But Joseph her husband, because he was just a man and unwilling to disgrace her, was minded to put her away secretly.

Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."

and said to him, "All these will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me." "Begone, Satan!" answered Jesus, for it is written, "Thou must worship the Lord thy God, and Him only must thou serve."

"You have heard that it was said to the ancients, "Thou shall not commit murder, and "He who commits murder shall be liable to condemnation by the court;

"You have heard that it was said, "Thou shalt not commit adultery.

"Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, "You must not forswear yourselves, but must perform your vows to the Lord.

and when he had driven out the demon, the dumb spoke. The crowds were amazed, saying, "Never was such a thing seen in Israel!"

"He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. "Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. read more. "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

"Whenever an unclean spirit leaves a man, it wanders through waterless places, seeking rest but finding none.

"Whenever any one hears the message of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.

"Nay, I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they chose. Even so the Son of man also is about to suffer at their hands."

"Thereupon his slave threw himself on his knees before him, crying, "'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all!'

Jesus answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

"Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the Covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

So he left them and went away again, and prayed the third time in the same words as before.

A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You also are certainly one of them, for your speech betrays you."

Then Peter recalled the word that Jesus had spoken, "Before the cock crow, you shall three times deny me"??nd he went out and broke out into bitter weeping.

In the desert came John who baptized, and preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

"What business have you with us, you Jesus of Nazareth? Are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God."

but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit is never forgiven. Nay, he is in the grasp of an eternal sin."

So Herodias hated him, and wished to put him to death;

But he at once spoke with them, saying. "Courage! It is I. Do not be afraid!"

Thus by your tradition which you have handed down you set at naught the word of God; and you do many other things like that."

So he sat down and called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all, and the servant of all."

and in his teaching he said: "Look out for the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and to receive salutations in the street, and to have prominent places in the synagogues,

Then he went away again and prayed, saying the same words;

A second time he continued to deny it. After a little the by-standers began to say to Peter again, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."

Moreover these signs shall follow those who believe. They shall drive out demons in my name; they shall speak with new tongues in foreign languages;

But they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the message by the miracles which followed.

just as they reported them to us, who were from beginning eye-witnesses and ministers of the word,

"That he we should be delivered out of the Hand of our enemies, And should serve him without fear,

"To give to his people a knowledge of salvation Through the remission of their sins,

and then being a widow even for fourscore and four years. She departed not from the temple, but worshiped with the fasting and prayer, night and day.

And John went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me Because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to the prisoners, And recovery of sight to the blind; To set at liberty those that are bruised,

"Master," answered Simon, "although we toiled all night, we took nothing; but at your bidding I will let down the nets."

And he stretched out his hand and touching him, said: "I do choose; be made clean."

came close behind him, and touched the hem of his garment; and instantly the hemorrhage ceased. "Who is that touched me?" said Jesus and when everybody denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing upon you." read more. But Jesus said: "Some one did touch me; for I perceived that the power was proceeding out of me." Then the woman, who saw that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and falling down before him, stated before the people for what reason she had touched him, and how she had been instantly healed.

"Whenever a foul spirit is gone out of a man, it roams through waterless places, in search of rest; but when it can find none, it says, 'I will go back to the house which I have left.'

"But he was angry and would not go in; so his father came out, and attempted to plead with him; but he said to his father.

Now the Pharisees who loved money listened to all this and they jeered at him.

"Look at my hands and my feet. It is I! Feel me and see; for a ghost has not flesh and blood as I have."

"and that repentance unto remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was face to face with God, and the Word was God.

And the Word became flesh and tented with us. And we gazed on his glory??lory as of the Father's only Son??ull of grace and truth.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly. the Father loves the Son and has committed everything into his hands.

You are worshiping something you do not know. we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews. But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such as his worshipers.

Then many more believed because of what he said, himself; and they told the woman. "We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is certainly the Saviour of the world."

"For the Father loves the Son, and shows him every thing that he himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will he show him, that you may wonder.

"I tell you solemnly that he who listens to my messages and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life. He will not come under condemnation, but has passed out of death into life.

nor had his word dwelling within you, because you do not believe him whom he sent.

So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves??he broken pieces that were left after they had eaten.

answered Jesus; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him; then I will raise him up on the last day.

"Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; yet they died.

"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you. "He who feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

"He who feeds upon my flesh abides in me and I in him. "Just as the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father, so also that man who feeds on me shall live by me. read more. "This is the bread which came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever."

"This is the bread which came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever."

"This is the bread which came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever."

"The spirit is what gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words which I have been speaking to you, are spirit and are life.

So Jesus appealed to the Twelve. "You also do not wish to leave me, do you?" Simon Peter answered. "To whom shall we go Master? You have words of eternal life;

The Jews were amazed. They said, "How does this fellow know the sacred writings when he has never learned them?" "I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One.

So Jesus spoke to the Jews that believed him, saying. "If you abide in my teaching, you are my true disciples;

"I know you are Abraham's descendants; but you are seeking to kill me, Because my teaching has no place in you.

"How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot listen to my message.

"How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot listen to my message.

"How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot listen to my message.

"He who is from God listens to God's words. For this reason you do not listen, because you are not from God."

"In solemn truth I tell you that if any one obeys my teaching he shall never behold death." "Now we know that you have a demon," exclaimed the Jews. Abraham died, and so did the prophets; and yet you say, 'If any man obeys my teaching he shall never taste death.'

"If those to whom the word of God came are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled),

So the sisters sent to him, saying. "Master, see who you hold dear is ill."

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

"See how he loved him," said the Jews. But some of them said,

He who loves his life loses it; and he who regards not his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

"AND I, IF I BE LIFTED UP FROM THE EARTH, WILL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO MYSELF."

And if any one hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I am not come to judge the world, but to save the world. He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has indeed a judge. The message which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the Last Day,

Now just before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come when he should leave this world to go to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, showed forth his love to the end.

"Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I speak not of myself; but the Father, who ever dwells in me, is doing his own work.

Jesus replied. "If any loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. "He that loves me not does not obey words, and yet the words to which you are listening are not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

"Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.

"Remember what I told you, 'A slave is not better than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. If they have obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.

"They will excommunicate you from their synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will suppose that he is doing God's service.

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and believed that I came forth from the God.

"I have made known thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word.

for I have given them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Dedicate them in thy truth; thy word is truth.

"I find no crime in this man. Now it is a custom of yours that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover feast. Do you wish me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

"Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I am not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

And he said to them, "Cast your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find." So they cast it, and now they could not haul it in for the multitude of fishes. Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" On hearing that it was the Lord, Simon Peter girt his fisher's coat about him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the water. read more. The rest of the disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from shore??nly about a hundred yards??ragging in the net full of fish. When they got to the shore they beheld a charcoal fire ready laid, with fish on it, and some bread. "Bring some of the fish you have just caught," Jesus told them. So Simon Peter went and dragged the net to shore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; but for all this number the net was not torn.

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

"For thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, Nor give up thy Holy One to see corruption.

"For thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, Nor give up thy Holy One to see corruption.

"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Now when they beheld the glad fearlessness of Peter and John and had perceived that they were amazed; and they began to recognize them, that they were companions of Jesus.

When they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the message of the Lord with boldness.

"Him God has exalted at his right hand as Prince and Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

"But we will give ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word."

"'And the nation, whichever it is, that enslaves them I will judge, said God, 'and after ward they shall come out, and they shall worship me in this place.

"So God turned from them, and gave them up to the worship of the heavenly host, as it is written in the book of the Prophets. "Did you offer unto me slain beasts as sacrifices during the forty years in the wilderness, O House of Israel? No, it was the Tabernacle of Moloch and the star-symbol of the god Rempha that you lifted up??he images which you made in order to worship them; so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.

He was a devout man and God-fearing, and so were all his household. He gave many alms to the people, and constantly prayed to God.

And after the angel who was speaking to him was gone, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier who was in constant attendance upon him,

When Peter entered the house Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him;

"To him all the prophets bear witness, testifying that through his name every one that believes on him will receive remission of sins."

When he arrived, and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord, with full purpose of heart;

"And as to his having raised him from among the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has said this, "I will give thee the holy and sure blessings of David.

"And as to his having raised him from among the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has said this, "I will give thee the holy and sure blessings of David. "Because in another psalm he says, "Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to see corruption.

"Because in another psalm he says, "Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to see corruption.

"Be it known unto you therefore, brothers, that remission of sins is proclaimed to you through this man; "and that by him every one that believes is justified from all things from which you could never be justified by the law of Moses.

and after there had been a long discussion, Peter rose and said: "Brothers, you know how a good while ago God made choice among you, that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the message of the gospel and believe.

"For Moses from the earliest times has had his preachers in every town where he is read aloud, Sabbath after Sabbath, in the synagogues."

"For as I was passing along and observing your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What you are worshiping in ignorance, this I am proclaiming to you.

"For as I was passing along and observing your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What you are worshiping in ignorance, this I am proclaiming to you.

"For as I was passing along and observing your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What you are worshiping in ignorance, this I am proclaiming to you.

"neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.

"so that they might seek God, if perhaps they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from every on of us;

And the Lord said to Paul in a vision, by night. "Have no fear; go on speaking, and do not keep silent;

And some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us. They led us to the house of Mnason, a Cypriote, a disciple of long standing, with whom we were to lodge.

"And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the Law, well thought of by all the Jews who lived there,

The next day, as he wished to learn the real reason why the Jews accused Paul, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and brought Paul down, and placed him before them.

"Anxious to find out why they had accused him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.

"But this I confess to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors, according to the Way which they call a heresy, believing everything that is according to the Law, or is written in the Prophets,

And he gave orders to the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, but treated with indulgence, and that his personal friends were not to be forbidden to minister to him.

"I should like to hear the man, myself," said Agrippa to Festus. Festus answered, "You shall hear him tomorrow."

"a promise which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. It is concerning this hope, King Agrippa, that I am accused by the Jews.

"'so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order to receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

As Paul thus made his defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice. "Paul, you are raving mad; your great learning is driving you mad."

But the centurion kept them from their purpose, because he wished to save Paul. He gave orders that those who could swim should first jump overboard and get to land;

"Then when they had examined me they wanted to set me at liberty because there was no cause of death in me.

but was by his resurrection from the dead instated as Son of God, with power, in respect of his spirit of holiness.

God is my witness, to whom I render holy service in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I am ever making mention of you in my prayers,

I want you to know, brothers, that many a time I have planned to come to you??hough until now I have been hindered??o as to have some harvest-fruit among you also, even as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.

because they exchanged the truth of God for an untruth, and worshiped and served the creature, rather than the Creator who is blessed forever. Amen.

because they exchanged the truth of God for an untruth, and worshiped and served the creature, rather than the Creator who is blessed forever. Amen.

They were overflowing with every kind of iniquity, depravity, greed, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and malignity.

For God openly set him forth for himself as an offering of atonement through faith, by means of his blood, in order to show forth his righteousness??ince in his forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed??o show forth his righteousness,

For God openly set him forth for himself as an offering of atonement through faith, by means of his blood, in order to show forth his righteousness??ince in his forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed??o show forth his righteousness,

For this we know, that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the slave of sin might be destroyed; so that we should no longer be in slavery to sin??7 for he who is dead is set free from sin.

But now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves of God, the harvest-fruit which you are reaping tends to produce holiness, and it ends is life eternal.

For what I perform I know not; what I practise is not what I intend to do, but what I detest, that I habitually do. If then I habitually do what I do not intend to do, I am consenting to the Law, that it is right.

For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, no good thing has its home; for while to will is present with me, to carry out that which is right is not. For the good that I intend to do, I do not; but the evil which I do not; but the evil which I do not intend to do, that I am ever practising. read more. But if I do the very thing I do not intend to do, it is no more I who practise it, but sin which has its home in me. I find, then, this law, that when I intend to do good, evil is ever present with me.

Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.

Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.

For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, and the promises;

It is not, however, as though God's word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;

and even though they were still unborn, and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election, not of works, but of Him who called,

So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

Then you will say to me. "Why does he still go on finding fault? Who can withstand his will?"

But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the very word of faith which we preach;

So faith comes from a message heard, and the message comes from the teaching of Christ.

I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.

Yet God has unveiled them to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit fathoms everything, even the abysmal depths of God.

So make no hasty judgment until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make plain the purpose of men's hearts. Then each man's due praise will come to him from God.

Then get rid of the old leaven, so that you may be like a new lump, as you are now unleavened. For our Paschal Lamb has already been sacrificed, Christ himself. So let us keep the unending feast, not with any old leaven, neither with leaven of malice and vice, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.

If one who is not a believer invites you to his house, and you wish to go, eat everything that is set before you, without asking questions for conscience sake.

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body as it has pleased him.

For if you in your spirit bless God, how shall he who fills the place of the unlearned say the Amen to your thanksgiving, when he does not know what you are talking about?

Accordingly, when the whole church assemblies, and everybody is speaking "with tongues," if there enter men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that you are mad? But if all are prophesying when an unlearned or unbelieving man enters, he is convicted in conscience by your speaker, he feels himself judged by all,

But God gives it what body he pleases, and to each kind of seed its own body.

If any one does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord is coming.

For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.

I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my brother. So I bade them good-bye and started off for Macedonia.

It is he who has also made me sufficient as a minister of a new covenant; not of a letter but of a spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.

Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day, at the public reading of the Old Testament, the same veil rests thereon, because it is not revealed to them that in Christ the veil is taken away.

As these promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and of spirit, and perfect our holiness in the fear of God.

For even after I reached Macedonia, my flesh had no rest, but I was troubled on every hand. Without were fights; within were, fears.

Nor are other people to be relieved, and you to be distressed;

Yes, though I be unskilled in speech, at least I am not in knowledge; indeed I made this perfectly plain to you in all things and among all men.

I have been crucified with Christ, so it is no longer I who am living, but it is Christ who is living in me; and the life I am now living in the flesh, I am living in faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

It is in him we have deliverance, the forgiveness of our trespasses, through his blood;

when he made known to us, I say, that good pleasure which he purposed in himself

It is he in whom we Jews also have our inheritance, having been chosen beforehand according to the purpose of Him who executes all things according to the counsel of his will,

It is he in whom we Jews also have our inheritance, having been chosen beforehand according to the purpose of Him who executes all things according to the counsel of his will,

And among them we all once passed our lives, indulging the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of our senses and temperament, and were by nature the children of wrath like all the rest.

These being past feeling have given themselves over to sensuality, in order to practise every form of impurity with greedy zest.

You have learned to lay aside, with your former manner of living, the old self who was on his way to ruin, as he followed the desires which deceive;

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.

As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them;

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

Take likewise the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

For we are the true circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and make our boast in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in outward rites,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

For it is in Christ that all the fullness of deity dwells bodily,

And you also, at one time dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sensual nature, he has made alive together with himself. For he forgave us all our transgressions,

So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry.

Lie not one to another, but strip off the old self with its doings,

bearing with one another and forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as Christ the Lord forgave you, so must you forgive.

And so may he establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his saints.

and give to you, who are now troubled, rest, along with me at the unveiling "apocalypse" of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his mighty angels,

the adversary, who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God, or is an object of worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, and vaunts himself as God.

whose will it is that all men should be saved, and come into full knowledge of the truth.

My wish, then, is that in every place the men should offer prayer, lifting up holy hands, free from anger and disputation;

But exclude from the list the younger widows; for where they have become wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

It is my wish, then, that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule their houses, and give no occasion to our adversary for railing.

It is my wish, then, that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule their houses, and give no occasion to our adversary for railing.

Those who desire to be rich fall into the snares of temptation and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eager desire to be rich some have been led astray form the faith, and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.

He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not dealing with us according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.

For men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreligious,

But you, Timothy, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aims, my faith, patience, love, endurance,

but manifested in his own time; that word of his in proclaiming which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour.

but he must be hospitable, a lover of the good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled.

Let the instruction that you give be sound and above reproach, so that our opponents may be ashamed because they find no evil things to say about us.

He gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity, and to purify unto himself a people zealous of good works." Thus speak, exhort, reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

All who are with us salute you. Salute those who love me in faith. Grace be with you all.

I could wish to retain him at my side, so that he might minister to me in your stead, in my bonds for the gospel.

He being an emanation of God's glory and stamp of his substance, and upholding the universe by the utterances of his power, after by himself making purification of our sins, has taken his seat on the right hand of the Majesty on High.

For if the word uttered through angels stood firm, so that every transgression and act of disobedience met with its just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?

So let us get beyond the teaching of the elementary doctrines of Christ, and let us be borne along toward what is mature. Let us not be continually laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works,

and become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the Future Age,

On which principle God, wishing to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, mediated with an oath;

For we needed just such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

Now even the first covenant had its ordinances of public worship, and its sanctuary, a material one. For a tent was built, the outer one called the Holy Place, in which were the lamp and the table and the loaves of the Presence;

Such then were the arrangements. Into the outer tent the priests enter continually in the performance of their duties;

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God!

almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.

Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshippers having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sin.

Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshippers having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sin.

"This is the covenant I will make with them After those days," says the Lord. "I will set my laws upon their hearts, And I will inscribe them on their minds." Then he adds, And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. read more. But when these have been remitted, there is no more any offering for sin.

By faith we understand that the world was fashioned by the Word of God, so that what we see was not made out of what is visible.

By faith he established the Passover, and the sprinkling with blood, in order that the Destroying Angel might not touch the firstborn.

For they only disciplined us for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, that we may share his holiness.

Run swiftly after peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.

For you are not come to a palpable and enkindled fire,

For they could not endure that which was enjoined, Even if a wild beast touches the mountain it shall be stoned to death;

Wherefore since we are receiving a kingdom which is unshakable, let us give thanks, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with holy awe and fear,

We Christians have an altar from which those have no right to eat who minister in the Tabernacle.

Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, and is ever coming down to us from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of eclipse. Because he willed, he gave us birth through the word of truth, so that we should be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.

Because he willed, he gave us birth through the word of truth, so that we should be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.

You adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, then, desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself and enemy of God.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light??10 you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy.

For they willingly ignore the fact that there were heaven, from of old, and an earth formed out of water and through water, by the word of God;

The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.

Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, nay, and old commandment, which you have had from the beginning. That old commandment is the message to which you have listened.

Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, nay, and old commandment, which you have had from the beginning. That old commandment is the message to which you have listened.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. If God so loved us, beloved, we also ought to love one another.

Behold, I am making those of the synagogue of Satan, those who say they are Jews, but are not, but are lying; behold, I will make them to come and bow in reverence before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

And the four Living Creatures, each one with six wings, are full of eyes round about and within; day and night they are chanting ceaselessly. "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty. Who was, and who is, and who is to come."

For this they are now before the throne of God, and are serving him day and night in his temple. "And He who sits on the throne Will spread his tabernacle over them.

Now the great dragon was thrown down??hat old Serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

and he exerts the full authority of the first beast before him, and he makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast whose death-stroke was healed.

And he was permitted to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should speak; and so that any one who would not worship the image of the beast should be put to death.

And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; And they have no rest day or night, Who worship the beast and his image, And all who receive the brand of his name."

Who shall not fear, O Lord, And glorify thy name? For thou only art holy. For all the nations shall come and worship before thee; For thy righteous acts have been made evident."

The first angel went and poured out his bowl upon the earth. And it was turned to loathsome and painful sores upon all who bore the brand of the beast, and who worshiped his image.

And I heard the angel of the waters saying. "Righteous art thou, thou who art and wast, The Holy One, Because thou didst inflict this judgment.

And I fell down at his feet to worship him, and he said to me. "See that you do it not. I am a fellow slave of yours and of your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus; for the testimony of Jesus is the vital breath of prophecy."

He gripped the dragon, that old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

And there will be no more curse But in it will be the throne of God and of the Lamb.