For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.

For all have sinned, and all fall short of God's glorious ideal,

Everything that is written under divine inspiration is helpful for teaching, for refuting error, for giving guidance, and for training others in righteousness;

I entreat you, then, Brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, for this is your rational worship.

But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

For it is by God's loving-kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God's.

But we do know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love him-those who have received the Call in accordance with his purpose.

Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the Faith of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

But you shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit shall have descended upon you, and shall be witnesses for me not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized every one of you in the Faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The wages of Sin are Death, but the gift of God is Immortal Life, through union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.

In the Beginning the Word was; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

not as the result of any righteous actions that we had done, but in fulfillment of his merciful purposes. He saved us by that Washing which was a New Birth to us, and by the renewing power of the Holy Spirit,

For, if with your lips you acknowledge the truth of the Message that JESUS IS LORD, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.

But God puts his love for us beyond all doubt by the fact that Christ died on our behalf while we were still sinners.

And he it is who gave to the Church Apostles, Prophets, Missionaries, Pastors, and Teachers,

They devoted themselves to the teaching of the Apostles and to the Common Life of the Church, to the Breaking of the Bread and to the Prayers.

Come to me, all you who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest!

If we confess our sins, God may be trusted, in his righteousness, to forgive us our sins and purify us from all wickedness.

"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

The thief comes only to steal, to kill, and to destroy; I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in greater fullness.

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death; so, also, death spread to all mankind, because all men had sinned.

Then he said to them: "Go into all the world, and proclaim the Good News to all creation.

And Salvation is in him alone; for there is no other Name in the whole world, given to men, to which we must look for our Salvation."

Therefore, if any one is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

That was the True Light which enlightens every man coming into the world.

Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them thus: "All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

Therefore, having been pronounced righteous as the result of faith, let us enjoy peace with God through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

I can do everything in the strength of him who makes me strong!

Do not be anxious about anything; but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty joined with thanksgiving, make your needs known to God.

There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;

Two days after this there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there.

In the course of the Festival at the close of the Harvest the disciples had all met together,

I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News; it is the power of God which brings Salvation to every one who believes in Christ, to the Jew first, but also to the Greek.

I give you a new commandment--Love one another; love one another as I have loved you.

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among the Jews.

Do your utmost to show yourself true to God, a workman with no reason to be ashamed, accurate in delivering the Message of the Truth.

But first seek his Kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things shall be added for you.

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you always--the Spirit of Truth.

Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,

God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly."

Let the spirit of Christ Jesus be yours also.

Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the Church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.

For 'every one who invokes the Name of the Lord shall be saved.'

If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,

So, too, there is a revelation from Heaven of the Divine Wrath against every form of ungodliness and wickedness on the part of those men who, by their wicked lives, are stifling the Truth.

'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to bring Good News to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, To set the oppressed at liberty,

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Faith is the realization of things hoped for--the proof of things not seen.

And you find out the Truth, and the Truth will set you free."

God's Message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way till it penetrates soul and spirit--not the joints only but the very marrow--and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be cured. Great is the power of a good man's fervent prayer.

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!

You yourselves were once dead because of your offenses and sins.

Yet when he--The Spirit of Truth--comes, he will guide you into all Truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but he will speak of all that he hears; and he will tell you of the things that are to come.

Let every one obey the supreme Authorities. For no Authority exists except by the will of God, and the existing Authorities have been appointed by God.

Yes, and I say to you, Your name is 'Peter--a Rock, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the Powers of the Place of Death shall not prevail over it.

When the Son of Man has come in his glory and all the angels with him, then he 'will take his seat on his throne of glory';

Through him all things came into being, and nothing came into being apart from him.

These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the Message with great readiness, and daily examined the Scriptures to see if what was said was true.

But the Helper--the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my Name--he will teach you all things, and will recall to your minds all that I have said to you.

As for you, you are children of your Father the Devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

He came as a witness--to bear witness to the Light that through him all men might believe.

For the loving-kindness of God has been revealed, bringing Salvation for all;

Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to do away with them, but to complete them.

For the future, find strength in your union with the Lord, and in the power which comes from his might.

His answer was: "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'

For Christ is the very incarnation of the invisible God-- First-born and Head of all creation;

I am the Vine, you are the branches. He that remains united to me, while I remain united to him--he bears fruit plentifully; for you can do nothing apart from me.

In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

In conclusion, Brothers, wherever you find anything true or honorable, righteous or pure, lovable or praiseworthy, or if 'virtue' and 'honour' have any meaning, there let your thoughts dwell.

But without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who seek for him.

while we are awaiting our Blessed Hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.

And so we gather, faith is a result of teaching, and the teaching comes in the Message of Christ.

So he made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the Temple Courts, and the sheep and bullocks as well; he scattered the money of the money-changers, and overturned their tables,

My Brothers, whatever may be the temptations that beset you from time to time, always regard them as a reason for rejoicing,

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with strange 'tongues' as the Spirit prompted their utterances.

He who believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he who refuses to believe will be condemned.

As Scripture says-'There is not even one who is righteous,

Consecrate them by the Truth; thy Message is Truth.

"Believe in Jesus, our Lord," they replied, "and you shall be saved, you and your household too."

If one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to every one without reproaches, and it will be given to him.

"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus. "He that believes in me shall live, though he die;

So those who accepted his teaching were baptized, and about three thousand people joined the disciples on that day alone.

No sooner had Jesus said this than he was caught up before their eyes, and a cloud received him from their sight.

On the first day of the week, when we had met for the Breaking of Bread, Paul, who was intending to leave the next day, began to address those who were present, and prolonged his address till midnight.

Revere the Christ as Lord in your hearts; always ready to give an answer to any one who asks your reason for the hope that you cherish, but giving it humbly and in all reverence,

And the Immortal Life is this--to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger.

Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God's Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,

A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her- - "Give me some to drink,"

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "before Abraham existed I was."

For ever since the creation of the universe God's invisible attributes-his everlasting power and divinity-are to be seen and studied in his works, so that men have no excuse;

But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.

God, who, of old, at many times and in many ways, spoke to our ancestors, by the Prophets,

There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendor.

I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will go in, and will feast with him, and he shall feast with me.

Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.

The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes, or where it goes; it is the same with every one that owes his birth to the Spirit."

"I have no one, Sir," the afflicted man answered, "to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me."

So Jesus went on to say to those Jews who had believed him: "If you remain constant to my Message, you are truly my disciples;

He who believes in him escapes condemnation, while he who does not believe in him is already condemned, because he has not believed in the only Son of God.

Do not let your conduct be ruled by the love of money. Be content with what you have, for God himself has said-- 'I will never forsake you, nor will I ever abandon you.'

Jesus again addressed the people. "I am the Light of the World," he said. "He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life."

Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

The Father and I are one."

For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various Powers of Evil that hold sway in the Darkness around us, against the Spirits of Wickedness on high.

In order that you may be able to satisfy yourself of the accuracy of the story which you have heard from the lips of others.]

I am the True Vine, and my Father is the Vine-grower.

And, as it is ordained for men to die but once (death being followed by judgment),

since 'you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.'

We love you for the sake of that Truth which is always in our hearts; yes, and it will be ours for ever.

Ask, and your prayer shall be granted; search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.

Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: "Rabbi, we know that you are a Teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him."

Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ.

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It is you who are the Light of the world. A town that stands on a hill cannot be hidden.

The birth of Jesus Christ took place as follows:--His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but, before the marriage took place, she found herself to be with child by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Dear friends, do not trust every inspiration, but test each inspiration, to see whether it proceeds from God; because many false Prophets have gone out into the world.

All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

If any one of you is ill, let him send for the Officers of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the lord.

Just then a Student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do if I am to 'gain Immortal Life'?"

We do not wish you to remain in ignorance, Brothers, with regard to those who have passed to their rest, that your grief may not be like that of others, who have no hope.

Every good thing given us, and every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down to us from the Maker of the Lights in the heavens, who is himself never subject to change or to eclipse.

Him who never knew sin God made to be Sin, on our behalf; so that we, through union with him, might become the Righteousness of God.

I have spoken to you in this way, so that in me you may find peace. In the world you will find trouble; yet, take courage! I have conquered the world."

And you, too, by your union with him, after you had heard the Message of the Truth, the Good News of your Salvation--you believed in him and were sealed as his by receiving the holy Spirit, which he had promised.

Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her,

And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness never overpowered it.

The Lord is not slow to fulfil his promise, as some count slowness; but he is forbearing with you, as it is not his will that any of you should perish, but that all should be brought to repentance.

He was not the Light, but he came to bear witness to the Light.

"The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.'

That religious observance which is pure and spotless in the eyes of God our Father is this--to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the world.

He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under 'God's displeasure.'

Wives should submit to their husbands as submitting to the Lord.

If your Brother does wrong, go to him and convince him of his fault when you and he are alone. If he listens to you, you have won your Brother.

And said: "Men of Galilee, why are you standing here looking up into the heavens? This very Jesus, who has been taken from you into the heavens, will come in the very way in which you have seen him go into the heavens."

Therefore, repent and turn, that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,

For we are God's handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.

My Brothers, what is the good of a man's saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him?

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Or can it be that you do not know that all of us, who were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, in our baptism shared his death?

You, therefore, should pray thus--'Our Father, who art in Heaven, May thy name be held holy,

So, too, that the older women should be reverent in their demeanor, and that they should avoid scandal, and beware of becoming slaves to drink;

What are we to say, then? Are we to continue to sin, in order that God's loving-kindness may be multiplied?

Do not drink wine to excess, for that leads to profligacy; but seek to be filled with the Spirit of God, and speak to one another in psalms and hymns and sacred songs.

Then I saw new heavens and a new earth. The former heavens and the former earth had passed away; and the sea has ceased to be.

But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.

About that time an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole Empire.

There is but one God, and one mediator between God and men--the man, Christ Jesus,

Then Jesus was led up into the Wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the Devil.

You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;

For in him, and through the shedding of his blood, we have found redemption in the pardon of our offenses.

Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,

But, if our lives are lived in the Light, as God himself is in the Light, we have communion with one another, and the Blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.

I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;

Do not judge, that you may not be judged.

For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold),

No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down his life for his friends.

Those men belong to the world; and therefore they speak as the world speaks, and the world listens to them.

This is what I have to say--Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.

You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a man has the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ;

In the evening of the same day--the first day of the week-- after the doors of the room, in which the disciples were, had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said: "Peace be with you";

will come and ask scoffingly-- 'Where is his promised Coming? Ever since our fathers passed to their rest, everything remains just as it was when the world was first created!'

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

For in him was created all that is in Heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible--Angels and Archangels and all the Powers of Heaven.

And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

Go in by the small gate. Broad and spacious is the road that leads to destruction, and those that go in by it are many;

True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men's ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,

"How can a man," asked Nicodemus, "be born when he is old? Can he be born a second time?"

Since, therefore, you were raised to Life with the Christ, seek for the things that are above; for it is there that the Christ is 'seated at the right hand of God.'

For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many Brothers.

Put that Message into practice, and do not merely listen to it--deceiving yourselves.

Then Jesus continued: "A man had two sons;

Therefore, as God's People, consecrated and dear to him, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindliness, humility, gentleness, forbearance;

And let us not, as some do, cease to meet together; but, on the contrary, let us encourage one another, and all the more, now that you see the Day drawing near.

For Christ himself died to atone for sins once for all--the good on behalf of the bad--that he might bring you to God; his body being put to death, but his spirit entering upon new Life.

About this time, when the number of the disciples was constantly increasing, complaints were made by the Jews of foreign birth against the native Jews, that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.

Peace be with you! My own peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, or dismayed.

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me;

For he that asks receives, he that searches finds, and to him that knocks the door shall be opened.

And he 'himself carried our sins' in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. 'His bruising was your healing.'

Therefore submit to God; but resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

Yet I am only telling you the truth; it is for your good that I should go away. For otherwise the Helper will never come to you, but, if I leave you, I will send him to you.

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.

Our High Priest is not one unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has in every way been tempted, exactly as we have been, but without sinning.

Jesus himself, too, with his disciples, was invited to the wedding.

It is you who are the Salt of the earth; but, if the salt should lose its strength, what will you use to restore its saltiness? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown away, and trampled underfoot.

For he is the radiance of the Glory of God and the very expression of his Being, upholding all creation by the power of his word; and, when he had made an expiation for the sins of men, he 'took his seat at the right hand' of God's Majesty on high,