thinking about these.
now without faith it is impossible to please him; for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he ever rewards those who are seeking.
While we look for the blessed hope and epiphany of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
So faith comes from a message heard, and the message comes from the teaching of Christ.
So he plaited a scourge of rushes, and drove all out of the temple??oth the sheep and oxen. He began to pour out the coins of the money-changers, and to overturn their tables,
My brothers, when you are beset by various temptations, count it all joy,
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who disbelieves shall be condemned.
As it is written. There is none righteous, no, not one;
Dedicate them in thy truth; thy word is truth.
"Believe on the Lord Jesus," they answered, "and you will be saved, you and all your household."
If any one of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask it from the God who gives to all men freely and without upbraiding; and it will be given to him.
"I am the resurrection and the life," said Jesus. "He who believes in me, even if he has died, shall live.
Then those who welcomed his message were baptized, and in that day about three thousand souls were added to them;
When he had said this, and while they were looking at him, he was lifted up, and a cloud received him up out of their sight.
On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread, and Paul, who was going away the next morning, began preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse until midnight.
But consecrate Christ in your hearts, as Lord. Be always in readiness to make and answer to any one who asks you a reason for the hope that is within you, yet with gentleness and reverence.
And this is eternal life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. None who are immoral, or idolaters, or adulterers, or catamites, or sodomites,
It was about noon, and a woman of Samaria came to draw water.
"In solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that before Abraham came into existence, I am."
For ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, even his everlasting power and divinity, has been clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made. So they have no excuse.
But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light??10 you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy.
God, who in ancient days spoke to our ancestors in the prophets, at many different times and by various methods,
"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor.
Behold, I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one listens to my voice, and opens the door, I will come to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with every one who has been born of the Spirit."
"Sir," answered the sick man, "I have no man to put me into the pool whenever the water is troubled; and while I am trying to come, some one else steps down before me."
So Jesus spoke to the Jews that believed him, saying. "If you abide in my teaching, you are my true disciples;
He who trusts in him is not condemned, but he who does not trust has already been condemned, because he has not put his trust in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Let your life be untainted by love of money; be content with such things as you have; for God himself has said, I will never leave thee; I will never forsake thee.
Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the light of the world," he said; "He who follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the Light of life."
"Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
"I and my Father are one."
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, the empires, the rulers of this present darkness, the spirit-hosts of evil in the heavenly realm.
so that you may know the certainty of the story which you have been taught by the word of mouth.
"I am the vine, and my Father the vine-grower.
And since it is appointed to men once to die, and after that the judgment;
since you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
I love you for the sake of the truth which is abiding in us and will be with us forever.
"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee, called Nazareth,
This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him. "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these signs which you are continually doing, unless God is with him."
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
When they heard that, they went out one by one, beginning with the eldest. And Jesus was left behind alone??nd the woman in the middle of the court.
"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hilltop cannot be hid;
The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. After his mother, Mary, had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets are gone out into the world.
In him there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Is any in good spirits? Let him sing unto his harp. Is any one of you ill? Let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
Then a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him. "Master," he said "what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, about those who are falling asleep. You must not sorrow like other men, who have no hope.
Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, and is ever coming down to us from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of eclipse.
Him who knew no sin, in our behalf he has made to be sin; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
I have said all this to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be courageous; I have overcome the world."
And in him, because you listened to the proclamation of the truth, the evangel of your salvation, and trusted it, you Gentiles too were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,
And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overwhelmed it
The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.
He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony concerning the Light that he came into being.
"The Holy Spirit shall come upon you," said the angel, "and the power of the most High shall overshadow you, and therefore the holy offspring which is born, shall be called the son of God.
and undefiled before our God and Father, to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, and ever to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him."
Wives likewise to their husbands as to the Lord,
"If your brother sins against you, go and show him, between yourself and him alone. If he listens, you have won your brother.
and they said: "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into the sky will come back in just the same way as you have seen him going into the sky."
"Repent then! and reform, from the blotting out of your sins, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
for we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good deeds, which God predestined us to make our daily way of life.
My brothers, what good is it if any one says that he has faith, if he has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
For do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Jesus Christ, have been baptized into his death?
"So pray in this way. "Our Father who art in heaven, May thy name be hallowed,
that older women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers or slaves to much wine, but teachers of what is right.
What then shall we say? Shall we continue to abound in sin, in order that grace may come to abound?
Do not be drunk with wine, in which is riotous living, but drink deep in the Spirit,
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and the sea is no more.
But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such as his worshipers.
In those days Augustus Caesar issued an edict for a census of the whole inhabited world.
For God is one; and one is mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus,
Then Jesus was led up into the desert by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil.
"You are searching the Scriptures because you suppose that in tem you have eternal life; and though these are they that bear witness concerning me,
It is in him we have deliverance, the forgiveness of our trespasses, through his blood;
"Do not wonder at this, because an hour is coming in which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth again;
But is we are passing our life in the light, as he is in the light, we ever have partnership with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ is cleansing us from every sin.
No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father??e has interpreted him.
I summon you then, I the prisoner in the Lord, to live lives worthy of the calling to which you were called.
"Judge not, that you may be judged, yourselves;
For the very first thing I taught you was that I had myself been taught, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture,
"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
They are of the world, and for this reason they speak as of the world, and the world listens to them.
This is my meaning. Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
But you are not earthly, but spiritual, if indeed the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you. If any one does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
On the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, although the doors of the room where the disciples gathered had been locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, and there he stood among them, saying. "Peace to you!"
and say, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the day that our fathers fell asleep everything continues as it was from the beginning of the creation."
answered Jesus; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him; then I will raise him up on the last day.
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
for in him was the universe created, things in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; by him and for him all have been created;
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,
"Enter by the narrow gate; for broad is the gate and wide the road that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in by it;
"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but he now commands all men that they should all, everywhere, repent;
"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus replied; "Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ abides, seated on the right hand of God.
For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, so that he might be the eldest of a great brotherhood;
And become doers of the Word, and not merely hearers, deceiving yourselves.
Therefore, as God's chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper;
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom of some, but exhorting one another; all the more as you behold the Day drawing near.
because Christ also once for all suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but make alive in spirit.
Now in these days while the number of the disciples was multiplying, the Grecian Jews began to murmur against the Hebrews, because their widows were habitually overlooked in the distribution of alms.
"Peace I leave with you. My own peace I give to you. It is not the world's 'Peace' I give you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
"My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me.
"For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door is opened.
He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
So then ever be subject to God, Ever resist the devil and he will flee from you.
"Yet?? am telling you the truth??y going is for your good. For unless I go away the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart I will send him unto you.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.
Jesus also was invited to the wedding, and his disciples.
"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt lose its savor, in what way shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden under foot of men.
He being an emanation of God's glory and stamp of his substance, and upholding the universe by the utterances of his power, after by himself making purification of our sins, has taken his seat on the right hand of the Majesty on High.
Be temperate, be vigilant; because your enemy, the devil, is prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
In the same way the Spirit also takes hold with us in our weakness; for we know knot how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one that loves us a child of God.
"Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will never reject.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink" (for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.)
"When the Comforter is come whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness of me;
Behold what manner of love the Father has given us in allowing us to be called "Children of God!" And that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not know him.
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, while it was yet dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and discovered that the stone had been removed from the tomb.
Then Peter began to speak. "Of a truth I begin to see quite plainly that God is no respecter of persons;
And he said to all. "If any man wills to follow me, Let him renounce self and take up his cross daily and follow me.
"Thirty-five dollars worth of bread," answered Philip, "is not enough for them, so that each can take a morsel."
It happened on the Sabbath Day when he went into the house of a certain ruler among Pharisees to take a meal, that they were watching him.
Then he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up. and, as was his custom, he entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day, and stood up to read.
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you might set right the things left unfinished, and appoint presbyters in every city as I had instructed you;
So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also.
After the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod, lo! certain Magi arrived in Jerusalem, saying.
You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ.
Let the word of Christ have its home in you richly, in all wisdom. Teach and admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ever singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
But first be assured of this??hat no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.
"Nor do I pray for them alone, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
My children, I am writing this to you that you may not continue to sin; but if any one sin, we ever have a Comforter before the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous.
Now the last day, that the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried in a loud voice.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such, for instance, as fornication, impurity, indecency,
"If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."
stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.
Now the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they got there they betook themselves to the Jewish synagogue.
For I am fully persuaded that neither death nor life, Neither angels nor principalities, nor powers, Neither the present world nor the world to come, Nor the powers of Nature,
For there are three who bear testimony, the Spirit, and the water,
For only those are sons of God who are led by God's Spirit.
"So let your light shine before men that they may see good you do, and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
My first account, O Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus began doing and teaching from the beginning down to the day when,
Afterward Jesus found him in the Temple, and said to him. "Look! You have become well. Do not go on sinning, lest a worse thing befall you."
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
What shall we say then, to these things? If God be for us, Who can be against us?
Of this I am fully persuaded, that He who has begun a good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Now just before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come when he should leave this world to go to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, showed forth his love to the end.
For no prophecy was ever brought by the will of man; but moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke for God.
We have been buried together with him, then, through baptism into his death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we should live in a newness of life.
Did you have such experience to no purpose??f indeed it was really to no purpose?
It happened as they went on their way that he entered into a certain village were a woman named Martha received him into her house.
And so, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, with reverence and self-distrust work out your own salvation;
And he, when he comes, will convict the world of sins and of righteousness and of judgment;
and you look up to him who wears the fine clothing, and say to him, "Sit here in this fine place!" and to the poor man you say, "Stand there!" or "Sit on the floor at my feet!"
Jesus replied. "If any loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
If we say, "We have no sin," we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
"Beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are ravening wolves.
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whose great mercy we have been born anew into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;
It happened he was praying in a certain place, and when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us how to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish in his sight.
He also taught them by a parable how they ought always to pray and never to lose heart.
In my Father's house there are many rooms If it were not so, would I have told you that I went to prepare a place for you?
But when the fulness of time was come God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under law,
"Destroy this temple," answered Jesus, "and in three days I will raise it up."
and let us consider one another, to provoke unto love and good works;
If then there is any comfort in Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any companionship of the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? what communion has light with darkness?
Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.
looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
When they were through breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Lord, you know that you are dear to me." he answered. Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."
"I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again.
"For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, inquiring what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your body, inquiring what you shall wear. Is not your life more than its food, and your body than its clothing?
"He has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the bounds of their habitation,
"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit; and she will bear a son, and you are to call him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
Do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is within you, the Spirit whom you have from God?
God has put all things under Christ's feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church,
Then the Jews asked Jesus, "What sign are you going to show us, seeing that you do these things?"
It is of what has existed from the beginning, of what we have listened to, of what we have seen with our own eyes, of what we have witnessed and touched with our own heads, it is concerning the Logos of Life that we are now writing.
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
For I count as nothing what we now suffer, in comparison with the glory which will soon be unveiled to us.
But he who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had moved away, as there was a crowd in that place.
That is why God has given them up to passions of dishonor; for on the one hand their women actually changed the natural function of sex into that which is against nature;
Now unto him who, according to his might that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely more than all we ask or even think,
For he has delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of his dear Son,
teaching them to observe every command which I have given you. and lo! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.
among whom you also are called to be Jesus Christ's.
"Men of Israel, listen to these words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man accredited to you by God, through mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, as you yourselves know;
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, all the time tempted by the devil.
Then Jesus said to them again. "Peace to you. As my Father has sent me forth, I also now am sending you."
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
At this some of his disciples said among themselves. "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while you shall behold me no more; and again in a little while you shall see me,' and 'because I am going to the Father'?"
One of the Pharisees kept urging him to dine, so he entered the house and reclined at table.
We are God's children now, beloved; what we shall be has never yet been made manifest. But we know that when he is manifested we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
And I saw a great white throne, and One who sat thereon; from his presence fled earth and sky, and no place was found for them.
"The time is now come," he said, "and the kingdom of God is near! Repent and believe the gospel."
Submit yourselves one to another out of reverence for Christ.
Seeing that many have taken it in hand to draw up an account of those matters which have been fully established among us,
After this the appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two before his face, into every city and place into which he himself intended to go.
When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and when he had seated himself, his disciples came to him,
Now they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in years.
But of this be sure. In the last days grievous times will come.
"No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.
No temptation has overtaken you that is beyond man's power; but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but will, with every temptation, provide the way of escape also, so that you may be able to withstand.
"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost."
Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,
On the Sabbath Day they rested in obedience to the commandment, but in the deep dawn of the first day of the week they took the spices which they had prepared, and came to the tomb.
Judah (by Tamar), of Perez and Zerah; Perez, of Hezron; Hezron, of Ram;
"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan so filled your heart that you are lying to the Holy Spirit, and keeping back part of the price of the land?
Now I am calling to your remembrance, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, and on which you have taken your stand,
"Be careful not to do your good deeds in the sight of men, in order to be observed by them. If you do, you have no reward with your heavenly Father.
and how from a child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
After John had been thrown into prison Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of God.
When they heard these words they were stung to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"
"But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.
All your own needs my God will fully supply, according to his riches in glory, in Christ Jesus.
And I saw heaven opened, and lo! a white horse; and he who sat upon him was named "Faithful and True"; and in righteousness does he judge and make war.
"I tell you solemnly that he who trusts in me shall himself do the works that I am doing; and still greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.
"Therefore everything that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous man unresisting!
"For wherever there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I among them."
Moreover these signs shall follow those who believe. They shall drive out demons in my name; they shall speak with new tongues in foreign languages;
Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."
who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,
Even if any one should be overtaken in a fault, brothers, you that are spiritual ought, in a gentle spirit, to restore such a one, each one of you looking to himself, lest you too be tempted.
But he gives more and more grace. therefore it is said, God ever resists the proud; but to the humble he gives grace continually.
"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Take care lest any man drag you away captive by his philosophy which is a vain deceit, following the traditions of men and the world's crude notions, and not Christ.
Beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole inhabited earth, for a testimony to the Gentiles, and then will come the end.
"In the last days, God says, it shall come to pass that I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; "Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams;
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.'"
Behold! the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son; and they shall call his name Immanuel, a word which means "God with us."
And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
He came to his own creation, and his own folk welcomed him not.
Run swiftly after peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
For the Lord himself with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God will descend from heaven. Then the dead in Christ will rise first.
For everything that was written of old has been written for our instruction, that through patience, and through the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
Now the Spirit distinctly declares that in latter days there will be some who will fall away from the faith, by listening to spirits of error, and to teachings of demons
You adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, then, desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself and enemy of God.
But now, quite apart from any law, a righteousness coming from God has been fully brought to light, continually witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets.
By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."
"Pardon, and you shall be pardoned; Give, and gifts shall be given to you; Full measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they shall pour into your bosom. For with what measure you measure, they will measure back to you."
"This is my command, Love one another as I have loved you.
Though I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have no love, I am become a clanging brass, or a clashing cymbal.
And the whole multitude of the people were without, praying at the hour of incense.
He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love.
Take notice then that no longer are you strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household.
And once when he was eating with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father. "Of this," he said, "you have heard from me.
Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again will I say, rejoice!
For the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.
"I am giving them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall any one snatch them out of my hand.
I am amazed that you are so soon shifting your ground, and deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ,
"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about everywhere doing good, and curing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.
"Then he will say to those also at his left hand. 'Depart from me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;
Mark this well, my dear brothers. Let every man be swift in hearing, slow in speaking, slow in growing angry;
And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
Now while Zachariah was acting as priest before God in the due course of his class, it fell to his lot, according to the custom of priesthood,
Now there were in the church in Antioch prophets and teachers; Barnabas and Symeon, surnamed "the Black," Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.
And he took a loaf, and after giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them saying. "This is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me.'
He is the head of his Body, the Church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, in order that in all things he may become preeminent.
For his power divine has granted to us everything needful for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue.
When he is being tempted, let no one say, "It is God who tempts me," for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt any man.
And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go on your way south, along the road that runs down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert way."
To Timothy, my beloved child; Grace mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.
and thus there sprang from one man, and him practically dead, a nation like the stars in the heavens in multitude, or grains of sand upon the seashore, innumerable.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit of power and of love and of self-control.
Moreover he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves because they were righteous, and looked down upon the rest.
For while we were still without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.
"For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care.
But as for the cowards, the faithless, the abominable, And for the murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, Idolaters, and all liars, Their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. "This is the second death."
that they may all be one, even as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee; that they also may be in us; in order that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Ram, of Amminadab; Amminadab, of Nahshon; Nahshon, of Salmon;
On one occasion when he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, the crowd pressed upon him to listen to the word of God.
You believe that God is one? You do well; even the demons believe, and they shudder.
But there were false prophets, too, among the people, just as among you also there will be false teachers. These will secretly bring in destructive sects, denying even the Master who bought them, and bringing swift ruin upon themselves.
Is any one of you in trouble? Let him pray.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Now the multitude of the believers was of one heart and one soul, nor did any one of them say that any of his possessions was his own; but they had all things common.
"I see, Sir, that you are a prophet," replied the woman.
Hence also he is able to continue saving to the uttermost those who are ever drawing near to God through him, seeing that he is ever living to intercede for them.
So, when they came together, they began to ask him, "Master, are you at this time about to restore the kingdom of Israel?"
and justly, for even the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life, a ransom for many."
"Therefore let the whole House of Israel know assuredly that Gods has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you have crucified."
"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
"Have I been so long among you, and yet you, Philip, have you not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Cause us to see the Father'?
Now the Scribes and Pharisees kept watching to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to bring on accusations to him.
"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever your will is, and it shall be yours.
What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jesus replied. "The first is. 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;
For, through the grace that was given to me, I tell every man among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think, as to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God has given him.
Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, how all things must be fulfilled which are written in the Law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms concerning me."
"You then must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
And you fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up in the nature and admonition of the Lord.
At the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came down to see the sepulcher, when lo!
Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.
Jesus answered him. "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants have fought hard that I should not be handed the Jews; but in reality my kingdom is not of such origins."
Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account than himself.
But commonwealth is in heaven; and it is from heaven also that we are anxiously awaiting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome brought spices in order to go and anoint him.
Do not become many teachers, my brothers, because you know well that we teachers shall be judged by a severer standard than others.
"for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, "'For we also are his offspring.'
"for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband; in this you have spoken truly."
Then after he had taken the vinegar, Jesus said, "IT IS FINISHED!" And bowing his head, he yielded up his spirit.
For in this way in the olden time the holy women also, who put their trust in God, used to adorn themselves. They were ever in submission to their own husbands;
Cast all your care upon him, for he ever cares for you.
This, then, is the message that we have heard from him, and are announcing to you, that God is light, and no darkness what ever is in him.
For as the sun comes up with a burning heat, it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes; so also shall the rich man fade away amid his pursuits.
Whatever the gifts which each has received, use them for one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
On that same day two of his disciples were walking to Emmaus, a village about seven miles from Jerusalem.
First of all then, I am urging that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered regularly for all men;
"Do not suppose that I am come to bring peace on the earth; I am come not to bring peace, but a sword.
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us (for it is written, Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree),
He was face to face with God in the Beginning.
"You have heard that it was said, "Thou shalt not commit adultery.
For my preaching was not grounded on a delusion, or on impure motives, on in deceit.
Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
"'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.'
but he has answered me. "My grace is sufficient for you; it is in weakness that my power is perfected."
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ; Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
I testify to every man who hears the words of the prophecy of this book. If any man shall add to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book;
this gospel is concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of David's posterity in respect of his bodily nature,
Just then up came one of the Scribes who had heard them arguing, and realized that Jesus had answered them admirably. "What commandment," he asked, "is the first of all?"
And just as it is spreading through the whole world, bearing fruit and increasing, so also is it among you, from the day in which you heard it, and came truly to know the grace of God,
"The spirit is what gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words which I have been speaking to you, are spirit and are life.
and to knowledge self-control, and to self-control stedfastness, and to stedfastness piety,
"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
For his Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God;
By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Now as he was passing along he saw a man, blind from birth.
"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus, "that this day you shall be with me in Paradise."
I tell you this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.
but they are now being justified by his free grace through the deliverance that is in Christ Jesus.
For I passed on to you the account, which I myself received from the Lord; how the Lord Jesus, on the very night he was betrayed, took bread,
but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him, shall never thirst any more, but the water that I will give him shall become a living spring of water within him, welling up into eternal life."
From Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for a gospel of God,
After this I looked, and behold a great multitude, whom no man could number, out of every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands;
"In solemn truth I tell you that whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, that man is a thief and a robber;
Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.
This is a faithful saying, "If any man is seeking the office of a minister he is aspiring to a noble task."
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Now it happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul, after passing through the hinterland, came to Ephesus, where he found a few disciples.
"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.
"You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.
Now the great dragon was thrown down??hat old Serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Because whether you are eating or whether you are drinking, you are to do it all for the glory of God.
For so the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you.
And whatever you do, do it heartily as for the Lord, and not for men.
For this cause I bend my knees before the Father,
For you well know that not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were you redeemed from the emptiness of your manner of life, received by tradition from your ancestors;
Learn then to imitate God as his beloved children,
and brought them out, saying, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and they were permitted to judge; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, those who did not worship the beast nor his image, and who did not receive his brand upon their brow, or hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Continue to pray at all times, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching for it with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Let love be without insincerity. Abhor what is evil; wed yourselves to what is good.
but these have been written 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 you wives must be submissive to your own husbands; so that if some of them will not believe the message, they may apart from the message be won over by the behavior of their wives,
Very well; and do you suppose, you who judge those that practise such vices, and are doing the very same, that you will elude the judgment of God?
Just then Peter came to him, and asked him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"
and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church, and taught many people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of "Christians."
There is no one gone up to heaven, except the One who came down from heaven??he Son of man himself.
and even though they were still unborn, and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election, not of works, but of Him who called,
Then he consented. And after Jesus was baptized, as soon as he rose out of the water, lo! the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him,
"How is it," answered the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask a drink from me, a woman, and a Samaritan?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."
Some days later when Jesus entered Capernaum again the news spread, "He is in the house";
Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.
When Jesus came into the neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of man is?"
Then one of the crowd said to him, "Master, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance."
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
in order that every one who believes in him may have eternal life.
Now a man named Lazarus was ill. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha??2 it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.
when you were buried with him in baptism. In baptism also you were raised with him, through your faith in the energy of that God who raised him from the dead.
By reading what I have written, you can judge of my insight into that secret truth of Christ
Him I am ever proclaiming, warning every one and teaching every one, in all wisdom; that I may bring every man into his presence, full grown in Christ.
And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,
For if a man keeps the whole of the Law, and yet stumbles in one point, he is guilty of all.
I write in hope of life eternal which God who never lies, promised before times eternal,
Every one who commits sin commits also lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
"It is he who has my commands and obeys them that loves me; and he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him."
"If your hand cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to be maimed and to enter into life than to have two hands and go away into hell, into the fire that cannot be put out.
My brothers, do not hold the faith of the Lord Jesus, the Lord of Glory, in a spirit of caste.
but a rich brother, in his humiliation; because like the flower of the grass the rich man will pass away.
But some men came down from Judea and attempted to teach the brethren, saying, "Unless you are circumcised according to Moses' custom, you cannot be saved."
Among them the god of this age has blinded the understanding of the unbelieving so that the sunshine of the gospel of God, should not dawn upon them.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.
"'And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling upon his name.'
"Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
As he started to go forth into the road, a man came running up to him, and knelt down before him. "Good Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry.
He was in the world, and through him the world came into being, yet the world knew him not.
How then shall thy call upon Him in whom they do not believe? And how are they to believe in One of whom they have never heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Now all the tax-gatherers and sinners continued to draw near him, and to listen to him.
For this is your calling; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps;
And we all, with unveiled faces, reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are ourselves continually being transformed into the same likeness, from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
That is why I am telling you that whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it shall be yours.
always entreating him that now at length, if such be his will, the way may be made clear for me to come to you.
Then summoning the crowd to him, with his disciples. he said: "If any man wishes to follow me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and so follow me.
There is one body and one spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling.
Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, and to the elders and deacons.
but holding the truth in love we shall grow up in every part into him who is our Head, even Christ.
"Then will the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.
"The God who made the universe and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
Yet you have a few names in Sardis that have not defiled their garment; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
so abundantly did he lavish upon us the riches of his grace in all wisdom and understanding,
I have written these words to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.
"'The very dust of your town which clings to your feet we wipe off as protest; but know this, that the kingdom of God is drawing near to you.'
Now to you who are presbyters I make this appeal; for I am myself a presbyter, and was a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed.
And the testimony is this, "God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son."
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, Nor will there be mourning, Nor crying, nor pain any more. Because the first things have passed away."
She used to follow after Paul and us, crying out again and again, "These men are servants of the most high God, who proclaimed to you the way of salvation."
Then I saw another angel who was flying in mid-heaven. He had an eternal evangel, to evangelize all the dwellers on the earth, of every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
But the eleven disciples went away to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
For this reason from the day I heard of it I have never ceased to pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will with every kind of wisdom and spiritual insight;
After his sufferings he had also shown himself alive to them in many convincing manifestations, revealing himself to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.
Therefore do not permit any one to sit in judgment on you in regard to what you may eat or drink, or in regard to feast-days or new moons or sabbaths.
FOR IN IT IS BEING REVEALED A RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH PROCEEDS FROM GOD, FROM FAITH UNTO FAITH; AS IT IS WRITTEN.
Behold, he is about to come among the clouds; and every eye will see him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. So shall it be, Amen.
praising God, and looked on with favor by all the people. Meanwhile the Lord kept adding to them daily those that were being saved.
For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!"
It was at that time that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan;
It is he in whom we Jews also have our inheritance, having been chosen beforehand according to the purpose of Him who executes all things according to the counsel of his will,
When one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere worldlings?
and the devil who had been deceiving them was hurled into the lake of fire and brimstone, where lie also the beast and the false prophet. And they will be tortured day and night, forever and ever.
And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
"I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them just now.
I indeed am baptizing you in water, unto repentance; but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.
For you have been born anew, not of perishable, but of imperishable seed, by the living, lasting word of God.
And Jesus himself when he began to teach was about thirty years of age. He was the son (as it was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
"You must love the Lord your God," he answered, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
And Mary said: "My soul doth magnify the Lord,
Now the confidence which we have in him is this, that he listens to us whenever we ask anything that is in accordance with his will.
and it is he who has told me of your love for me in the spirit.
that is, that I with you may be encouraged by you, each of us by the other's faith, yours and mine.
Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!
What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or sword?
and to piety brotherly love, and to brotherly love, love itself.
Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
Hold fast the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name;
From your lips let no evil words come forth, but such as occasion warrants, such as are good for upbuilding and give a blessing to the hearers.
"But no one knows about that day and hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
"And I will send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But tarry in Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."
"Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I am not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
When he had thus spoken, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: "Father, the hour is come. Glorify the Son, that thy Son may glorify thee;
Where do the conflicts and quarrels that go on among you come from? Do they not come from your passions which are always making war among your bodily members?
Now there were some present at that very season who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
And whatever you do, whether in word of in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God our Father through him.
"You have heard that it was said to the ancients, "Thou shall not commit murder, and "He who commits murder shall be liable to condemnation by the court;
"You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
And all the believers were together, and had all things in common.
"And he shall be to you a joy and an exultation, and many shall rejoice over 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 continually in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and unto the Day of Eternity, Amen.
My children, this is the last hour, and as you have heard that an antichrist was coming, and now many antichrists are already risen, whence we may know that it is the last hour.
"So when you see the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place let the reader take note of this,
"In all things I have set you an example, how that so toiling, you ought to help the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
Thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,
"In solemn truth I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until all has taken place.
"and that repentance unto remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that Day the heavens will vanish with a crash, the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and all its works will be burned up.
Do not forget then, that you Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by the "circumcision" made in flesh by man's hand,
And we do know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he who is abiding in love is abiding in God, and God is abiding in him.
as you learned it from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow slave. He is a faithful minister of Jesus Christ in your behalf,
After this Jesus showed himself again to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He showed himself as follows.
It has five colonnades. In these there used to lie a great crowd of sick people??lind, lame, paralyzed.
I adjure you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and the dead??y his appearing and his kingdom, I adjure you??2 proclaim the message, be urgent in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with never-failing patience and teaching.
James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greeting to the twelve tribes that are scattered abroad.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
So then let us not be sleeping as do the rest, but let us be watchful and self-controlled.
And so we possess the word of prophecy made yet more sure. Unto this you do well to give heed as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Put on all the panoply of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil.
For this reason the Jews continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God's equal.
But even though I myself or an angel from heaven were to preach any gospel other than that which I did preach to you, let him be accursed.
For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will heap up for themselves teachers upon teachers to satisfy their own fancies.
This order they faithfully kept, questioning among themselves what "rising again from the dead" meant.
Since, then, we have a cheerful confidence, brothers, to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,
"The world cannot receive him because it does not see him nor know him, but you know him, for he is ever with you and within you.
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene;
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for the righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.
God is my witness, to whom I render holy service in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I am ever making mention of you in my prayers,
See to it, then, that you carry on your life carefully; not as foolish, but as wise men.
in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
In weakness and fear and great trembling came I among you.
For if these virtues are yours in abounding measure, they render you not idle nor unfruitful, until you come into the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
By these he has granted his promises to us, precious and splendid; so that through them you may become partners of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Let no one despise you on account of your youth, but become an example for the faithful in word, in life, in love, in faith, in purity.
For we must all be made manifest, in our true characters, before the Judgment-seat of Christ; so that each one may receive according to that which he has done in his body, whether good or evil.
Then Peter, with the Eleven, stood up and addresses them in a loud voice. "Men of Judea and dwellers in Jerusalem, have no doubt about this matter, but listen to what I say.
I exhort you, brothers, to keep watch of those who are causing the divisions among you, and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you have learned.
Never owe any one anything save the debt of brotherly love; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.
He must hold to the faithful word according to the teaching, so that he may be able both to encourage by sound teaching, and to confute our opponents.
"For John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence."
Such confidence I have through Christ before God.
"So then, if the Son shall set you free, you will be free indeed.
But although Titus, my companion, was a Greek, they did not compel even him to be circumcised.
And every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.
Ever be bearing one another's burdens, and so be fulfilling the law of Christ.
Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who must give account; that they may do thus with joy and not with lamentation, for this would be unprofitable to you.
Do you not know what you are God's sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling within you?
Then raising his eyes upon his disciples he began to say to them. "Blessed are you poor, For the kingdom of God is yours.
And we can see this, for in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jew or Gentile, whether slave or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
These all with one mind gave their constant attention to prayer, together with some women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
He who is committing sin is of the devil, because from the beginning of the devil is sinning. It was for this cause that the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
when you talk together; with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and with all your hearts making music unto the Lord;
"yet because we know that no man is justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we ourselves also have put our faith in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law; for "By the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified."
Nay, as it is written. Eye has not seen, Nor ear heard, Neither have entered into man's heart The things which God has prepared For those who love him.
him, delivered up by the settled purpose and fore-knowledge of God, you crucified and killed at the hands of lawless men;
Oh, the depths of the riches, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unfathomable are his judgments, and how unsearchable his paths!
But look! a certain man came up to him and asked, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
But I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself, if only I may run my race, and accomplish the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to attest the gospel of the grace of God.
I will return and will take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be also.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has loosed us from our sins in his own blood;
Now if their stumbling enriches the world, and their loss enriches the Gentiles, how much more must their fulness do!
Jesus said to him. "'If you can'! All things can be for one who believes."
For no man will be justified in God's sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness of sin.
Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl met us, who had a spirit of divination, and who brought her masters great gain by fortune-telling.
From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church to come to him;
Lo, I tell you a secret truth. we shall not all be sleeping, but we shall be changed,
"Every one, then, who will confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.
I long to know him in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, by sharing the likeness of his death;
While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message.
Day after day they continued stedfastly with one accord in the Temple; and breaking bread together in their own homes, they continued to eat their food with gladness and an undivided heart,
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
May the God of peace consecrate you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept altogether faultless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
To the angel of the Church in Laodicea, write. These things says the Amen, the witness, faithful and true, the beginning of the creation of God.
But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.
For although they knew God, yet they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks; but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.
John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there were many streams there, and people kept coming to receive baptism.
"do not forget that it hated me first.
Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles who know not God.
But at three o'clock Jesus cried out in loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" (That is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?")
Fear does not exist in love; but love, when it is perfect, drives out fear. For fear has always torment, and he who has fear is not yet perfected in love.
"The Sabbath," he told them, "was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
In the reign of Herod, King of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zachariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife named Elizabeth,
almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.
I am writing this to you in case I should be detained, to let you see how you ought to behave in the household of God??he Church of the everliving God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.
At that very time Jesus was on his way from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
I want you to know, brothers, that many a time I have planned to come to you??hough until now I have been hindered??o as to have some harvest-fruit among you also, even as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.
"AND I, IF I BE LIFTED UP FROM THE EARTH, WILL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO MYSELF."
And as they were going on their way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said: "See, here is water! What hinders my being baptized?"
So then brace up your minds, be steady in spirit, and fix your hope firmly in the grace that is coming to you, at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
The unspiritual man rejects the teachings of God's Spirit; for him it is folly. He cannot understand it, for it is spiritually discerned,
Josiah, of Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.
"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and neglect the weightier matters of the Law??ustice and mercy and good faith; these latter you ought to have done, and not to have left the former undone.
First I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout all the world.
for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.
You are holding fast, and have borne up for my name's sake, and have not grown weary.
But they must render account to Him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
For God openly set him forth for himself as an offering of atonement through faith, by means of his blood, in order to show forth his righteousness??ince in his forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed??o show forth his righteousness,
But when the kindness of God our Saviour, And his love toward men shined forth,
"For the Father loves the Son, and shows him every thing that he himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will he show him, that you may wonder.
As then you have received Jesus Christ, your Lord, in him live your lives;
For all of you who were baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ.
And Jesus was ever advancing in wisdom and in status and in favor with God and man.
"And the Spirit and the Bride say 'Come!' And let him who hears, say 'Come!' And let him who thirsts, come; And whoever wills, let him take the Water of Life freely."
Let brotherly love continue.
So then Jesus came six days before the Passover, to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Everywhere they strengthened the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold to the faith. "It is through many tribulations," they said, "that we must enter into the kingdom of God."
"And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and the billows;
and said to those who were selling doves. "Take these things away! Make not my Father's house a house of trade!
"For if you forgive men their offenses against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;
circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew sprung from the Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;
Look at the ships too, though they are so large, even when driven by fierce winds they are turned by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the helmsman wills.
"'so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order to receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and his fame spread throughout all the surrounding country,
"If those to whom the word of God came are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled),
"Look at my hands and my feet. It is I! Feel me and see; for a ghost has not flesh and blood as I have."
So let us get beyond the teaching of the elementary doctrines of Christ, and let us be borne along toward what is mature. Let us not be continually laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works,
"And whatever' you ask in my name I will do; that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
One day Peter and John were going up together for the hour of prayer, at three in the afternoon,
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
After this Jesus went away across the Sea of Galilee (that is the lake of Tiberias).
On the evening of that same day Jesus said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."
He gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity, and to purify unto himself a people zealous of good works."
"You heard me tell you, 'I am going away, and yet I am coming to you.' If you loved me you would have been glad because I said 'I am going to the Father,' for my Father is greater than I.
The teachings which you have heard from me, attested by many witnesses, deliver into the keeping of faithful men, who in their turn will be able to teach others also.
"Simon, Simon," said the Lord, "behold, Satan has asked to have you all that he might sift you like wheat.
My little children, you are of God and have conquered them; because he that is within you is greater than he that is in the world.
And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels went forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon also fought, and his angels;
So God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their own bodies;
For I was glad when brothers came and bore testimony to your truth, as indeed you are passing your life in truth.
And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book And to open its seals; For thou wast slain and didst ransom for God Men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;
"Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
This is how we may know that we have come to know Him, by always keeping his commandments.
from the first day you heard it until now.
"Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, To receive the glory and the honor and the power; For thou didst create all things, And because of thy will they came into being And were created."
"I am the Door. Whoever enters by me shall be saved, and he shall go in and come out and find pasture.
"How can this be?" said Nicodemus in reply.
"For I tell you that it will be mare tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that town.
But concerning that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven,
Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; let them be obedient, ready for every good work;
Now there was at Caesarea a man named Cornelius, a captain in the Italian regiment.
And they began to question among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do such a thing.
In just the same way faith, if it have not deeds, is by itself a lifeless thing.
has at the end of these days spoken to us in a Son whom he appointed heir of all things; through whom also he made the universe.
Now after all the people had been baptized, and Jesus himself had been baptized and was praying,
And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."
"And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."
"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. "And the Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,
What we do see is Jesus, who was made for a time a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor, because of the suffering of death, in order that through God's grace he might taste death for every man.
But we have gifts differing according to the grace which was given to us. He that has the gift of prophecy, let him prophesy according to the proportion of his faith.
After this Jesus and his disciples went into the countryside of Judea, and there he was staying with them and baptizing.
Now I beg you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to speak in accord, all of you, and to have no divisions among you, but to be knit together in a common mind and temper.
When now when the time drew near for him to be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
This then I tell you and implore you in the Master's name, to pass your lives no longer as the Gentiles do in the perverseness of their minds;
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father, loves him also who is the Father's Child.
Now the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may be overflowing with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, To give to each man what his actions merit.
Now people were bringing little children to Jesus for him to touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.
About eight days after this it happened that Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and went up on the mountain to pray.
Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of deciding doubtful points.
Now is a judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be driven out.
"But immediately after the tribulation of those days, "The sun will be darkened, The moon will not shed her light, The stars will fall from the sky, And the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
"Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.
For in the case of those who have been once for all enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift,
I do not say that I have already won, or am already perfect, but I am passing on to lay hold on the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me.
They chose elders for them in every church, after prayer and fasting, and commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
So to him who knows how to do right and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains.
By faith we understand that the world was fashioned by the Word of God, so that what we see was not made out of what is visible.
Then he made his disciples get aboard the boat and precede him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds.
This is so because that which may be known of God is manifest among them; for God has made it manifest to them.
"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, 'take up your bed and go walking away'?"
To his disciples he said: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and this steward was accused to him of wasting his property.
as you continually receive the reward of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
"I have other sheep also, which do not belong to this fold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.
Baptism, the counterpart of that, now saves you (not the washing off of the filth of the flesh, but the prayer for a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."
Now there were six stone water-jars standing there, according to the Jewish rites of purification, each holding about twenty gallons.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
"If any man thirst let him come to me and drink. From the heart of him who believes in me will flow, as the Scripture said, rivers of living water."
For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Take likewise the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Is it the oxen that God is thinking about, or is it really said for our sakes? It was written for us; because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher in hope of getting a share of the crop.
For I would not, my brothers, have you ignorant of this hidden truth, for fear that you become wise in your own conceits. that a hardening in part has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles is come in.
And if any one was found who was not written in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire.
The Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered. "The kingdom of God does not come so that you can catch sight of it,
He answered. "It is not for you to know times and occasions which the Father has fixed in his own authority;
after he had been raised from the dead, they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
One day the Pharisees came to him in a body with some Scribes who had come from Jerusalem.
But when they believed Philip, who was preaching glad tidings about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.
"That is why I said that you would die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."
With these words he fell asleep. And Saul fully approved of his murder. On this very day there broke out a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostle were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
"The Father indeed does not judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
And beginning with Moses and the Prophets, he interpreted all the passages concerning himself.
I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Name these whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.
So I think it right, as long as I am in this "tent," to rouse you by way of reminding you,
testifying both to Jews and Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
because a husband is the head of his wife even as Christ is head of the church, his body, which he saves.
"Our forefathers worshiped in this mountain, yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship."
For if we sin wilfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any other sacrifice for sins,
Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
We love because He loved us first.
At that time Jesus answered and said: "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.
The Jews retorted, "This Temple took forty-six years to build, and will you 'raise it in three days'?"
"Woman," said Jesus, "what have you to do with me? My time is not yet come."
And as you would like men to do to you, So do you also to them.
For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, because the same Lord Jesus is all over, and is rich unto all who call upon Him;
You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone.
"And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace. He is able to build you up, and to give you your inheritance among all those who are consecrated.
For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?
For false christs and false prophets will arise, and will work great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if it were possible, the very elect.
And you also, at one time dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sensual nature, he has made alive together with himself. For he forgave us all our transgressions,
And for this very reason I wrote you, that I might not come only to be grieved by those who ought to give me joy; and because I trusted in you all, that my joy is the joy of all of you.
Then his disciples began to interrupt him, saying, "What does this parable mean?"
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus,
And as they were worshiping the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Brothers, I do not regard myself to have yet laid hold of it; but this one thing I do, forgetting what is behind me, but straining every nerve toward that which lies ahead,
Like new-born babes long for the pure spiritual milk to make you grow up into salvation;
Not that I speak as if I were in want, for at least have learned how to be content, whatever happens.
The unveiling apocalypse of Jesus Christ which God gave him to show to his slaves the things which must soon come to pass; and he sent and made it known by his angel to his slave John.
Let no one deceive you by any means. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the revealing of the Man of Sin, the son of perdition,
For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be;
So they kept asking. "What does that 'little while' mean of which he speaks? We do not know what he is talking about."
and the blood; and the three are one.
Asa, of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat, of Joram; Joram, of Uzziah;
From there Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he began to question his disciples saying, "Who do people say I am?"
that we who first hoped in Christ should be for the praise of his glory.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors Through Him who loved us.
By how much more, then, being now justified in his blood, shall we be saved through him from the wrath of God.
"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
So Paul stood up in the center of Mars Hill, and said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all respects you are remarkably religious.
Come to him then, that living Stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, and precious.
He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
Now his parents were accustomed to go up to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.
For even as we have many members in one body, and not all members have the same function;
"Because of your little faith," he answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith the size of a mustard-seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from this place to that!' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
But I say to you that whoever looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Because I am thoroughly persuaded of your obedience, I have written you, knowing full well that you will do by me what I am asking.
For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?
I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.
For whoever is a child of God is overcoming the world; and our faith is the victory that has overcome the world.
"If you give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father who is in heaven give the Holy spirit to those that ask him!"
in which you passed your lives after the way of this world, under the sway of the Prince of the Powers of the Air, the spirit who is now working among the sons of disobedience.
And because you are sons, God sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Dear, dear Father!"
When he had said this he breathed upon them and said:
But he answered them, "My Father has continued working until now, and I am working too."
And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, through Christ Jesus.
for just as the woman was made from the man, so also is the man born of the woman, while they both come from God.
Pray without ceasing.
"Have you not read." he answered, "that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said,
but I say to you that he who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to condemnation by the court; and he who says to his brother 'Raca,' shall be liable to condemnation by the Sanhedrin, while he who curses his brother shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.
He who ever supplies seed to the sower, and bread for the food of man, will supply and make plentous your seed, and increase the harvest springing up from your almsgiving.
In solemn truth I tell you that except a kernel of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remains a single kernel; but if it die it bears a great crop.
Now it happened that as he went his way to Jerusalem, he passed between Samaria and Galilee.
Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal;
"just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
for we have brought nothing into the world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out!
"Let the little children come to me, and forbid them not; for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of heaven belongs."
You are therefore inexcusable, O man, whoever you are, that sits in judgment; for in judging another you are condemning yourself. You, the judge, are habitually practising the very same things.
There were then many other signs which Jesus performed in the presence of his disciples, which have not been written in this book;
and because of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he had done it on the Sabbath.
"Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger.
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God!
For this we know, that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the slave of sin might be destroyed; so that we should no longer be in slavery to sin??7 for he who is dead is set free from sin.
In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea;
Mark this; he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
"I can of my own self do nothing. As I listen, I judge, and my own judgment is just, because I am not seeking my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.
"For no word of God shall be void of power."
So then put away falseness and speak every man the truth to his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
"and everything that you ask for in your prayers you shall have, if you believe."
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?"
Be unwearied in prayer, and keep awake in it when giving thanks.
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and long patience? Do you not know that the kindness of God is leading you to repentance?
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting for Christians.
"So I say to you. "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
And the seventh angel blew his trumpet; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, "THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD ARE BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST, AND HE WILL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER."
"I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.
Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit.
but from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
"Father, if thou art willing, take away this cup from me; but thy will, not mine, be done!"
You have learned to lay aside, with your former manner of living, the old self who was on his way to ruin, as he followed the desires which deceive;
God is my witness how I yearn for you all in the tenderness of Christ Jesus.
"I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."
Every ravine shall be filled up, Every hill and mountain shall be laid low, The crooked shall be made straight, And the rough roads smooth;
But if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also make your dying bodily self live by his indwelling Spirit in your lives.
"For he was numbered among us, and he did get his allotted share of this ministry.
being filled with the fruit of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the munificence of Christ.
Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road.
Many from all classes would give heed to him, declaring, "This man is the Power of God, known as the Great Power."
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they bore.
"For unto you born this day in there is born in David's town a Saviour, who is the Anointed Lord.
"And the next came to him and said, 'Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin.
But when the crowd learned this they followed him. He received them kindly and spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed restored to good health.
Then they went through Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit having forbidden them to proclaim the message in Asia.
It happened shortly afterwards that he began to go from town to town and village to village, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God.
But to the Son he says. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, And the scepter of thy kingdom is the scepter of justice.
Never revenge yourself, beloved, but leave the field clear for God's wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.
O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!
But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day."
But let each give according to the purpose of his heart; not grudgingly of under compulsion. It is a cheerful giver that God loves.
and he said: "Thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead, the third day;
From John to the seven churches that are in Asia the Roman Province. Grace to you, and peace from Him that is and was and is to be, and from the Seven Spirits that are before his throne,
He will himself show you a large, upper room, furnished and ready. there make preparation for us."
On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were accustomed to meet. They were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
A ruler put this question to him. "Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness, but rather expose them.
In the same way you husbands live with your wives, according to knowledge, honoring your wife as of the weaker sex, yet as an heir with yourself of the grace of life; so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Let a woman learn quietly in entire submission.
For we were ourselves once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, passing our lives in malice and envy. We were hateful, and we hated one another.
For we know that the Law is spiritual; but as for me, I am a creature of flesh, bought and sold under the dominion of sin.
in like manner also the women. I desire women to clothe themselves in suitable apparel, adorning themselves with reverence and self-restraint; not with hair plaited with gold or pearls, or with expensive clothes,
"I tell you solemnly that he who believes has eternal life.
Then I saw rising up out of the sea a beast who had ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten diadems, and on his heads blasphemous titles.
Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.
"Behold, I give you the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. In no case shall anything do you harm.
who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
"Do not judge, and you shall not be judged; Do not condemn, and you shall not be condemned;
since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me.
Then he asked them. "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath Day, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?"
because you know that whatever good any man does, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be slave or free man.
Soon afterward he went to a city called Nain, accompanied by his disciples, and a great crowd of people.
Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
At three o'clock Jesus cried in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
It happened about that time that he went out into the mountain to pray. He continued all night in prayer to God.
You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
In this was the love of God clearly shown toward us, by his sending his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to chains of darkness, and reserved them for judgment;
And when they had done this they enclosed a great multitude of fish; and their nets began to break.
"And again I tell you that if two of you on earth symphonize your praying concerning anything for which you have asked, it shall be done for you by my Father in heaven.
He was all along aware of their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise, and stand there in the midst."
Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and brought them by themselves up a high mountain apart from the rest.
For this reason we must pay the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, for fear we should drift away.
But each man is tempted by his own lusts that allure and entice him.
For this very reason do your best to add to your faith manliness, and to manliness knowledge,
for then shall be a time of great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never shall be again.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,
Hezekiah, of Manasseh; Manasseh, of Amon; Amon, of Josiah;
What then? Are we Jews in a better position? Not at all, for I have already charged all, both Jews and Gentiles, with being under sin.
Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him show his deeds by his good life, in the meekness of wisdom.
To them God willed to make known among the Gentiles how glorious are the riches of that secret truth, which is "Christ in you, the hope of glory."
This inscription was read by many of the Jews, because the place where they crucified Jesus was near the city, and the inscription was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who had been ordained to eternal life, believed.
"How shall I be sure of this?" said Zachariah to the Angel. "For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years."
It is what we have seen and heard that we are announcing to you, in order that you also may have partnership with us; and our partnership is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the very word of faith which we preach;
For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eager desire to be rich some have been led astray form the faith, and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.
And all this is from God, who through Christ reconciled me to himself, and gave me the ministry of reconciliation;
"To him all the prophets bear witness, testifying that through his name every one that believes on him will receive remission of sins."
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John, and led them up a high mountain, by themselves apart.
"A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell among bandits who both stripped him and beat him, and went off leaving him half dead.
It was during these days that Peter stood up among the brothers??he whole number of persons present was about one hundred and twenty??nd said:
When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
As for brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate one to another, in honor preferring one another.
"Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves.
"For I myself also am a man under authority, and I have soldiers under me. To one man I say 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Because he willed, he gave us birth through the word of truth, so that we should be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.
"'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners"! And there is no greater sinner than I!
"Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the Covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with own self, with the glory I had with thee before the world began.
men who are blameless, the husband of one wife, with believing children who are not accused of riot or insubordination.
All nature even is waiting with eager longing for the unveiling of the vision of God's sons.
"There is a lad who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"
"Have no fear, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be for all the people.
I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come among you, and they will not spare the flock;
Fear not what you are about to suffer! Behold, the devil is indeed going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested, and you will have persecution for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
"And behold, you shall conceive in your womb and bear a son; and you shall call his name Jesus.
"Woman, believe me," said Jesus, "that the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not wish you to be ignorant.
"But you, when you pray, go into your own room and shut your door; pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
And as they were eating he took bread, and after the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "Take it, this is my body."
In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse that I may gain Christ,
and he began to explain to them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests, and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise again.
Afterward he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and remained there a few days.
Soon after this Mary set out and hastened unto the hill-country to a town in Judah;
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
I mean a righteousness coming from God through faith in Jesus Christ, for all who believe. For there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile,
Then they laid hold of him and brought him up to Mars Hill, saying. "May we be told what this new teaching of yours is?
"They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive among the Gentiles, and Jerusalem shall be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, until the appointed times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
"With men this is impossible," he said, "but with God all things are possible."
Then came the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
Now there stood near the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
For this reason, as I have said, I do not lose courage, but even though my outward man is wasting away, my inward man is being renewed, day by day.
(The Lord means the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord abides there is freedom.)
While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he noticed that the city was full of idols.
"Then the signs of the Son of man will appear in the sky; and then all the tribes of the earth will lament, when they see the Son of man coming upon the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with reverence and humility, in singleness of heart as if to Christ himself;
So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
It is of him that you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
some other seed fell on stony soil, where it had not much earth; and it sprang up quickly because it had no depth of soil,
But try all, holding fast to the good.
For the man who lacks these virtues is blind, short-sighted, forgetful of his cleansing from his old sins.
When King Herod heard this he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
To Titus, my true son in a common faith, from Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and to the knowledge of the truth which goes with piety;
Do not think it strange, beloved, that a fiery ordeal has come to test you, as though some surprising thing had befallen you.
But when Cephas came to Antioch I resisted him to his face, because he stood self-condemned.
"For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, even so the Son makes whom he will alive.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope, unwavering (for He is faithful who promised);