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For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth."
Peter said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.
he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory -- the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."
But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For I know what I have planned for you,' says the Lord. 'I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.
It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.
They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."
So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away -- look, what is new has come!
Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
"I give you a new commandment -- to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,
Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.
But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever --
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.
Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,
Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
Jesus answered, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God's appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."
All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.
Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
"I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me -- and I in him -- bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; your young men will see prophetic visions.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.
Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.
He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.
So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Is it really true that God said, 'You must not eat from any tree of the orchard'?"
Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds." It was so.
They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household."
But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul began to speak to the people, and because he intended to leave the next day, he extended his message until midnight.
But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.
Now this is eternal life -- that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink."
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"
For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.
The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,
The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.
Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father's household to the land that I will show you.
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me."
Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples
The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you and I will never abandon you."
Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him."
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
God said to Moses, "I am that I am." And he said, "You must say this to the Israelites, 'I am has sent me to you.'"
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female -- for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage -- I have conquered the world."
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."
And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) -- when you believed in Christ -- you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God's wrath remains on him.
"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.
and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven."
For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him."
And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more.
He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.
But a time is coming -- and now is here -- when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.
For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,
You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,
As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah -- from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received -- that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
No one has greater love than this -- that one lays down his life for his friends.
They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world's perspective and the world listens to them.
But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him -- all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers -- all things were created through him and for him.
Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother's womb and be born a second time, can he?"
Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.
Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people.
The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father -- he will testify about me,
(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.
Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,
Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Philip replied, "Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little."
Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.
Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,
The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
Above all, you do well if you recognize this: No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet's own imagination,
"I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,
All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,
If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"
(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations!
The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach
After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you."
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.
for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.
So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,
And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment --
do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, "You sit here in a good place," and to the poor person, "You stand over there," or "Sit on the floor"?
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.
If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.
Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.
But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,
Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.
Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,
keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?
But he lifted up our illnesses, he carried our pain; even though we thought he was being punished, attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done.
From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,
She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.
So then the Jewish leaders responded, "What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?"
This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched (concerning the word of life --
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest
For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.
But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,
Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,
He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the sovereign master seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.
"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know --
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,
Kenan, Mahalalel, Jered,
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you."
Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is the meaning of what he is saying, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,' and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"
Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.
Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.
Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
He said, "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!"
But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'"
Now many have undertaken to compile an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.
If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.
if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.
[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.
Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
Judah the father of Perez and Zerah (by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?
Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,
For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.
"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"
And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called "Faithful" and "True," and with justice he judges and goes to war.
I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.
In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
"Indeed, a time is coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
"Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.
These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;
But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,
Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."
"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
And in the last days it will be,' God says, 'that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'
"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."
Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,
He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of that week he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt. On the wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys."
Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed --
Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples -- if you have love for one another."
Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive."
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.
So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,
While he was with them, he declared, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.
For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel --
with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.
Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,
Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.
Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord -- and Satan also arrived among them.
Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.)
to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!
Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
So in fact children were fathered by one man -- and this one as good as dead -- like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore.
For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body -- though many -- are one body, so too is Christ.
Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
"For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.
We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."
that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.
You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that -- and tremble with fear.
But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.
How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, "Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
God saw all that he had made -- and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
Jesus answered, "The most important is: 'Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.
Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."
Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.
[[Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."
Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
But our citizenship is in heaven -- and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.
For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.'
for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!"
When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed!" Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,
To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you."
Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.
Now that very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,
"Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter," says the Lord who rules over all, "to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree")
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),
And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'
But he said to me, "My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ's blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!
I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name."
Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"
that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.
to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;
"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.
And Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
"Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the Lord! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!
But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,
But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life."
Then God said, "I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
I was watching in the night visions, "And with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man was approaching. He went up to the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him.
From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.
"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness -- for nothing escapes them!
I repeat, be strong and brave! Don't be afraid and don't panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do."
Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
Come, let's consider your options," says the Lord. "Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.
This saying is trustworthy: "If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work."
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there
"Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
So that huge dragon -- the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world -- was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.
Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.
Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,
You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed -- not by perishable things like silver or gold,
Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."
"At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation's beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape.
But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.
But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,
And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God's judgment?
Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?"
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.
No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven -- the Son of Man.
even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) --
After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.
A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God.
So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you -- a Jew -- ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water to drink?" (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take, eat, this is my body."
Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
Then someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.
Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
"Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.
Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ.
We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.
Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness.
The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire.
My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.
Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people's leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.
How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?
For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.
And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.
Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,
From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.
"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,
But you have a few individuals in Sardis who have not stained their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy.
that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.
I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied.
Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.'
Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more -- or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist."
She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."
Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth -- to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
You are my witnesses," says the Lord, "my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.
Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days --
For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live."
(Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.)
praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father."
Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.
In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
For whenever someone says, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," are you not merely human?
And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.
"Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, "I have created a man just as the Lord did!"
"I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am -- I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
So Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years old. He was the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
The expert answered, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself."
And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another's faith, both yours and mine.
And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.
"But as for that day and hour no one knows it -- not even the angels in heaven -- except the Father alone.
And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."
When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
Jesus replied, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you --
Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
"I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming," says the Lord who rules over all.
Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
"You have heard that it was said to an older generation, 'Do not murder,' and 'whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.'
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.
"So when you see the abomination of desolation -- spoken about by Daniel the prophet -- standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel.
By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.
and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.
Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh -- who are called "uncircumcision" by the so-called "circumcision" that is performed on the body by human hands --
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave -- a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf --
After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now this is how he did so.
A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.
The offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in former times and years past.
The Lord said to me,
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die."
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.
Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!
For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.
They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created -- when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.
Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.'
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.
For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!"
to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,
For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.
Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.
Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.
"Before I formed you in your mother's womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."
But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!
Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it.
For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
By David. Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name!
Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake -- some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey -- on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.
Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.
All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,
yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
But just as it is written, "Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him."
this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!
Now someone came up to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?"
But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.
And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.
and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood
Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring?
Then Jesus said to him, "'If you are able?' All things are possible for the one who believes."
Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.
For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When someone among you presents an offering to the Lord, you must present your offering from the domesticated animals, either from the herd or from the flock.
Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.
From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.
Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed --
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
"Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.
But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.
Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,
But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!"
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God's creation:
"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.
"I have come to bring fire on the earth -- and how I wish it were already kindled!
At about three o'clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.
Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.
During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.
Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.
Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?"
Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort -- for the sake of his good pleasure -- is God.
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Don't be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
I am also aware that you have persisted steadfastly, endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary.
They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.
For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed.
Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say: "Come!" And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.
They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."
"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.
To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"
For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.
"Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.
"For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.
Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs.
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.
Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside.
If those people to whom the word of God came were called 'gods' (and the scripture cannot be broken),
Look at my hands and my feet; it's me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have."
Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God -- the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come -- the All-Powerful!
After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias).
On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake."
He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
And entrust what you heard me say in the presence of many others as witnesses to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well.
"Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,
You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!
Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.
For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.
They were singing a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!"
I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.
Nicodemus replied, "How can these things be?"
"But as for that day or hour no one knows it -- neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son -- except the Father.
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.
Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.
Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.
in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,
Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
We have not obeyed the LORD our God by living according to his laws that he set before us through his servants the prophets.
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God's grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.
And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.
After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.
Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.
So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
(Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done!
Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.
Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.
The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.
The Beloved to Her Lover: I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys.
Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.
"Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, 'How are we robbing you?' In tithes and contributions!
"Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.
When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.
So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.
By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God's command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.
because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.
And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you -- not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God -- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead."
Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, 'From within him will flow rivers of living water.'"
For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.
No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations.
For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Release my people so that they may hold a pilgrim feast to me in the desert.'"
"The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars."
Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.
Now at one point the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,
He told them, "You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.
So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.
Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.
In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend."
Don't keep speaking so arrogantly, letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.
But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.
Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
And Saul agreed completely with killing. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.
When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,
Then the Lord God commanded the man, "You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard,
testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church -- he himself being the savior of the body.
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,
When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son, and I summoned my son out of Egypt.
Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.
By David. The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
Then the Jewish leaders said to him, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?"
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance."
For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him.
because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
A psalm of David. The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.
And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?
For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.
Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance.
"I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen very soon. He made it clear by sending his angel to his servant John,
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about."
Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the Lord.
Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah,
Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"
so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.
Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God's wrath.
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.
So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.
So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God's sight,
He presented them with another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.
For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,
He told them, "It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you."
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.
But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body -- for the sake of his body, the church -- what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.
If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls "Abba! Father!"
you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.
He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,
But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to fiery hell.
And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.