For you have died, and your life now lies hidden with Christ in God.

But you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

you who were once "no people" but are now "God's people"; once "unpitied" but now "pitied indeed."

Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.

from whom every family in heaven or on earth takes its name,

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!"

for it is through him that we both with one Spirit are now able to approach the Father.

But the commonwealth to which we belong is in heaven, and from it we are eagerly awaiting the coming of a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

But if a man loves God, God is known by him.

If I am not doing the things my Father does, do not believe me.

Therefore, I must tell you that no one who is speaking under the influence of the Spirit of God ever says, "Curse Jesus!" and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord!" without being under the influence of the holy Spirit.

He is a likeness of the unseen God, born before any creature,

but now that you know God, or rather have come to be known by him, how can you turn back to the old, crude notions, so poor and weak, and wish to become slaves to them again?

who gave himself as a ransom for all men. This is what was testified to at the proper times,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by order of God our Savior and of Jesus Christ our hope,

There is no room for "Jew" and "Greek"; there is no room for "slave" and "freeman"; there is no room for "male" and "female"; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

On their second visit, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh learned of Joseph's parentage.

Now he said this to test him, for he knew what he meant to do.

for we know that our old self was crucified with him, to do away with our sinful body, so that we might not be enslaved to sin any longer,

and called you to it through our preaching of the good news, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through your faith.

A revelation made by Jesus Christ which God gave him to disclose to his slaves of what must very soon happen. He sent and communicated it by his angel to his slave John,

The Son of God, Christ Jesus, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus, Timothy, and I, you have not found wavering between "Yes" and "No." With him it has always been "Yes,"

If all the body were eye, how would we hear? If it were all ear, how could we have a sense of smell?

Resist him and be strong in the faith, for you know that your brotherhood all over the world is having the same experience of suffering.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees addressed him, saying, "Master, we would like to have you show us some sign."

Then the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, "It is the Master!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Master, he put on his clothes, for he had taken them off, and sprang into the sea.

You are to be witnesses to all this, beginning at Jerusalem.

and you by God's power are being protected through faith to receive a salvation that is now ready to be disclosed at the last time.

and put on the new self which has been created in likeness to God, with all the uprightness and holiness that belong to the truth.

She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Master's feet, and listened to what he was saying.

Let them all be one. Just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am with you, let them be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was present.

After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

But Jesus cried loudly, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who has sent me;

and, if you are ready to accept the idea, he is himself Elijah who was to come.

Then he showed them his hands and his side, and the disciples were full of joy at seeing the Master.

For he has made us, creating us through our union with Christ Jesus for the life of goodness which God had predestined us to live.

whom God the Father has chosen and predestined by the consecration of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ, and to be sprinkled with his blood; God bless you and give you perfect peace.

Are you not saying, 'Four months more and the harvest will come'? Look, I tell you! Raise your eyes and see the fields, for they are white for harvesting.

In my first volume, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning

And a young man followed him with nothing but a linen cloth about his body; and they seized him,

At present I am glad to be suffering in your interest, and I am making up in my own person what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for the church, which is his body.

And the man was immediately cured, and he picked up his mat and walked.