But let your communication be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay: for whatever is more than these cometh of evil.

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanius the tetrarch of Abilene,

To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

And he answering, said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said to them, Ye know nothing at all,

And this he spoke not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

And led him away to Annas first, (for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest that same year.)

And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

When I therefore was thus minded, did I use levity? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea, yea, and nay, nay?

But as God is true, our word towards you was not yea and nay.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, to the glory of God by us.

For behold this very thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what avenging! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

And in this I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath incited very many.

But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers to them perfect.

But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain:

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea, be yea: and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men.