Being Afraid

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

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

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. — read the full passage →

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.

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you this day, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers. — read the full passage →

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it. — read the full passage →

I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. — read the full passage →

When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? — read the full passage →

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, — read the full passage →

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

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.

but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom.

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word, — read the full passage →

But he said to them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. — read the full passage →

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went out, and said to them, “Who are you looking for?” — read the full passage →

Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven,but my Father only.

They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.

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

This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” — read the full passage →

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?” — read the full passage →

At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. — read the full passage →

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. — read the full passage →

About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, limasabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?

By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son; — read the full passage →

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

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

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn’t of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin. Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages, but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations; to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.

Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.

“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in your midst, even as you yourselves know, — read the full passage →

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward, and fell to the ground.

You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →

Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He looks like him.” He said, “I am he.”

Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?” — read the full passage →

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.” — read the full passage →

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.” — read the full passage →

Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.

and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. — read the full passage →

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.

I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.

who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;

They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. — read the full passage →

“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.

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”

Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; neither his ear heavy, that it can’t hear: — read the full passage →

They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

“I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.