Being A Witness

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard;

Ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I <FI>am<Fi> He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

and he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify fully that it is he who hath been ordained by God judge of living and dead--

nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

How then shall they call upon <FI>him<Fi> in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe <FI>on him<Fi> of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching? — read the full passage →

for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard--to that day.

and the truth shall make you free.'

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth; — read the full passage →

`One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;

`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, `What shall we do, men, brethren?' — read the full passage →

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us, — read the full passage →

and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send--Jesus Christ;

for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus--Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus; — read the full passage →

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

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

`And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye--abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'

`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid; — read the full passage →

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

every day also in the temple, and in every house, they were not ceasing teaching and proclaiming good news--Jesus the Christ.

and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.'

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, `Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza,' --this is desert. — read the full passage →

`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

I--I declared, and saved, and proclaimed, And there is no stranger with you, And ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I <FI>am<Fi> God.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that <FI>for<Fi> which I sent it.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

A false witness <FI>who<Fi> doth breathe out lies--And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, `Go away to thy house, unto thine own <FI>friends<Fi> , and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee;

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

`And I say to you, Every one--whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God, — read the full passage →

and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, <FI>Is<Fi> the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness--deceit.

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,

Jesus, therefore, said to them again, `Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;'

Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

`And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he <FI>is<Fi> witness, or hath seen, or hath known--if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity:

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.'

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth <FI>one<Fi> slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person--to die.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

and he said to them--`Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day, — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.'

And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples, — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

By the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses is he who is dead put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness;

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,