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For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him might not perish, but have everlasting life:
and is profitable for doctrine, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and well-pleasing to God, as your rational service.
For by grace ye are saved, through faith: and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not by works, that no one may boast:
And we know that all things co-operate for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose;
Go ye therefore and instruct all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may experience what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.
But ye shall receive power from the holy Spirit coming upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.
And Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy Spirit:
For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
But as many as received Him, to them granted He the privilege to become the children of God, even to them that believe on his name;
not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit;
and believe in thine heart, that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, being full of grace and truth: and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father.
But God recommendeth his love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
And therefore He gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers; to qualify holy men for the work of the ministry,
And they continued stedfast in the apostles doctrine, and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Come unto me therefore all ye who are labouring and oppressed, and I will give you ease.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness:
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily verily I tell thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
The thief cometh only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and may have it in perfection.
Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men, for to that all have sinned:
And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we can be saved.
And therefore if any one be in Christ, he is created anew: old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me both in heaven and on earth.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Be anxious in nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known before God.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.
And on the third day after, there was a marriage at Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all met together with one accord.
I am crucified with Christ; yet I live, though no longer I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave up himself for me.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, both Jew and Greek:
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; ---as I have loved you, that ye also love one another: for by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,
Now there was a man of the pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler among the Jews:
Endeavour to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these shall be superadded unto you.
Having therefore so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin that easily besets us, and run with patience the race that is set before us,
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the holy Spirit hath appointed you bishops, to feed the church of God, which He purchased with his own blood.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who withhold the truth in unrighteousness;
"The spirit of the Lord is upon me to the end, for which He hath anointed me: He hath sent me to publish good tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to release them that are bruised,
Jesus answered, I tell thee of a truth, Unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Therefore when the Lord knew, the pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
Now faith is the confident expectation of things hoped for, and a conviction of things not seen:
For the word of God is lively and efficacious, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and of the very joints and marrow, and judging the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed: the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming towards him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world.
But when the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He will not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that will He speak, and will shew you things to come.
Let every soul be subject to the powers that are over them: for there is no such power but from God: the powers that are over men, are appointed by God.
And I also say unto thee, as thou art called Peter, so upon this rock, which thou hast confessed, will I build my church, and the gates of death shall not prevail against it.
So when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon his glorious throne:
By Him were all things made, and without Him was not any one thing made that was made.
These were more ingenuous than those at Thessalonica; for they received the word with all readiness of mind, searching the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
But the comforter, that is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said unto you.
Ye are of your father the devil, and are bent upon doing the lusts of your father: he was a murderer from the beginning, and continued not in the truth: for there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh like himself, for he is a liar, and the father of such.
this man came for witness, that he might testify concerning the light, that through him all might believe.
Think not that I am come to abrogate the law, or the prophets: I am not come to abolish, but to compleat them:
Moreover, my brethren, strengthen yourselves in the Lord, and in his mighty power.
And Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind: this is the first and great command.
I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, beareth much fruit: but without me ye can do nothing.
Verily, verily I say unto you, he, that heareth my word, and believeth in Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death to life.
Finally my brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are venerable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are friendly, whatever things are reputable, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things:
whereas without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe, that He is, and is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
looking for the blessed hope, and glorious appearance of the great God, and our Saviour, Jesus Christ:
and having made a whip of small cords He drove them all, out of the temple; with the sheep and the oxen: and He poured out the changers money, and threw down the tables.
and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
he that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be condemned.
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thine house.
And if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.
Jesus then told her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he were dead, shall live again.
They therefore that received his word with readiness were baptized: and in that same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And having said these things, as they were looking upon Him, He was lifted up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples were assembled together to break bread, Paul being about to depart on the morrow, preached unto them, and continued his discourse till midnight.
and be always ready to answer every one that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and reverence:
and this is life eternal, to know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
What! know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,
when a woman of Samaria coming to draw water, Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
Inasmuch as from the first creation of the world, the invisible things of Him, even his eternal power and Godhead, are, if attended to, clearly seen in his works:
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should declare the glories of Him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
God, who at sundry times, and various ways, spake of old unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son,
Now there was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, living voluptuously and splendidly every day.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any one hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father, who is in heaven:
As the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound of it, but knowest not whence it cometh, or whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
The infirm man answered Him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is moved, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another goes down before me.
Therefore said Jesus to the Jews that believed on Him, If ye continue in my word, ye are indeed my disciples.
He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is already condemned; because he hath not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
Let your conversation be free from covetousness, and be contented with what ye have: for He hath said, I will not leave thee; I will never, never forsake thee.
Then spake Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he, that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupts, and where thieves break through and steal:
For our conflict is not with flesh and blood only, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the world and of the darkness of this age, against wicked spirits in heavenly places.
most excellent Theophilus, that thou mayst know the certainty of the things wherein thou hast been instructed.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
But in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee called Nazareth,
who came to Jesus by night, and said unto Him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for none can do these miracles which thou dost, unless God be with him.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things by Christ;
But when they heard his answer, being convicted by their own conscience, they went out one by one, beginning at the elder, even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst of the people.
Ye are the light of the world: a city, that is situated on a hill, cannot be hid.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in wise: when Mary his mother was promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child by the Holy Ghost:
Beloved, believe not every Spirit, but try the spirits, whether they be of God: for many false prophets are gone out into the world.
and there is neither Jew nor Greek, those is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
And behold, a lawyer stood up to try Him, and said, Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
But I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, concerning those that are fallen asleep, that ye may not be grieved like others who have no hope:
and every perfect gift, but no evil one, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, nor shadow of turning:
For He hath made Him, who knew no sin, to be a sin-offering for us, that in Him we might be made righteous before God.
These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have trouble: but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.
In whom ye also trusted, when ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also when ye believed, ye were sealed with the holy Spirit of promise,
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave up Himself for it:
The Lord is not slow as to his promise (as some count it slowness) but is long-suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
And the angel answered and said unto her, The holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee, and therefore thine holy offspring shall be called the Son of God: and lo,
Pure and uncorrupt religion before God and our Father is this, to take care of orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
wherefore he that believeth on the Son, hath eternal life; and he that obeyeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
And if thy brother trespass against thee, go and expostulate with him alone; if he hearken to thee, thou hast gained thy brother:
who said, Ye men of Galilee, why do ye stand gazing up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in the manner ye have seen Him going into heaven.
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out: that seasons of refreshing may come upon you from the presence of the Lord;
created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God before prepared us, that we might walk in them.
What is the advantage, my brethren, if any one say that he has faith, and he hath not works, can faith alone save him?
for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved by Him.
Know ye not, that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?
the aged women likewise in behaviour as becometh saints, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
And be not drunk with wine, in which there is riotous excess; but be filled with the Spirit:
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth passed away, and there was no more sea.
But the time is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for the Father requireth such worshippers of Him.
Now in those days an edict was published by Augustus Cesar, that all the world should be enrolled or taxed,
For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus:
Then was Jesus led by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil:
in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Wonder not at this; for the time is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have communion with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
and though no one hath ever seen God, or can see Him: yet the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, hath made Him known.
I therefore, a prisoner for the sake of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all humility and meekness;
For in the first place I delivered to you, that which I also received, to wit, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:
Greater love hath no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends:
They are of the world; therefore they speak as men of the world, and the world heareth them.
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God dwelleth in you: but if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Now the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, and the doors where the disciples were being shut, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be to you.
walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the declaration of his coming? for except that the fathers are fallen asleep, all things remain as they were from the beginning of the creation.
No one can come to me, unless the Father, who hath sent me, draw him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all were created by Him, and for Him.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat:
Wherefore though God overlooked the times of this ignorance, He now requireth all men every where to repent.
Nicodemus saith unto Him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.
for those whom he foreknew, He also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be as the first-born among many brethren: and whom He before ordained, these He also called;
And He said, a certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father,
Put on therefore, as the elect of God holy and beloved, bowels of mercy, benignity, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
not forsaking our assemblies, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.
As Christ also once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust (that He might introduce us to God) being indeed put to death in the flesh, but raised to life by the Spirit:
Now in those days, as the number of disciples increased, there rose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
for every one, that asketh, receiveth; and he, that seeketh, findeth; and to him, that knocketh, it shall be opened.
Who Himself bare our sins in his own body on the cross, that we being dead to sins, might live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye are healed.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I should go away; for if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.
for we have not an high-priest who cannot sympathize with our infirmities, but was in all respects tempted in like manner with us, yet without sin.
Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt be grown insipid, wherewith shall it be seasoned? it is no longer fit for any thing, but to be thrown out of doors, and trodden under foot.
Who being the refulgence of his glory and the imprest image of his person, and sustaining all things by his powerful word, having by Himself performed the purging away of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high.
Be sober, be vigilant; for your adversary the devil, like a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
And the Spirit likewise helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for, as we ought: but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with unutterable groans.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
All that the Father giveth me, will come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will not cast out.
Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world; for if any one love the world to excess, the love of the Father is not in him.
But when the comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, (even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,) He shall testify of me.
Behold then what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: though for this reason the world knoweth us not, because it knew not Him.
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene cometh early in the morning, while it was yet dark, to the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
And He said unto them all, if any one is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me:
Philip answered Him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.
And as He went into the house of one of the chief of the pharisees to eat on the sabbath-day, and they were watching Him,
And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: and according to his custom He went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up to read.
For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order what remained, and ordain elders in every city as I directed thee:
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do: for whatsoever He doth, these also the Son doth in like manner.
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came certain wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another by psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude singing in your hearts to the Lord.
Nor do I pray for these only, but for them also that shall believe on me through their word.
My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
And on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If any one thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, such as, adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again in the yoke of bondage.
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who, when they were come thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews.
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things future,
So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father, who is in heaven.
The former treatise, O Theophilus, I made concerning all that Jesus undertook both to do and to teach;
Afterwards Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art healed; sin no more, least something worse befal thee.
being confident of this, that He who hath begun a good work in you will continue to perfect it till the day of Jesus Christ.
Now before the feast of the passover, (Jesus knowing that his hour was come, when He should pass out of this world unto the Father, as He had loved his own, who were yet in the world, He loved them unto the end:)
for prophecy was not delivered of old at the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Spirit.
Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life:
And as they were journeying, He entered into a certain village; and a woman named Martha received Him into her house.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed the gospel, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence; be still working out your own salvation though with fear and trembling:
And when He comes, He will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement:
and ye turn your eyes toward him that weareth the fine clothes, and say to him, Sit thou here in an honorable place; and say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
Jesus answered and said unto him, If any one love me, he will observe my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and will make our abode with him.
And beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Charity beareth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity is not insolent, is not puffed up,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath regenerated us to a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
And as He was praying in a certain retired place, as soon as He had done, one of his disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.
according as he hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unblameable before Him in love:
And He spake also a parable to them, to shew that men ought always to pray, and not to faint:
In my Father's house there are many mansions; if not, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman made under the law,
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again: then said the Jews,
(for He is faithful who hath promised) and let us observe each other to the incitement of love and good works:
If therefore there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any participation of the Spirit,
Be not unsuitably connected with infidels: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? or what communion hath light with darkness?
Be not deceived, God is not to be mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
looking unto Jesus the leader and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Now when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these? He saith unto Him, Yes, Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
Then Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than raiment?
and hath made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined the seasons before-appointed them, and the bounds of their habitation;
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have from God?
and hath put all things under his feet, and given Him to be head over all things to the church;
The Jews therefore answered and said unto Him, What sign dost thou shew us, seeing thou dost these things?
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have contemplated, and our very hands have felt concerning the Word of life,
But Saul still breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest, and desired of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus,
And I account the sufferings of this present time not worthy to be set against the glory that shall be revealed to us.
but he, that was healed, did not know who it was: for Jesus had withdrawn himself, there being many people in the place.
Therefore God gave them up to infamous passions: for even their women changed the natural use into that which is unnatural,
Now to Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power operating in us,
who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:
and of the holy Ghost, and teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by miracles, and prodigies, and signs, which God wrought by Him in the midst of you,
Now Jesus being full of the holy Spirit, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted by the devil;
Then said Jesus unto them again, Peace be to you. As my Father sent me, even so send I you.
Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is the meaning of this that He saith to us, A little while and ye shall not see me, and again a little while and ye shall see me, and---because I am going to the Father?
And one of the pharisees asked Him to eat with him: and He went into the pharisee's house, and sat down.
Beloved, we are now the children of God, but it doth not yet appear what we shall be: we know however, that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and no place was found for them.
and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.
And as He must pass through the country of Samaria, He came to a Samaritan city called Sichar,
Whereas many have undertaken to compose a narrative of the things, which have been fully certified among us;
After these things the Lord appointed also seventy others, and sent them two and two before Him, into every city and place, whither He himself was about to come.
And seeing the multitudes He went up to a mountain, and when He was set down, His disciples came to Him,
And they had no child, for Elisabeth was barren; and they were both far advanced in years.
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or at lest he will be attached to the one, and neglect the other: ye cannot serve God and mammon:
No temptation has yet taken you but what is common to man: and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to sustain; but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his garments, and cast lots for them.
And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared; (and some others with them:) and found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre:
Having therefore a great high-priest, that is passed into the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession:
and Judah had Phares and Zara by Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom,
Ye did not first choose me, but I chose you, and have appointed you to go forth, and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be lasting: that whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name, He may give it you.
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan so filled thine heart, that thou shouldst lie to the holy Ghost, and keep back part of the price of the land?
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached to you at first, which ye received, and wherein ye stand.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be observed by them: otherwise ye will have no reward from your Father, who is in heaven.
and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus: for all scripture is by inspiration from God,
Now after John was cast into prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
Now when they heard this, they were pricked to the heart, and said unto Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that abuse you and persecute you;
And my God will supply all your wants, according to his riches, in glory, by Christ Jesus.
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and He that sat upon it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness doth He judge and make war.
Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I perform he also shall perform, and greater than these shall he do: because I am going to the Father.
All things therefore whatsoever ye would have men do to you, do ye also in like manner unto them: for this is the doctrine of the law and the prophets.
for where two or three are assembled together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
And these signs shall accompany them that believe; in my name shall they cast out demons, they shall speak with new tongues;
but He answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live upon bread only, but on whatever proceedeth from the mouth of God."
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in any fault, do ye, who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, least thou also shouldst be tempted.
No, He giveth more grace: wherefore it is said, God resisteth the proud, but sheweth favor to the humble.
Take heed least any one make a prey of you by philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ:
and this gospel of the kingdom of heaven shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end come.
"And it shall come to pass in the last days (saith God) that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength:" this is the first or chief commandment,
"Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel," which is God with us.)
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
yea, He came to his own peculiar right, and even his own people received Him not.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with acclamation, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
For whatever things were written heretofore, were written for our instruction; that we through patience and the consolation of the scriptures might have hope.
Now the Spirit expressly saith, that in latter times some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to seducing spirits,
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
But now, without the law, righteousness before God is manifested, being attested by the law and the prophets;
give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed and shaken down and running over, shall they give into your bosom: for by the same measure, which ye measure with, shall it be measured back again to you.
For if I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not charity, I am but as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the houshold of God;
And meeting them together He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, ye have heard from me;
For the doctrine of the cross is to them, that perish, foolishness: but to us, who are saved, it is the power of God.
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; nor shall any one force them out of my hand.
I wonder that ye are so soon removed from him who called you by the grace of Christ to another gospel: which is not another;
how God anointed Him with the holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil: for God was with Him.
Then will He say also to those on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
And He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
And it came to pass, while he was in the order of his course performing the priest's office before God,
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen who had been educated with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul;
And He took bread, and gave thanks and brake it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me:
And He is the head of the body, which is the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things He might have the pre-eminence.
as his divine power hath given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who hath called us by that glory and virtue,
Let no one that is tempted say, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted by evils, and He tempteth no one.
And an angel of the Lord spake to Philip, saying, Arise and go southward to the way that leads down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert.
to Timothy my beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
Happy is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.
But Peter, and the other apostles, answered, and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
So that there descended even from one, and him in a manner dead, a posterity like the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sand on the sea shore, innumerable.
For as the body is one, and hath many members; but all the parts of this one body, though many, are but one body:
For God hath not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but of vigor, and of love, and of prudence.
And He spake also this parable to some that trusted in themselves as being righteous, and despised others.
And the wine falling short, the mother of Jesus saith unto Him, They have no wine.
For when we were yet without strength, Christ died in due season for the ungodly.
For as a man, who was going to travel abroad, called his servants, and delivered to them his stock: and to one he gave five talents,
But the fearful, and faithless, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
That they all may be one, as Thou, O Father, art in me, and I in Thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
and Esrom begat Aram, and Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon,
And when the people were pressing on Him to hear the word of God, as He stood by the lake of Gennesareth, seeing two vessels at the edge of the lake,
Thou believest that there is one God; thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.
But there were indeed false prophets among the people of old, as there will be also among you false teachers, who will privately introduce pernicious heresies, denying even the Lord that bought them, and bringing upon themselves swift destruction,
And the heart and soul of the multitude that believed was one: no one called any of his possessions his own property, but they had all things common.
For an angel descended at a certain season into the pool, and moved the water; the first therefore that went in after the disturbing of the water, was cured of whatever malady he laboured under.
wherefore also He is able to save to the uttermost, those that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Being therefore come together they asked Him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
For the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made this very Jesus, whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.
so he turned and said to them, If any man come to me, and does not comparatively hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple.
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long with you, and dost thou not know me? Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the Father: and how then dost thou say, Shew us the Father?
And the scribes and pharisees watched Him to see if He would work a cure on the sabbath: that they might find an accusation against Him.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and it shall be granted you.
That, which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that, which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the one Lord,
For by the grace conferred on me I charge every one among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to think: but to think with sobriety, according as God hath divided to every man the measure of faith.
And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all the things must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and Psalms, concerning me.
Now Jesus being risen early on the first day of the week appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven devils:
Be ye therefore perfect in love and goodness, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
And ye fathers, do not exasperate your children: but educate them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Now after the sabbath, in the dawning towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, to look at the sepulchre:
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I might not have been delivered to the Jews: but my kingdom is not from hence.
Do nothing through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind each esteeming others better than themselves.
from whence also we expect the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ: who will change our vile body,
And when the sabbath was past Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices in order to come and embalm Him:
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we who are such shall pass a stricter trial than others: for in many things we all offend;
For in Him we live and move, and exist; as some also of your own poets have said, "For we his offspring are."
for thou hast had five husbands; and he, whom thou now hast, is not thy husband: this thou hast said true.
And when Jesus had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished. And reclining his head, He yielded up the ghost.
For so also formerly the holy women, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being submissive to their husbands; as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him her lord:
Now this we have heard from Him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
For when the sun is risen with it's sultry heat, it drieth up the grass, and the flower of, it falleth, and the beauty of it's appearance is lost: so shall the rich man fade away in his projects.
as every one hath received a gift, imparting it to each other, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
And behold two of them were going that day to a village about threescore furlongs from Jerusalem, called Emmaus.
This then I exhort thee first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings he made for all men;
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to bring peace but division.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, having been made a curse for us: for it is written, "Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:"
Seeing then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also himself in like manner partook of them; that by death He might destroy him that had the empire of death, that is, the devil:
And the king replying will say unto them, Verily I declare unto you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the lest of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
And some of the young men arose, and wrapped him up; and they carried him out, and buried him.
And He said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is manifested in thy weakness." With the greatest pleasure therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Asia, and Bithynia, chosen according to the fore-knowledge of God, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience, and to the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ,---may grace and peace be multiplied unto you.
I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any one add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And one of the scribes, who heard them disputing, seeing that He answered them well, came to Him and asked Him, Which is the chief commandment of all?
which is come unto you, even as in all the world, and is fruitful; as it hath been also among you, from the day in which ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth.
The spirit is the principle of life, the flesh availeth nothing: now the words that I speak unto you are spirit, and therefore life.
and to fortitude knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience piety;
Whoever therefore heareth these words of mine, and performeth them, I will compare him to a prudent man, who built his house on a rock:
So that the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
In this we know his love, that He laid down his life for us: and we should be ready to lay down our lives for the brethren.
And Jesus answered him, I assure thee, thou shalt be with me this day in paradise.
But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor doth what is corruptible inherit incorruption.
being justified freely by his grace, because of the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
For I received from the Lord, that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread:
but he that drinketh of the water which I shall give him, shall never thirst: but the water, which I shall give him, will be in him a fountain of water springing up unto eternal life.
After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no one could number, out of all nations, and tribes, and people, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and with palms in their hands;
Verily, verily I say unto you, He that entreth not into the sheep-fold by the door, but climbeth up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed is not defiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
It is certain, if any one is desirous of the episcopal office, he desireth a good work.
Now it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul having passed through the upper parts of Asia came to Ephesus:
And when thou prayest, be not like the hypocrites; for they love to pray in public assemblies, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be taken notice of by men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
Ye have heard, that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy:
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only abuse not this liberty for an occasion to indulge the flesh, but by mutual love serve one another.
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
For so an entrance shall be administered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain conversation learned by tradition from your fathers, not with corruptible things, as silver and gold;
And I saw thrones, and persons sat on them, and judgement was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God; and who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, and received not his mark upon their forehead, and on their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
praying at all seasons with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance, and intercession for all the saints;
but these things are written, that ye may believe, that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life through his name.
Ye women likewise, be subject to your own husbands, that if any believe not the word, they may yet without the word be gained over by the deportment of the wives,
And thinkest thou, O man, who judgest those that do such things, and dost the same, that thou shalt escape the judgement of God?
Then Peter came to Him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? to seven times?
And they assembled in the church a whole year, and taught much people: and the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
according to the custom of dividing the office of the priests, that it fell to his lot to burn incense, entring into the temple of the Lord:
For no one hath ascended up into heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.
(when the children were not yet born, nor had done either good or evil, that the purpose of God according to his choice might abide, not on account of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said to her, the elder shall serve the younger:
Then he permitted Him. And Jesus as soon as He was baptized came up from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened unto Him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon Him:
But the Samaritan saith unto Him, How is it that thou who art a Jew askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan? for the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the Samaritans.
Now as they were at table, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body:
And after some days He went again into Capernaum; and it being heard that He was in the house,
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any one is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me:
And when Jesus came into the parts of Cesarea Philippi, He asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am?
And one among the multitude said to Him, Master, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me: but He said unto him,
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, who had the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand.
Now there was a certain person sick, to wit, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and Martha her sister.
being buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are raised together with Him, through faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
And not only so, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience,
For whosoever shall keep the whole law besides, but offend in one point, he is under the penalty of all:
Every one that committeth sin, transgresseth the law; for sin is the violation of the law.
He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest my self to him.
And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that will never be extinguished;
My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, in a partial respect of persons.
Now some that came down from Judea, taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised according to the law of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, doth not shine unto them:
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption.
And now why shouldst thou delay? Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's pleasure to give you the kingdom.
And as he went out into the way, there came one running and kneeling to Him, and asked Him, Good master, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life?
Mortify therefore your members that are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, disorderly passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is indeed idolatry:
He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and yet the world knew Him not:
But how shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain: and if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor:
Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and other notorious sinners, to hear Him.
For unto this are ye called; because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye might follow his steps.
But we all with unveiled face beholding, as in a glass, the glory of the Lord, are transformed according to the same image from glory to glory, as proceeding from the Spirit of the Lord.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye ask in prayer, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
intreating if I may now at length have a prosperous journey by the will of God, to come unto you.
And calling the people and his disciples to Him, He said unto them, Whosoever is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me:
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus, which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
but holding the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him, who is the head, even Christ:
Then will the kingdom of heaven be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom: and five of them were wise,
The God that made the world and all things therein, being lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands:
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy.
wherein He hath abounded towards us with the highest wisdom and prudence;
These things have I written to you, who believe on the name of the son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may the more firmly believe on the name of the Son of God.
even the dust that cleaveth to us out of your city we wipe off against you: but know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
The elders that are among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed; feed the flock of God that is among you,
And the testimony is this, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall be death no more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
She following Paul and us, cried out, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who shew us the way of salvation.
And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel, to preach to those that dwell upon the earth, to every nation, and tribe, and tongue,
And be not afraid of them, who can only kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him, who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
For this cause we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to request that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding:
to whom also He presented Himself alive, after He had suffered, by many certain proofs; being seen among them for forty days, and speaking of the things relating to the kingdom of God.
Let no one therefore judge you on account of meat, or drink, or in respect of a feast, or a new-moon, or sabbaths;
for the righteousness of God is therein revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, even they that pierced Him: and all the tribes of the earth shall lament before Him. Even so, Amen!
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
And in those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in Jordan:
even in Him, in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated to it according to the purpose of Him who effecteth all things after the counsel of His own will:
For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal?
And the devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
And let us not be weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but He that cometh after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: He shall baptize you with the holy Spirit and with fire.
being regenerated not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever.
And Jesus was then about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
And he answered, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbor as thyself.
And Mary said, "My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour;
And this is the confidence, which we have towards Him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, He heareth us:
that is to say, that being among you we may be comforted together by the faith of each, both yours and mine.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up into glory.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth; but what is good to useful edification, that it may benefit the hearers.
But of THAT day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only:
but do ye continue in the city of Jerusalem, till ye are endued with power from on high.
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not now; for I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go directly to my brethren, and tell them, "I am to ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God."
When Jesus had spoken these words, He lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,--- "Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify Thee:
Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence? even of your carnal appetites making war in your bodies?
There were present at the same time, some that told Him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to our God and Father by Him.
Ye have heard, that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever committeth murder, shall be liable to the judgment:
Ye have heard, that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
and he shall be a joy and transport to thee, yea, many shall rejoice on account of his birth; for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord,
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you: cleanse your hands, O sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: to Him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that an antichrist will come, there are even now many antichrists, whereby we know that it is the last time.
When therefore ye shall see the desolating abomination, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing at the holy place, (let him, that readeth, attend) then let those in Judea flee to the mountains:
I have shewed you in all things, that by labouring thus ye ought to support the infirm; and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
And whoever heareth these words of mine, and performeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation; who comforteth us in all our affliction,
for verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot nor one tittle shall pass from the law, till all be compleated.
and that in his name should be preached repentance and remission of sins to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements being set on fire shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works therein shall be burnt up.
Wherefore remember that ye were formerly Gentiles in the flesh, called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision made by hands in the flesh;
And we have known and believed the love which God hath towards us: for God is love; and he, that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
As ye also learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;
After these things Jesus shewed Himself again to the disciples near the sea of Tiberias; and He shewed Himself thus.
In these lay a great number of people that were infirm, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing, in his kingdom;
James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in dispersion sendeth greeting.
and the love of God, and the communication of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
We have also the more sure word of the prophets, to which ye do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning-star rise in your hearts:
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil.
For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He had not only broken the sabbath, but had also called God his own Father, making Himself equal with God.
But tho' we or an angel from heaven should preach to you any other gospel than what we have preached to you; let him be accursed.
For the time will come, when they will not bear sound doctrine; but having itching ears, will heap up to themselves teachers after their own hearts:
And they laid hold on that expression, querying among themselves, what means the rising from the dead?
Having therefore, brethren, free admission into the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him, because He abideth with you, and shall be in you.
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis,
For the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those that sold oxen,
And there were in the same country shepherds out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night: and lo,
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be satisfied.
for God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
For if these be in you and abound, they will not suffer you to be idle, nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us therefore come with freedom to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace for our seasonable help.
by which are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Let no one have cause to despise thy youth; but he thou an example to believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, that every one may receive for the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it were good or bad.
But Peter standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and listen to my words:
Now I exhort you, brethren, to mark those who cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned:
Owe no one any thing, but to love one another; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the law:
holding fast the faithful word, according as he hath been taught, that he may be able both to instruct in sound doctrine, and to convince gainsayers.
for John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall within a few days be baptized with the holy Spirit.
But even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised;
Be ruled by those that are your guides, and submit to them: for they watch for your souls; (as those that must give an account) that they may do it with joy and not with uneasiness: for this were unprofitable for you.
Do ye not know that ye are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
And lifting up his eyes on his disciples He said, Blessed are ye though poor; for the kingdom of God is yours.
so also is the mystical body of Christ; for by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, (whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free) and are all made to drink into one Spirit:
These all persevered with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brethren.
he, that makes a practise of sin, is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. And for this the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord:
knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
But as it is written, "Eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for those that love Him."
(as ye yourselves also know,) Him being given up by the determinate counsel and fore-knowlege of God ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways not to be traced out!
And behold, there came one to Him, and said, Good master, what good shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
But none of these things move me, nor do I account my life dear, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
And as I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself, that where I am, ye may also be.
and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first-born from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Now if their fall be the riches of the world, and their diminution be the riches of the Gentiles, how much more will their fulness be?
And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
preach the word, be instant both in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and instruction.
Wherefore by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before Him: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Now as we were going to the place of prayer, there met us a young woman that had a spirit of divination, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed in a moment,
Whosoever then shall own me before men, I also will own him before my Father, who is in heaven:
and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death;
While Peter was yet speaking these words, the holy Spirit fell upon all them that heard the word.
And continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
But Jesus went to the mount of Olives;
And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly: and grant that your whole frame, spirit, soul, and body may be kept blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:
Now to the unmarried and widows I say, it is good for them to continue so, as I do.
and experience hope, and this hope maketh us not ashamed; because the love of God is diffused in our hearts by the holy Spirit that is given to us.
so that they are inexcusable; because having thus known God they glorified Him not as God, neither were they thankful; but were infatuated by their own reasonings, and their heart being void of understanding was darkened.
And John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim; because there was much water there: and people came to him and were baptized.
I am come to send fire on the earth, and how do I desire that it were already kindled?
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani," that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment; but he that feareth is not perfected in love.
And He said moreover unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath:
There was in the days of Herod king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
But if I should be retarded, that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to behave in the house of God, the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him: but John refused Him, saying,
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit: and there are different offices, but the same Lord:
And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I often purposed to come unto you, (but have been hindered hitherto) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the other Gentiles.
And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch said, See here is water, what hindereth me from being baptized?
Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober, and stedfastly hope for the grace to be conferred upon you at the appearing of Jesus Christ;
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
and Amon begat Josias, and Josias begat Jakim, and Jakim begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time of their being carried away to Babylon.
Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites, who tithe even your mint, and anise, and cummin, but neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgement, mercy, and fidelity: these ye ought undoubtedly to practise, and not to omit the others.
And first I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is celebrated through the whole world:
for it is God that worketh in you both to will, and to work, out of his own good-pleasure.
whom God hath appointed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, in the remission of past sins, according to the forbearance of God;
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth Him all things, which He Himself doth: and He will shew Him greater than these, that ye may wonder.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him that heareth say, Come. And let him, that thirsteth, Come. And let him, that desireth it, take the water of life freely.
Jesus however, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and whom He raised from the dead.
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and telling them that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity, the sea and the waves roring:
And said to them that sold doves, Take away these things from hence, and make not my Father's house an house of traffick.
having been circumcised on the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of Hebrews, with respect to the law a pharisee,
Behold also the ships which are of so great bulk, and even when they are driven by hard winds, yet are turned about by a very small helm which way soever the pilot pleaseth.
to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of satan unto God; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
And Jesus returned by the influence of the Spirit into Galilee: and a fame was spread through all the country round about concerning Him:
And if it stiled them gods, to whom the word of God came, (and the scripture cannot be made void,)
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Wherefore omitting the discourse about the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us proceed to perfection: not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works,
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, I will do it: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple together at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
And the same day, in the evening, He saith to them, Let us go over to the other side.
who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Ye have heard, how I said unto you, "I am going away, and I shall come again to you." If ye loved me, ye would rejoice that I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
and the things which thou hast heard from me, before many witnesses, these commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you my disciples, that he may sift you as wheat:
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He, that is in you, than he that is in the world.
And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels fought against the dragon: and the dragon fought, and his angels;
Wherefore God also gave them up to impurity, in the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies among themselves;
For I greatly rejoiced, when the brethren came, and bore testimony to thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.
And they sung a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open its seals; for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Then will the king say to them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
in every prayer of mine) for your attachment to the gospel, from the first day even till now;
and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Worthy art thou, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for thou hast created all things, and by thy will they exist, and were created.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be?
And I tell you, it shall be more tolerable in that day even for Sodom than for that city.
But of THAT day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
Admonish them to be submissive to governors and magistrates, to obey their orders, and to be ready to every good work;
Now there was a certain man at Cesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band: a pious man,
And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do it.
And He said unto them, See to it that ye beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of his possessions.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life everlasting.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God shall give Him the throne of David his father,
But we see Jesus, who was made for a little while lower than the angels, in order to suffer death, that by the grace of God He might taste death for every man, crowned with glory and honor.
But having different gifts, according to the grace conferred upon us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith:
After these things came Jesus, and his disciples into the land of Judea: and He stayed with them there, and baptized.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye would all say alike, and that there may be no schisms among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgement.
And it came to pass, as the days were almost fulfilled of his being received up again into heaven, that He set his face to go to Jerusalem,
This I say therefore, and charge you in the name of the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk,
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one, that loveth Him that begat, loveth Him also that is begotten of Him:
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Spirit.
And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to recompense every one according to his work.
And they brought to Him little children that He might touch them: and the disciples rebuked those that brought them.
About eight days after these discourses, He took Peter, and John, and James, and went up to a mountain to pray.
Receive him that is weak in the faith, but not to disputes about doubtful matters:
Now is the judgement of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
And immediately after the affliction of those days, the fun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give it's light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Abide therefore in me, and I will abide in you: for as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self, unless it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Spirit,
not that I have yet won the prize, or am already perfect: but I press forward to acquire that perfection, for which also I have been apprehended by Christ Jesus.
And when they had appointed them elders in every church, praying and fasting, they recommended them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
Wait patiently therefore, my brethren, till the coming of the Lord: behold the husbandman expecteth the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it, till he receive the former and the latter rain.
By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, for the things which are seen were not made of things which appear.
And presently after Jesus obliged the disciples to get into the ship, and to go before Him to the other side, while He dismissed the multitudes:
for what is to be known of God is manifest among them, for God hath manifested it to them.
Therefore they asked him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
And He said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his goods.
And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they will hear my voice; so there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
The resemblance of which, even baptism, doth also now save us, (not the outward cleansing of filth from the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Because He hath fixed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom He hath appointed thereto; having given assurance of it to all men, by raising Him from the dead.
And there were six stone waterpots, placed according to the custom of purifying among the Jews, containing each about two or three firkins.
Herein is love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, rivers of living water shall flow from within him.
take also the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
or doth He say this indeed for our sakes? For it is certainly written for our sakes, that he, who ploweth, might plow in hope; and that he, who thresheth in hope, should partake of his hope.
For I would not have you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, (least ye should be wise in your own eyes) that blindness in part is befallen Israel, till the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire.
And being asked by the pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, He answered and said, the kingdom of God cometh not with observation.
And He said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or seasons, which the Father hath reserved in his own power.
his disciples remembered, that He had said this to them: and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
And there were gathered unto Him the pharisees, and some of the scribes, from Jerusalem;
But as they believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women;
Therefore I said unto you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am the Messiah, ye shall die in your sins.
And Saul was well pleased with his execution. For at that time there was a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all dispersed through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
For neither doth the Father judge any one, but hath committed all judgement to the Son;
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give as a ransom for his soul?
And beginning from Moses, and all the prophets, He explained to them in all the scriptures the things that were spoken concerning Himself.
And as I am to be no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to Thee, Holy Father, keep by thy name those whom Thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
And I think it my duty, while I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by way of remembrance:
testifying both to the Jews and Greeks, repentance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and the saviour of that body.
Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
For if we sin wilfully after having received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins;
But, beloved; be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
And upon this occasion Jesus opened his mouth and said, "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and knowing, and hast revealed them to babes:
Forty and six years has this temple been in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? but He spake of the temple of his body.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? my time is not yet come.
For there is no difference of Jew and Greek: for He being Lord of all is bountiful to all that call upon Him.
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone:
And now, my brethren, I recommend you to God, and to the word of his grace: who is able to edify you, and to give you an inheritance among all that are sanctified.
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
for there shall rise up false Christs, and false prophets, who shall shew great signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
And when ye were dead in trespasses, and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
And I wrote this to you, that when I come I may not have grief from those of whom I ought to receive joy, being persuaded concerning all of you, that my joy is the joy of you all.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye by his poverty might be rich.
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to the saints, who are at Ephesus, even the faithful in Christ Jesus;
and as they were ministring to the Lord, and fasting, the holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.
Brethren, I count not myself to have attained it: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to those before,
and envies, and all evil-speakings, as new-born babes desire that rational milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby:
Not that I speak on account of want; for I have learnt in whatever circumstances I am, to be contented.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to shew to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John,
Let not any one deceive you by any means; for it shall not come till there come an apostasy first, and the man of sin be revealed,
because the carnal mind is an enemy to God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be:
they said therefore, What is this little while that He speaks of? we do not understand what He means.
and Abia begat Asa, and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram,
Then Jesus and his disciples went out into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and by the way He asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I am?
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through Him.
Then said Jesus unto them, I tell you truly, that unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Then Paul stood up in the midst of the Areopagus and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that you are indeed over-much religious:
Another parable propounded He unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man, who sowed good grain in his ground:
And if a woman be divorced from her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
For as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office:
And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I tell you, if ye had but faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this mountain, Remove from hence thither, and it shall remove: and nothing would be impossible to you.
but I tell you, that whosoever looketh on a woman, so as to lust after her, hath already debauched her in his heart.
Being fully persuaded of thy compliance, I have written to thee; knowing that thou wilt indeed do more than I ask.
(for if any one know not how to govern his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up what is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for the sake of his body, which is the church.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that vanquisheth the world, even our faith.
If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask Him?
in which ye formerly walked after the manner of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that still operates in the children of disobedience:
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
And when He said this, He breathed upon them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the holy Spirit:
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst again;
and precious, ye also are built up as living stones, a spiritual house, an holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
For as the woman was originally from the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things are from God.
And He answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that He, who made them at first, made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
but I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without cause shall be liable to the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be obnoxious to the council; but whosoever shall say, "Thou fool," shall be in danger of hell-fire.
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and co-heirs with Christ: if so be we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him.
And may He, who supplieth seed to the sower, and giveth bread for food, furnish and multiply your sowing, and increase the fruits of your bounty:)
Though I tell you indeed and in truth, Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remaineth alone; but if it die, it produceth much fruit.
And as He was going to Jerusalem, He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee;
And He called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases:
as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
For we brought nothing into the world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out:
but Jesus said, Suffer the children to come to me, and do not hinder them: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whoever thou art, that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost the same things.
And indeed Jesus wrought many other signs also in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
And for this did the Jews persecute Jesus, and endeavoured to put Him to death; because He had done these things on the sabbath-day.
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works, that ye may serve the living God?
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be inslaved to sin:
But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully.
I can do nothing of my self: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father that hath sent me.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak ye every one truth to his neighbor; for we are all members of one society.
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here among us? and they were prejudiced against Him.
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
And as they were thus speaking, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be to you.
And so I tell you, Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Anointed, and He shall reign for ever and ever.
I no longer stile you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; for whatsoever I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
And Jesus cried with a loud voice and said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And when He had said thus, He expired.
Father, if thou art willing take away this cup from me---nevertheless, not my will but thine be done.
For God is my witness, how much I long for you all, as with the bowels of Jesus Christ.
I am the living bread, which came down from heaven: if any one eat of this bread, he shall live for ever. And the bread, that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give up for the life of the world.
every valley shall be raised, and every mountain and hill shall be lowered, and the crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth:
And if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead, dwelleth in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead, will also restore your mortal bodies to life, by his Spirit that now dwelleth in you.
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God.
being full of the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God.
But grace is given to each of us, according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
And they came to Jericho: and as He was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the way-side begging.
Whom they all greatly regarded, from the lest to the greatest, saying, This man is as the great power of God.
And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they maintained.
And another came, and said, Behold, my Lord, thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
But when the people knew it they followed Him; and He received them, and spake to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those that had need of a cure.
And when they had passed through Phrygia and Galatia, being forbidden by the holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia, they came to Mysia, and endeavoured to go to Bithynia:
And it came to pass afterwards that He went through every city and village, preaching and declaring the good tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with Him;
but to the Son, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness:
Avenge not yourselves, my beloved; but rather give place to the wrath of others: for it is written, "Vengeance belongeth to me, I will recompence, saith the Lord."
O senseless Galatians, who hath so bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth? you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth as crucified.
But the ruler of the synagogue, being provoked that Jesus had wrought a cure on the sabbath-day, said to the people, There are six days in which ye ought to work; on these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.
Let every one give as he chuses in his own heart; not with reluctance, or constraint: for God loveth a chearful giver.
and said unto them, thus it is written, and thus it was necessary that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead on the third day;
John to the seven churches in Asia---Grace and peace be to you, from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
And he will shew you a large upper room ready prepared, there make preparation for us.
And when they were come in to the city, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James, usually abode.
And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
And have no communion with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Ye husbands likewise, dwell with them according to knowledge, yielding due respect to the wife as the weaker vessel, and as joint-heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Let the woman learn in silence with all submission: but I permit not a woman to teach,
For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, going astray, enslaved to various disorderly appetites and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
likewise that women dress themselves in decent apparel with modesty and prudence, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly garments;
He hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I declare unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, which had seven heads and ten horns; and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the names of blasphemy.
And a certain woman named Lydia, a purple-seller of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things that were spoken by Paul.
Behold I give you power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the might of the enemy; and nothing shall at all hurt you.
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
knowing that I must soon lay down this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
then saith He to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? but they were silent.
knowing that whatever good any one doth, he shall receive the reward of it from the Lord, whether He be a slave or free.
And the day after He went to a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with Him, and a great multitude besides:
it saith to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world obnoxious to the justice of God.
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani," which is being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
And in those days He went out to a mountain to pray, and He continued all night in prayer to God.
In this was the love of God manifested towards us, that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgement; and if He spared not the old world,
And when they had done this, they inclosed a multitude of fishes; and their net was breaking.
And I tell you moreover, that if but two of you shall agree on earth concerning any thing which they would ask for, it shall be granted them by my Father who is in heaven:
But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man that had the withered hand, Rise, and stand in the midst: and he rose up and stood forth.
And after six days Jesus taketh with Him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up by themselves to a high mountain apart; and was transfigured before them:
For this reason we ought the more earnestly to attend to what we have heard, least by any means we should be found deficient.
But every man is tempted, when drawn aside and insnared by his own vehement desire.
for there shall be then great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world unto this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ to the strangers who are dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
and Ezechias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon,
"What then are we the better?" Not at all, in point of justification; for we have before proved that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin: as it is written,
Is there any wise and understanding man among you? let him shew his works by a good conversation in the meekness of wisdom:
to whom God would make known the rich glory of this mystery, among the gentiles; which is this, that Christ is in you the hope of glory:
Many of the Jews therefore read this inscription; for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
Then saith He to the man, Stretch out thine hand: and he stretched it out, and it was made sound like the other.
And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were determined for eternal life believed.
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife far advanced in years.
and was manifested unto us) what we have seen and heard we declare unto you, that ye also may have communion with us: and our communion is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
bring up Christ from the dead)" but what saith it? "The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart." This is the word of faith which we preach: that if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
For the love of money is the root of all evils, which some coveting after have been led astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
But all these things are from God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and made us ministers of the reconciliation;
To Him do all the prophets bear witness, that whosoever believeth on Him shall receive the forgiveness of their sins through his name.
Know ye not, that those, who run in a race, do all indeed run, but one only receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain.
And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up to a high mountain apart;
And Jesus replying said, There was a certain man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among thieves, who after they had stripped and beaten him, went away, leaving him half dead.
And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, (now the number of the persons that were together was about an hundred and twenty,)
And when He was got to the mount of olives, the disciples came to Him in private and said, Tell us when these things shall be, and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world.
be tenderly affected with brotherly love to each other, in honor preferring one another:
Behold I send you forth as sheep into the midst of wolves: be ye therefore prudent as serpents, and innocent as doves.
for I also am a man under the authority of others, yet have soldiers under me; and I say to one, go, and he goeth; and to another, come, and he cometh; and to my servant, do this, and he doth it.
who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
for I was famishing, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
It is a truth highly to be believed, and worthy to be received by all, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners:---of whom I am one of the chief.
for this is my blood, the blood of the new covenant, which is to be shed for many for the remission of sins:
and now, O Father, glorify Thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was made.
to wit, if any one be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of debauchery, or unruly.
For the earnest expectation of the world is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God:
saith unto Him, There is a lad here, that hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?
Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
and the angel said to them, Be not affrighted; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people,
For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Fear none of the things which thou wilt suffer: behold the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall suffer affliction ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
and behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS:
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the time is coming, when ye shall worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
Dearly beloved, I exhort you as strangers and sojourners here, to abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul:
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.
And as they were at table, Jesus took bread, and when He had blessed it He brake it, and gave it to them, and said, Take, eat, This is my body:
Yea doubtless and I count all but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all, and I account them but dung, that I may gain Christ, and be found in Him,
and began to tell them, that the Son of man must suffer much; and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes; and be put to death: and after three days rise again.
After this He went down to Capernaum, He and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: but they staid there not many days.
Now the Lord, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
and this righteousness of God is by faith in Jesus Christ unto all and upon all believers; for there is no difference;
And they took and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest?
and they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles too shall be fulfilled.
But Jesus looking upon them said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Now there stood near the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.
For which cause we are not disheartened: but though our outward man decayeth, yet the inward man is renewed daily.
now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his Spirit was greatly moved, when he saw the city wholly given up to idolatry.
and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the land mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming as on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory:
Servants, obey them that are your masters according to the flesh, with reverential fear, in the simplicity of your heart, as unto Christ:
And He said unto them, when ye pray, say, "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done as in heaven so also upon earth;
But ye are of Him in Christ Jesus, who from God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
and some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth, and it sprang up immediately, because it had not depth of earth;