“I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

and come out—those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of judgment.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were seated—so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

So they collected them and filled 12 baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

This is the will of Him who sent Me: that I should lose none of those He has given Me but should raise them up on the last day.

But there are some among you who don’t believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning those who would not believe and the one who would betray Him.)

He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been received because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

His neighbors and those who formerly had seen him as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who sat begging?”

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”

If He called those whom the word of God came to ‘gods’—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival.

I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats My bread has raised his heel against Me.

None of those reclining at the table knew why He told him this.

I pray for them.
I am not praying for the world
but for those You have given Me,
because they are Yours.

I pray not only for these,
but also for those who believe in Me
through their message.

Father,
I desire those You have given Me
to be with Me where I am.
Then they will see My glory,
which You have given Me
because You loved Me before the world’s foundation.

This was to fulfill the words He had said: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

Why do you question Me? Question those who heard what I told them. Look, they know what I said.”

Jesus said, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Those who believe without seeing are blessed.”

“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David spoke in advance about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

Parthians, Medes, Elamites; those who live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

I will even pour out My Spirit
on My male and female slaves in those days,
and they will prophesy.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them.

praising God and having favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to them those who were being saved.

And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex.

“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also announced these days.

But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about 5,000.

Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

For there was not a needy person among them, because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”

In addition, a large group came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Then the high priest took action. He and all his colleagues, those who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach.

When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full Senate of the sons of Israel—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

In those days, as the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.

They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

So those who were scattered went on their way preaching the message of good news.

But all who heard him were astounded and said, “Isn’t this the man who, in Jerusalem, was destroying those who called on this name and then came here for the purpose of taking them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

In those days she became sick and died. After washing her, they placed her in a room upstairs.

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, he called two of his household slaves and a devout soldier, who was one of those who attended him.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who heard the message.

When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who stressed circumcision argued with him,

Those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one except Jews.

In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

and He appeared for many days to those who came with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now His witnesses to the people.

so the rest of humanity
may seek the Lord—
even all the Gentiles
who are called by My name,
declares the Lord who does these things,

Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,

For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”

After spending some time there, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them. But Paul and Barnabas, along with many others, remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the message of the Lord.

After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached the message of the Lord and see how they’re doing.” Barnabas wanted to take along John Mark. But Paul did not think it appropriate to take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus. Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers. He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

When daylight came, the chief magistrates sent the police to say, “Release those men!”

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples urging them to welcome him. After he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!”

while many of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated their value and found it to be 50,000 pieces of silver.

So after sending two of those who assisted him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

And when he had passed through those areas and exhorted them at length, he came to Greece

You yourselves know that these hands have provided for my needs and for those who were with me.

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to bring those who were prisoners there to be punished in Jerusalem.

Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the One who was speaking to me.

“Since I couldn’t see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.

“But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in You imprisoned and beaten.

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.’

Therefore, those who were about to examine him withdrew from him at once. The commander too was alarmed when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him.

But the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.

And those standing nearby said, “Do you dare revile God’s high priest?”

King Agrippa, while on the road at midday, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’

Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

So the king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up,

and said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. And, look! God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you.’

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

After this, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

Although they know full well God’s just sentence—that those who practice such things deserve to die—they not only do them, but even applaud others who practice them.

We know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is based on the truth.

Do you really think—anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same—that you will escape God’s judgment?

eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality;

but wrath and indignation to those who are self-seeking and disobey the truth but are obeying unrighteousness;

All those who sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all those who sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

How joyful are those whose lawless acts are forgiven
and whose sins are covered!

And he became the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.

If those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made empty and the promise is canceled.

This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam’s transgression. He is a prototype of the Coming One.

Since by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

And do not offer any parts of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness.

So what fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Since I am speaking to those who understand law, brothers, are you unaware that the law has authority over someone as long as he lives?

Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus,

For those who live according to the flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, about the things of the Spirit.

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

All those led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons.

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.