Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.

Everything exposed by the light is made clear,

If anyone walks during the night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him.”

Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Let the unrighteous go on in unrighteousness; let the filthy go on being made filthy; let the righteous go on in righteousness; and let the holy go on being made holy.”

While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.

In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.

affliction and distress for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek;

Then, being sent off, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.

Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

as unknown yet recognized;
as dying and look—we live;
as being disciplined yet not killed;

For he accepted our urging and, being very diligent, went out to you by his own choice.

and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him: We ask you, brothers,

I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.

Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

Otherwise, wouldn’t they have stopped being offered, since the worshipers, once purified, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being encircled by the Israelites for seven days.

quenched the raging of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength after being weak, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all,
the righteous for the unrighteous,
that He might bring you to God,
after being put to death in the fleshly realm
but made alive in the spiritual realm.

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

As it is written:
Because of You
we are being put to death all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

the promise our 12 tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve Him night and day. King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews because of this hope.

Because we were being severely battered by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo the next day.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith is being reported in all the world.

For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

know His will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

In fact, we run a risk of being charged with rioting for what happened today, since there is no justification that we can give as a reason for this disorderly gathering.”

He continued, “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and educated according to the strict view of our patriarchal law. Being zealous for God, just as all of you are today,

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing by and approving, and I guarded the clothes of those who killed him.’

The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. Then he brought Paul down and placed him before them.

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When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”

or about this one statement I cried out while standing among them, ‘Today I am being judged before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

and being of the same occupation, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught the things about Jesus accurately, although he knew only John’s baptism.

However, not everyone has this knowledge. In fact, some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food offered to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

To those who are without that law, like one without the law—not being without God’s law but within Christ’s law—to win those without the law.

For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.

And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gift that is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.

For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.

Otherwise what will they do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are people baptized for them?

So it is written: The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.

The whole building, being put together by Him, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord.

You also are being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.

you are being renewed in the spirit of your minds;

Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

not being frightened in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your deliverance—and this is from God.

know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. And we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified.

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of men.

and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator.

If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

If then, perfection came through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to appear, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees Him who is invisible.

I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.

Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.

knowing that such a person is perverted and sins, being self-condemned.

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people—were saved through water.

Resist him and be firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn’t tempt anyone.

You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be serious and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

“Write to the angel of the church in Sardis:

“The One who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.

the sky separated like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.