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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Go ye therefore and teach 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 world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me.
But ye shall receive power after the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses to me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.
Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the sons of God, even 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 have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit;
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth.
Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.
But God commendeth his love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Come to me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
And he said to them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be saved.
Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
And Jesus came, and spoke to them, saying, All power is given to me in heaven and upon earth.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ:
I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now 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 of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
A new commandment I give to you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Wherefore, seeing we also are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness, and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is one LORD:
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.
And you hath he revived, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
But, when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth: for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he shall hear, that will he speak: and he will show you things to come.
Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but from God: the powers that are, are ordained by God.
And I say also to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church: and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit upon the throne of his glory:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
But the Comforter, who is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
The same came for a witness, to bear testimony of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature:
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but hath passed from death to life.
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Savior Jesus Christ;
So then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
He hath shown thee, O man, what is good; and what the LORD doth require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Then they that gladly received his word, were baptized: and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls.
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them (ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.
And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.
Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to publish good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: If any man shall hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Now the LORD had said to Abram, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to a land that I will show thee:
Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the sound of it, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is agitated, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed;
He that believeth on him, is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
I and my Father are one.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
That thou mayest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:
If indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you:
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
The same came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
And they who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even to the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this manner: When his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child by the Holy Spirit.
And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM: And he said, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me to you.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye will have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.
And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living animal that moveth upon the earth.
In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear testimony of that Light.
And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Highest will overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
He that believeth on the Son, hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? this same Jesus who is taken from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord,
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man sayeth he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him may be saved.
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him a help meet for him.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that 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 a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and there was no more sea.
But he was wounded for our transgression, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Then was Jesus led by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves 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 Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation by which ye are called,
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou art little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
For I delivered to you first of all, that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
They are of the world: therefore they speak from the world, and the world heareth them.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. Now if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith 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 creation.
No man can come to me, except the Father who hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
After this there was a feast of the Jews: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are upon earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in by it.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Nicodemus saith to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
If ye then be raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit:
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, the door shall be opened.
Who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I depart; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send him to you.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
For we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but who was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt hath lost its savor, with what shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot by men.
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise reject.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he will testify concerning me.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher.
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, In truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Philip answered him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them make take a little:
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath, that they watched him.
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath, and stood up to read.
For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Then answered Jesus, and said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing by himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for whatever things he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
Now, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
For ye are all children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Neither pray I for these alone; but for them also who shall believe on me through their word.
And all the souls that descended from Jacob, were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
And if it seemeth evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
My little children, these things I write to you, that ye sin not. And if any man sinneth, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsteth, let him come to me, and drink.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who coming thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
For there are three that bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art cured: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to thee.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
For prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Now it came to pass, as they were going, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her house.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loveth me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
And it came to pass, that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
And let us consider one another to excite to love and to good works:
If there is therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord: thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst.
Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
And hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
What, know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?
And put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Then answered the Jews, and said to him, What sign showest thou to us, seeing that thou doest these things?
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the word of life;
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
And he that was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
For this cause God gave them up to vile affections. For even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:
Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.
Mercy to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and elevated, and his train filled the temple.
Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be to you: as my Father hath sent me, even so I send you.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down at table.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
He answered them, He that healed me, the same said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
After these things, the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city, and place, whither he himself would come.
And seeing the multitudes, he ascended a mountain: and when he was seated, his disciples came to him.
If a man also shall lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
And they had no child, because Elisabeth was barren, and they both were far advanced in years.
If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
This know also, that in the last days perilous times will come.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
And Judah begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
But Peter said, Ananias, Why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also ye have received, and in which ye stand;
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth the work of his hands.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen by them: otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
And that from a child thou hast known the sacred scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men, brethren, what shall we do?
But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you, and persecute you;
But my God will supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to my Father.
Therefore all things whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak in new languages;
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to them who hate you,
Beware lest any man make a prey of you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God;
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
He came to his own, and his own received him not.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
For whatever things were written formerly, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons;
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations, he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being testified by the law and the prophets;
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye give to others, it shall be measured to you again.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And the whole multitude of the people were praying without, at the time of incense.
He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
And being assembled with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard from me.
Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ, to another gospel:
That God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.
Then will he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: