Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

“What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “The son of David.”

Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ.

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.

Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him.

For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

and said, “Prophesy to us, You Christ; who is the one who hit You?”

So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

Pilate *said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all *said, “Crucify Him!”

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

And He continued by questioning them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter *answered and *said to Him, “You are the Christ.”

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him;

for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Let this Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ,

Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

Then He said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is David’s son?

“If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe;

And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.”

One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ).

You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’

The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.”

“Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?”

Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

However, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from.”

But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has, will He?”

Others were saying, “This is the Christ.” Still others were saying, “Surely the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.

The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world.”

The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard out of the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.

he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”

But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health.

‘The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the Lord and against His Christ.’

And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ to them.

But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike.

[And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”]

But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.

Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed.” Immediately he got up.

The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all)—

And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on for a few days.

Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”

men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment.

explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

But some days later Felix arrived with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,

among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.

on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.