Being A Good Witness

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

But say the things which fit sound doctrine,

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” — read the full passage →

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.” — read the full passage →

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?

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

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.

for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I did.”

saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. — read the full passage →

so shall my word be that goes out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; — read the full passage →

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, — read the full passage →

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting; — read the full passage →