Apology

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: — read the full passage →

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: — read the full passage →

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. — read the full passage →

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

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 judgment; — read the full passage →

Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. — read the full passage →

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; — read the full passage →

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; — read the full passage →

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; — read the full passage →

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. — read the full passage →

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.