Being Gothic

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men; — read the full passage →

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

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.

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints, — read the full passage →

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.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

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

in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),

We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia;

If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, Lord!

Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak. — read the full passage →

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

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; — read the full passage →

For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. — read the full passage →

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his. — read the full passage →

For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. — read the full passage →

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”

For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.

For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, — read the full passage →

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. — read the full passage →

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

For there are three who testify: — read the full passage →

For there are three who testify:

We love him, because he first loved us.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

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

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you; — read the full passage →

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.

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. — read the full passage →

For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith. — read the full passage →

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; — read the full passage →

By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings; — read the full passage →

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, — read the full passage →

let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

“This is the covenant that I will make with them: ‘After those days,’ says the Lord, ‘I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;’” then he says, — read the full passage →

For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,

Or else wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins? — read the full passage →

Or else wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?

For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.