For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that every one believing in him may not perish but have eternal life.

for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,

All Scripture is divinely inspired and is profitable for instruction, for conviction, for correction, for education in righteousnes,

I EXHORT you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice; holy, well pleasing to God, your reasonable service;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

For by grace are you saved through the faith; and that not of you; [it is] the gift of God;

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to [his] purpose.

go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

and be not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that you may prove what is the will of God which is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me.

but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become sons of God, to them that believe on his name,

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe with your mind that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved;

And the Word became flesh and tabernacled with us and we beheld his glory, a glory as of an only child with a father, full of grace and truth.

but God commends his love to us, that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us;

And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,

and they attended constantly to the teaching and companionship of the apostles, the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Come to me all you that labor hard and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all wickedness.

Jesus answered and said to him, I tell you most truly, unless one has been born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.

The thief comes not, except to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so came upon all men because all sinned,??13 for till the law there was sin in the world, but sin is not accounted where there is no law

And he said to them, Go into all the world, preach the good news to all the creation;

And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name given under heaven among men, by which we can be saved.

So that if any one is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.

Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God and believe in me.

The light was the true [light] which lights every man that comes into the world.

And Jesus coming near spoke to them, saying, All power is given me in heaven and on the earth;

Having been justified therefore by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

I endure all things with him that strengthens me.

Be anxious for nothing, but with all prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

THERE is no condemnation therefore to those in Christ Jesus;

AND on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together.

I am crucified with Christ; and I no longer live myself, but Christ lives in me; and the present life which I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believes, the Jew first and also the Greek.

I give you a new commandment to love another, as I have loved you that you also should love one another.

And there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a workman that will not be put to shame, rightly dividing the word of truth.

But seek first righteousness and his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you.

and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you forever,

Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us,

God is a Spirit, and those that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

Take heed to yourselves, therefore, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his blood.

For every one that calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

If you love me, keep my commandments;

FOR the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and wickedness of men who hold the truth in wickedness,

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free,

Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

When, therefore, the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

But faith is a confidence in respect to things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

For the word of God is living, and effective, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and reaching even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrows, and distinguishes thoughts and intentions of mind;

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be cured, for the prayer of the righteous operates with great power.

On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

And you being dead in trespasses and sins,??2 in which you formerly walked according to the life of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit which now operates in the children of disobedience,

but when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will lead you in all the truth; for he will not speak of himself, but he will speak whatever he shall hear, and tell you things to come.

Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God.

And I tell you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon this rock will I build my assembly, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory,

All things existed through him, and without him not one thing existed, which existed.

but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so.

but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you.

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and stood not by the truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own; for he is a liar, and the father of him [that lies].

This man came for a testimony, to testify of the light, that all might believe through him.

For the grace of God that pertains to salvation appeared to all men,

Think not that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to complete.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind.

who is the likeness of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation,

I am the vine, you are the branches. He that continues in me and I in him, this man bears much fruit; for separated from me, you can do nothing.

I tell you most truly, he that hears my word and believes him that sent me has eternal life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are reputable, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, consider these things;

but without faith it is impossible to please; for he that comes to God, must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that seek him.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ,

Faith therefore comes by the report, and the report by the word of God.

and making a whip of cords he drove them all out of the temple, also the sheep and cattle, and poured out the money of the brokers, and overturned the tables,

Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

he that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that disbelieves shall be condemned.

as it is written, There is none righteous not one,

Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house.

And if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and upbraids not, and it shall be given him.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, even if he has died, shall live,

Then those that received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls;

And having said these words, as they were looking on he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight.

And on the first day of the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul preached to them, being about to depart on the next day, and continued his discourse till midnight;

and sanctify the anointed Lord in your hearts, and be always ready with a defense to every one that asks you a reason for the hope that is in you; but with meekness and fear,

And this is the eternal life; that they shall know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

Know you not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give me a drink;

Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, that before Abraham existed, I am.

For his invisible [attributes] are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being perceived by the things which are made, even his eternal power and deity, so that they have no defense,

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should declare the virtues of him who called you out of darkness into his glorious light;

GOD, who at many times and in many ways spoke anciently to the fathers by the prophets,

There was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one shall hear my voice and open the door, I will enter in to him, and feast with him, and he with me.

Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father in heaven.

The Spirit breathes where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you know not whence it comes, nor whither it goes; so is every one that has been born of the Spirit.

The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming another goes down before me.

Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed;

He that believes in him is not judged; but he that believes not has been judged already; because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Let your life be without avarice, and be contented with what you have; for he said, I will never leave you, I will never forsake you;

THEN Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal.

I and the Father are one.

for our conflict is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the potentates of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual [hosts] of evil in the heavenly [worlds].

that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been taught.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this is the judgment,

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

on account of the truth which continues in you, and shall be with you forever.

Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, by the name of Nazareth,

This man came to him by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can perform these miracles which you perform unless God is with him.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [worlds] in Christ,

But they hearing, and being convicted by their consciences, went out, one by one, beginning with the oldest, even to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

You are the light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hid.

The birth of Christ was thus. His mother Mary having been espoused to Joseph, before they came together, was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither servant nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

AND behold, a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

And we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those that have fallen asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no hope.

All good giving, and every perfect gift, comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning.

For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him.

These things have I told you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.

in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it,

and the light shone in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

The Lord is not slow in respect to his promise, as some men account slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to a change of mind.

He was not the light, but to testify of the light.

And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and on that account the holy child shall be called the Son of God.

Pure religion and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to visit the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.

He that believes on the Son has eternal life; but he that disbelieves the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God continues on him.

Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord,

But if your brother sins against you, go and reprove him between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to heaven.

Change your minds, therefore, and turn yourselves, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

for we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, in which God before appointed that we should walk.

What is the profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has not works? Can faith save him?

For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?

Pray, therefore, thus; Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name;

that the aged women, in like manner, be of behavior becoming holiness, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,

WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that the grace may abound?

And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the spirit,

And I saw a new heaven and new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea was no more.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father seeks such to worship him.

In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.

For there is one God, and one mediator of God and man, the man Christ Jesus,

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.

You search the Scriptures, because you think by them to have eternal life; and they testify of me;

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,

Wonder not at this; for the hour comes in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared [him].

I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called,

Judge not, that you be not judged;

For I delivered to you at first, what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

No man has greater love than this, that one should give his life for his friends.

They are of the world; therefore they speak of the world and the world hears them.

And I say, walk in the Spirit and perform not the desire of the flesh.

But you are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if any man has not the spirit of Christ he is not his.

Then when it was evening, on that first day of the week, and the doors were shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace be to you.

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me shall draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

for by him were all things created which are in heaven and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and for him,

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up;

Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate; and spacious the way which leads to destruction, and many are they that enter in by it;

Overlooking therefore the times of ignorance, God now commands all men everywhere to change their minds,

Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he become an unborn infant of his mother a second time, and be born?

IF you, therefore, have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God;

For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he may be a first-born among many brothers;

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

And he said, A certain man had two sons.

Put on, therefore, as elect and beloved saints of God, hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering,

not forsaking our own congregation as some are in the habit of [doing], but exhorting [others], and so much the more as you see the day approaching.

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might lead us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

AND in those days the disciples being multiplied, there was a complaint of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were neglected in the daily service.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; not as the world gives give I to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

My sheep hear my voice and I know them, and they follow me,

For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened.

who himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, that we having died to sins, may live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

Be subject therefore to God; resist the devil and he will flee from you;

But I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I should go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.

and Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the wedding.

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned? It is good for nothing more, except being cast out to be trodden upon by men.

who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance, and sustaining all things by the word of his power, having made a purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high,