Being Silent

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. — read the full passage →

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.”

Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

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.

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says. — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved. — read the full passage →

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. — read the full passage →

One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

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.

So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,

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

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. — read the full passage →

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. — read the full passage →

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

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”

“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

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

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?

Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. — read the full passage →

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them, — read the full passage →

When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. — read the full passage →

The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way. — read the full passage →

When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen. — read the full passage →