But I tell you in truth that there was many a widow in Israel in the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three years and six months and there came a severe famine over all the land;

For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.

What He has seen and heard, to that He bears witness; but His testimony no one receives.

"My lord, you know," I replied. "They are those," he said, "who have just passed through the great distress, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

the Life was manifested, and we have seen and bear witness, and we declare unto you the Life of the Ages which was with the Father and was manifested to us--

For I recall the sincere faith which is in your heart--a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and then in your mother Eunice, and, I am fully convinced, now dwells in you also.

But you, O man of God, must flee from these things; and strive for uprightness, godliness, good faith, love, fortitude, and a forgiving temper.

And what if God, while choosing to make manifest the terrors of His anger and to show what is possible with Him, has yet borne with long-forbearing patience with the subjects of His anger who stand ready for destruction,

The sixth angel poured his bowl into that great river, the Euphrates; and its stream was dried up in order to clear the way for the kings who are to come from the east.

and, standing behind close to His feet, weeping, began to wet His feet with her tears; and with her hair she wiped the tears away again, while she lovingly kissed His feet and poured the perfume over them.

(For we do not proclaim ourselves, but we proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bondservants for the sake of Jesus.)

"And," said Peter, "no sooner had I begun to speak than the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He fell upon us at the first.

That same Jesus God raised to life on the third day, and permitted Him to appear unmistakably,

and as for the disciples, they were more and more filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

It is not to angels that God has assigned the sovereignty of that coming world, of which we speak.

When, however, Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the Apostles' hands that the Spirit was bestowed, he offered them money.

Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.

Now at the time when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was preaching fervently and was solemnly telling the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

and if seven times in a day he acts wrongly towards you, and seven times turns again to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."

And they, when they had heard his statement, gave the glory to God. Then they said, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of Jews there are among those who have accepted the faith, and they are all zealous upholders of the Law.

For I have five brothers. Let him earnestly warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'

with Annas the High Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the other members of the high-priestly family.

"For this reason also the Wisdom of God has said, 'I will send Prophets and Apostles to them, of whom they will kill some and persecute others,'

"I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

And when he was come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount called the Oliveyard, He sent two of the disciples on in front,

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, there is a man who is overfond of eating and drinking--he is a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!'

"For there are many called, but few chosen."

(And His disciples came and asked Him, "Why do you speak to them in figurative language?"

So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.

They came in glory, and kept speaking about His death, which He was so soon to undergo in Jerusalem.

Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.

And for this reason Jesus also, in order, by His own blood, to set the people free from sin, suffered outside the gate.

Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts.

The man who obeys His commands continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him; and through His Spirit whom He has given us we can know that He continues in union with us.

Between these new comers and Paul and Barnabas there was no little disagreement and controversy, until at last it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some other brethren should go up to consult the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem on this matter.

It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?

Through the tender compassion of our God, Through which the daybreak from on high will come to us,

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the bridegroom's friend who stands by his side and listens to him, rejoices heartily on account of the bridegroom's happiness. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.

So he cried aloud, and said, "'Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'

when suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round them; and they were filled with terror.

Erastus stayed in Corinth; Trophimus I left behind me at Miletus, ill.

I have come like light into the world, in order that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.

If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if he refuses to hear even the Church, regard him just as you regard a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

and I covenant to give you, as my Father has covenanted to give me, a Kingdom--

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Then they returned, and prepared spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the Commandment.

For indeed the Son of Man goes on His way--His pre-destined way; yet alas for that man who is betraying Him!"

They were both of them upright before God, blamelessly obeying all the Lord's precepts and ordinances.

One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice,

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them?"

On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him, and the Scribes,

Here they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, my child; your sins are pardoned."

"Wicked and faithless generation!" He replied, "they clamour for a sign, but none shall be given to them except the sign of the Prophet Jonah.

When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.

And then suddenly they saw Jesus coming to meet them. "Peace be to you," He said. And they came and clasped His feet, bowing to the ground before Him.

"If at that time any one should say to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'Here!' give no credence to it.

Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."

For each of you by his words shall be justified, or by his words shall be condemned."

"But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'

In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.

in order that in our case the requirements of the Law might be fully met. For our lives are regulated not by our earthly, but by our spiritual natures.

Three times I have been beaten with Roman rods, once I have been stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, once for full four and twenty hours I was floating on the open sea.

I know both how to live in humble circumstances and how to live amid abundance. I am fully initiated into all the mysteries both of fulness and of hunger, of abundance and of want.

So that the Law itself is holy, and the Commandment is holy, just and good.

So in the Spirit he carried me to the top of a vast, lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God,

in fulfilment of my eager expectation and hope that I shall never have reason to feel ashamed, but that by my perfect freedom of speech Christ will be glorified in me, now as always, either by my life or by my death.

For God pays no attention to this world's distinctions.

The appearance of the locusts was like that of horses equipped for war. On their heads they had wreaths which looked like gold.

But the Jews who had refused obedience stirred up the Gentiles and embittered their minds against the brethren.

so that you shall eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and sit on thrones as judges over the twelve tribes of Israel.

Upon entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at their right hand, clothed in a long white robe. They were astonished and terrified.

Now Philip had four unmarried daughters who were prophetesses;

So Philip ran up and heard the eunuch reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked.

But Paul shouted loudly to him, saying, "Do yourself no injury: we are all here.

The hungry He has satisfied with choice gifts, But the rich He has sent empty-handed away.

And He could not do any miracle there, except that He laid His hands on a few who were out of health and cured them; and

Moved with pity Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. "I am willing," He said; "be cleansed."

"Doubtless," said He, "you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, cure yourself: all that we hear that you have done at Capernaum, do here also in your native place.'"

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.

"An evil spirit of this kind," He answered, "can only be driven out by prayer."

but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.

Yet there was always the hope that at last the Creation itself would also be set free from the thraldom of decay so as to enjoy the liberty that will attend the glory of the children of God.

Honour every one. Love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the Emperor.

And I heard a voice speaking from Heaven. It said, "Write as follows: "'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from this time onward. Yes, says the Spirit, let them rest from their sorrowful labours; for what they have done goes with them.'"

As for this, three times have I besought the Lord to rid me of him;

One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has said, "Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons."

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if acquittal from guilt is obtainable through the Law, then Christ has died in vain."

And there was given him a mouth full of boastful and blasphemous words; and liberty of action was granted him for forty-two months.

But Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.

One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.

The locusts had a king over them--the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is 'Abaddon,' while in the Greek he is called 'Apollyon.'

Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said that the Spirit of Truth takes of what is mine and will make it known to you.

For every High Priest is chosen from among men, and is appointed to act on behalf of men in matters relating to God, in order to offer both gifts and sin-offerings,

For all the promises of God, whatever their number, have their confirmation in Him; and for this reason through Him also our "Amen" acknowledges their truth and promotes the glory of God through our faith.

But in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer.

But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result.

The sky had opened to his view, and what seemed to be an enormous sail was descending, being let down to the earth by ropes at the four corners.

After speaking thus, He called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."

For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.

It is not those that merely hear the Law read who are righteous in the sight of God, but it is those that obey the Law who will be pronounced righteous.

And there was a woman in the town who was a notorious sinner. Having learnt that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house she brought a flask of perfume,

Because I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me, Himself gave me a command what to say and in what words to speak.

When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.

and Paul desiring that he should accompany him on his journey, took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Then, after Judas had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. "Lose no time about it," said Jesus to him.

Now the Jews began to find fault about Him because of His claiming to be the bread which came down out of Heaven.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and exclaimed, "Master, leave my boat, for I am a sinful man."

that "'They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"

"I know," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything."

Yet the hand of him who is betraying me is at the table with me.

His servant Israel He has helped, Remembering His compassion--

But if it is by the power of the Spirit of God that I expel the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and were going to call him Zechariah, after his father.

But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'

Away then with fear; you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.

Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;

while we proclaim a Christ who has been crucified--to the Jews a stumbling-block, to Gentiles foolishness,

But the end sought to be secured by exhortation is the love which springs from a pure heart, a clear conscience and a sincere faith.

He also said, "They have now been fulfilled. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To those who are thirsty I will give the privilege of drinking from the well of the Water of Life without payment.

Through faith Moses, when he grew to manhood, refused to be known as Pharaoh's daughter's son,

and by every kind of wicked deception for those who are on the way to perdition because they did not welcome into their hearts the love of the truth, so that they might be saved.

For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you."

But seeing that we have died to that which once held us in bondage, the Law has now no hold over us, so that we render a service which, instead of being old and formal, is new and spiritual.

All depends on faith, and for this reason--that acceptance with God might be an act of pure grace,

Which of the Prophets did not your forefathers persecute? Yes, they killed those who announced beforehand the advent of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become--

Jason has received them into his house; and they all set Caesar's authority at defiance, declaring that there is another Emperor-- one called Jesus."

And Isaiah, with strange boldness, exclaims, "I have been found by those who were not looking for Me, I have revealed Myself to those who were not inquiring of Me."

Satan, however, entered into Judas (the man called Iscariot)

Then they drew lots between them. The lot fell on Matthias, and a place among the eleven Apostles was voted to him.

So, very soon after sunrise on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb;

But Jesus cried aloud, "He who believes in me, believes not so much in me, as in Him who sent me;

On the third day they found Him in the Temple sitting among the Rabbis, both listening to them and asking them questions,

Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Then will they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us;' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'

In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, "He has saved others: himself he cannot save!

Peter and the other disciple started at once to go to the tomb, both of them running,

He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only spoil the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old.

After this Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law he found ill in bed with fever.

Now at the Festival it was customary for Pilate to release to the Jews any one prisoner whom they might beg off from punishment;

Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?

that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.

The teacher must do the same in his teaching; and he who exhorts others, in his exhortation. He who gives should be liberal; he who is in authority should be energetic and alert; and he who succours the afflicted should do it cheerfully.

and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.

I know your doings and your toil and patient suffering. And I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, but have put to the test those who say that they themselves are Apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.

If you have died with Christ and have escaped from the world's rudimentary notions, why, as though your life still belonged to the world, do you submit to such precepts as

That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.

"To the minister of the Church at Thyateira write as follows: "'This is what the Son of God says--He who has eyes like a flame of fire, and feet resembling silver-bronze.

Be on your guard as to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things; for by doing this you will make certain your own salvation and that of your hearers.

"'And to him who overcomes and obeys My commands to the very end, I will give authority over the nations of the earth.

I turned to see who it was that was speaking to me; and then I saw seven golden lampstands,

on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News.

But, in this instance, one who does not trace his origin from them takes tithes from Abraham, and pronounces a blessing on him to whom the promises belong.

"Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?"

and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they long drank the water that flowed from the spiritual rock that went with them--and that rock was the Christ.

A wife, for instance, whose husband is living is bound to him by the Law; but if her husband dies the law that bound her to him has now no hold over her.

But the jealousy of the Jews was aroused, and, calling to their aid some ill-conditioned and idle fellows, they got together a riotous mob and filled the city with uproar. They then attacked the house of Jason and searched for Paul and Silas, to bring them out before the assembly of people.

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.

At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning.

But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

But which of you who has a servant ploughing, or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the farm, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'

Festus, having entered on his duties as governor of the province, two days later went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

And the brethren prayed, saying, "Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show clearly which of these two Thou hast chosen

The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything to His hands.

"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour sea and land in order to win one convert--and when he is gained, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

For Paul's plan was to sail past Ephesus, so as not to spend much time in the province of Asia; since he was very desirous of being in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of the Harvest Festival.

"His blood," replied all the people, "be on us and on our children!"

He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came--one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the People.

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about six o'clock in the morning. Then he said to the Jews, "There is your king!"

and a sword will pierce through your own soul also; that the reasonings in many hearts may be revealed."

so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, being banished from the presence of the Lord and from His glorious majesty,

We are hard pressed, yet never in absolute distress; perplexed, yet never utterly baffled;

And permission was given him to make war upon God's people and conquer them; and power was given him over every tribe, people, language and nation.

"'Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. He who overcomes--to him I will give some of the hidden Manna, and a white stone; and--written upon the stone and known only to him who receives it-- a new name.'

Then there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense;

"And then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.'

Or if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in possession of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,

"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.

So they arranged a day with him and came to him in considerable numbers at the house of the friends who were entertaining him. And then, with solemn earnestness, he explained to them the subject of the Kingdom of God, endeavouring from morning till evening to convince them about Jesus, both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

Where then is there room for your boasting? It is for ever shut out. On what principle? On the ground of merit? No, but on the ground of faith.

In most solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall have obeyed my teaching he shall in no case ever see death."

He, having bought a sheet of linen, took Him down, wrapped Him in the sheet and laid Him in a tomb hewn in the rock; after which he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Upon our arrival in Rome, Paul received permission to live by himself, guarded by a soldier.

This intended visit of mine is my third visit to you. "On the evidence of two or three witnesses every charge shall be sustained."

But again, did Israel fail to understand? Listen to Moses first. He says, "I will fire you with jealousy against a nation which is no nation, and with fury against a nation devoid of understanding."

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, 'Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;

For Apostolic authority is not a thing of words, but of power.

"Do you refuse to speak even to me?" asked Pilate; "do you not know that I have it in my power either to release you or to crucify you?"

"I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens is greater than he.

Since all these things are thus pre-destined to dissolution, what sort of men ought you to be found to be in all holy living and godly conduct,

and then the Lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will sweep away with the tempest of His anger, and utterly overwhelm by the awful splendour of His Coming.

and when they perceived the mission which was graciously entrusted to me, they (that is to say, James, Peter, and John, who were considered to be the pillars of the Church)

On receiving this answer Jesus said to him, "There is still one thing wanting in you. Sell everything you possess and give the money to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and then come, follow me."

"To the minister of the Church at Smyrna write as follows: "'This is what the First and the Last says--He who died and has returned to life.

But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.

The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord-- that great and illustrious day;

Dear children, guard yourselves from idols.

Jesus Christ is He who came with water and blood; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And it is the Spirit who gives testimony-- because the Spirit is the Truth.

You call me 'The Rabbi' and 'The Master,' and rightly so, for such I am.

I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison;

serving the Lord in all humility, and with tears, and amid trials which came upon me through the plotting of the Jews--

but will receive a hundred times as much now in this present life--houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands--and persecution with them--and in the coming age the Life of the Ages.

But the righteousness which is based on faith speaks in a different tone. "Say not in your heart," it declares, "'Who shall ascend to Heaven?'" --that is, to bring Christ down;

To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it--a righteousness, however, which arises from faith;

who was a friend of the Proconsul Sergius Paulus. The Proconsul was a man of keen intelligence. He sent for Barnabas and Saul, and asked to be told God's Message.

On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus;

The Master however said to him, "Here we see how you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup or plate, while your secret hearts are full of greed and selfishness.

"We have found this man," they said, "an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king."

The soldiers also once and again inquired of him, "And we, what are we to do?" His answer was, "Neither intimidate any one nor lay false charges; and be content with your pay."

"See to it," He replied, "that you are not misled; for many will come assuming my name and professing, 'I am He,' or saying, 'The time is close at hand.' Do not go and follow them.

So two names were proposed, Joseph called Bar-sabbas--and surnamed Justus--and Matthias.

"How then were your eyes opened?" they asked.

Peter, however, rose and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw nothing but the linen cloths: so he went away to his own home, wondering at what had happened.

"The men of this age," replied Jesus, "marry, and the women are given in marriage.

Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, "I can find no crime in this man."

"If your faith," replied the Lord, "is like a mustard seed, you might command this black-mulberry-tree, 'Tear up your roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and instantly it would obey you.

This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.

"I tell you that even if he will not rise and give him the loaves because he is his friend, at any rate because of his persistency he will rouse himself and give him as many as he requires.

"Alas for you when men shall all have spoken well of you; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the false Prophets!

the tombs opened; and many of God's people who were asleep in death awoke.

But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit.

He closed the entrance and put a seal upon him in order that he might be unable to lead the nations astray any more until the thousand years were at an end. Afterwards he is to be set at liberty for a short time.

to an inheritance imperishable, undefiled and unfading, which has been reserved in Heaven for you,

and will keep up a make-believe of piety and yet live in defiance of its power. Turn away from people of this sort.

and that if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take from him his share in the Tree of Life and in the holy city--the things described in this book.

"I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

To one the utterance of wisdom has been granted through the Spirit; to another the utterance of knowledge in accordance with the will of the same Spirit;

with a view to demonstrating, at the present time, His righteousness, that He may be shown to be righteous Himself, and the giver of righteousness to those who believe in Jesus.

and whatever we ask for we obtain from Him, because we obey His commands and do the things which are pleasing in His sight.

And assemble them they did at the place called in Hebrew 'Har-Magedon.'

Their mission was not to kill, but to cause awful agony for five months; and this agony was like that which a scorpion inflicts when it stings a man.

He called his workmen together, and others who were engaged in similar trades, and said to them, "You men well know that our prosperity depends on this business of ours;

He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, who has a house close to the sea."

"Never, while the world lasts," said Peter, "shall you wash my feet." "If I do not wash you," replied Jesus, "you have no share with me."

For if I of all men give you pain, who then is there to gladden my heart, but the very persons to whom I give pain?

and a youth of the name of Eutychus was sitting at the window. This lad, gradually sinking into deep sleep while Paul preached at unusual length, overcome at last by sleep, fell from the second floor and was taken up dead.

Otherwise what will become of those who got themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why are these baptized for them?

Behold, you despisers, be astonished and perish, because I am carrying on a work in your time--a work which you will utterly refuse to believe, though it be fully declared to you.'"

"And now, brethren, I know that it was in ignorance that you did it, as was the case with your rulers also.

But He was speaking of the Sanctuary of His body.

you who received the Law given through angels, and yet have not obeyed it."

This made the disciple whom Jesus loved say to Peter, "It is the Master." Simon Peter therefore, when he heard the words, "It is the Master," drew on his fisherman's shirt--for he had not been wearing it--put on his girdle, and sprang into the water.

And Pilate wrote a notice and had it fastened to the top of the cross. It ran thus: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

"Rabbi," cried Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are Israel's King!"

Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus.

"No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none.

"Tell us, When will these things be? and what will be the sign when all these predictions are on the point of being fulfilled?"

son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon,

Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled to carry His cross,

When the messengers had taken their leave, Jesus proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, "What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?

Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

Then, midway between the throne and the four living creatures, I saw a Lamb standing among the Elders. He looked as if He had been offered in sacrifice, and He had seven horns and seven eyes. The last-named are the seven Spirits of God, and have been sent far and wide into all the earth.

For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.

For inasmuch as He has Himself felt the pain of temptation and trial, He is also able instantly to help those who are tempted and tried.

And power was granted him to give breath to the statue of the Wild Beast, so that the statue of the Wild Beast could even speak and cause all who refuse to worship it to be put to death.

For they are wilfully blind to the fact that there were heavens which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising out of water and extending continuously through water, by the command of God;

Through faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing over dry land, but the Egyptians, when they tried to do the same, were swallowed up.

Afterwards he went into the synagogue. There for three months he continued to preach fearlessly, explaining in words which carried conviction the truths which concern the Kingdom of God.

For lawlessness is already at work in secret; but only until the man who is now exercising a restraining influence is removed,

By using the words, "a new Covenant," He has made the first one obsolete; but whatever is decaying and showing signs of old age is not far from disappearing altogether.

you for whom I am again, as it were, undergoing the pains of childbirth, until Christ is fully formed within you.

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery hold their own masters to be deserving of honour, so that the name of God and the Christian teaching may not be spoken against.

On the Sabbath we went beyond the city gate to the riverside, where we had reason to believe that there was a place for prayer; and sitting down we talked with the women who had come together.

"But rise and go to the city, and you will be told what you are to do.

Then the Tribune, making his way to him, arrested him, and, having ordered him to be secured with two chains, proceeded to ask who he was and what he had been doing.

Paul, Silas, and Timothy: To the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you.

What then are we to infer? That there is injustice in God?

And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying, "Drink from it, all of you;

So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.

I protest, brethren, as surely as I glory over you--which I may justly do in Christ Jesus our Lord--that I die day by day.

When, at last, we had torn ourselves away and had set sail, we ran in a straight course to Cos; the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

It is His name-- faith in that name being the condition--which has strengthened this man whom you behold and know; and the faith which He has given has made this man sound and strong again, as you can all see.

For God's bread is that which comes down out of Heaven and gives Life to the world."

To all this the Pharisees listened, bitterly jeering at Him; for they were lovers of money.

Jesus therefore, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to meet them. "Who are you looking for?" He asked them.

A vast crowd of the people also followed Him, and of women who were beating their breasts and wailing for Him.

And when they are bringing you before synagogues and magistrates and governors, do not anxiously ponder the manner or matter of your defence, nor what you are to say;

As soon as it was day, the whole body of the Elders, both High Priests and Scribes, assembled. Then He was brought into their Sanhedrin, and they asked Him,

So when they had crossed the Lake and had found Him, they asked Him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

"Blessed is the King," they cried, "who comes in the name of the Lord: in Heaven peace, and glory in the highest realms."

There is nothing that is covered up which will not be uncovered, nor hidden which will not become known.

There is nothing outside a man which entering him can make him unclean; but it is the things which come out of a man that make him unclean."

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,

"There is no good tree that yields unsound fruit, nor again any unsound tree that yields good fruit.

And as you go, preach and say, 'The Kingdom of the Heavens is close at hand.'

On the following day, when they were come down from the mountain, a great crowd came to meet Him;

Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was going on; and he was bewildered because of its being said by some that John had come back to life,

When morning came all the High Priests and the Elders of the people consulted together against Jesus to put Him to death;

For it is contained in Scripture, "See, I am placing on Mount Zion a Cornerstone, chosen, and held in honour, and he whose faith rests on Him shall never have reason to feel ashamed."

If I go on preaching the Good News, that is nothing for me to boast of; for the necessity is imposed upon me; and alas for me, if I fail to preach it!

Greetings to Prisca and Aquila my fellow labourers in the work of Christ Jesus--

"Alas for you expounders of the Law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered, and those who wanted to enter you have hindered."

Be wakeful therefore, for you know not when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at cock-crow, or at dawn.

Meanwhile Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so also was another disciple. The latter was known to the High Priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the High Priest's palace.

When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour.

But then, looking up, they saw that the stone was already rolled back: for it was of immense size.

For both He who sanctifies and those whom He is sanctifying have all one Father; and for this reason He is not ashamed to speak of them as His brothers;

Then they went away and returned home.

"Master," said Thomas, "we do not know where you are going. In what sense do we know the way?"

But the Lord is faithful, and He will make you stedfast and will guard you from the Evil one.

But whoever obeys His Message, in him love for God has in very deed reached perfection. By this we can know that we are in Him.

And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree,

Our lives having been thus preserved, we discovered that the island was called Malta.

Then Saul, who is also called Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and, fixing his eyes on Elymas,

And in her was found the blood of Prophets and of God's people and of all who had been put to death on the earth."

Instantly an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the glory to God, and being eaten up by worms, he died.

he shall drink the wine of God's anger which stands ready, undiluted, in the cup of His fury, and he shall be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

On the contrary, as God's servants, we seek their full approval--by unwearied endurance, by afflictions, by distress, by helplessness;

But Jesus said to them, "There is no Prophet without honour except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own home."

but Jesus Himself constantly withdrew into the Desert and there prayed.

To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may save some.

Those who were caring for Paul's safety went with him as far as Athens, and then left him, taking a message from him to Silas and Timothy, asking them to join him as speedily as possible.

And Judas and Silas, being themselves also Prophets, gave them a long and encouraging talk, and strengthened them in the faith.

And they were singing the song of Moses, God's servant, and the song of the Lamb. Their words were, "Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Ruler of all. Righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of the nations.

although I myself might have some excuse for confidence in outward ceremonies. If any one else claims a right to trust in them, far more may I:

But Paul chose Silas as his travelling companion; and set out, after being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord;

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

yet, obtaining no relief for my spirit because I did not find our brother Titus, I bade them farewell and went on into Macedonia.

"And the ten horns which you have seen are ten kings who have not yet come to the throne, but for a single hour they are to receive authority as kings along with the Wild Beast.

"See," He said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the High Priests and the Scribes. They will condemn Him to death, and will hand Him over to the Gentiles;

So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.

Nor is that all: later on there was Rebecca too. She was soon to bear two children to her husband, our forefather Isaac--

Yes, you lifted up Moloch's tent and the Star of the God Rephan--the images which you made in order to worship them; and I will remove you beyond Babylon.'

So they brought them and made them stand in front of the Sanhedrin. And then the High Priest questioned them.

If, however, we estimated ourselves aright, we should not be judged.

And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.

Then the sea yielded up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades yielded up the dead who were in them, and each man was judged in accordance with what his conduct had been.

But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with.

and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be called a Nazarene."