Being Silent

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

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

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. — read the full passage →

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. — read the full passage →

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. — read the full passage →

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

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

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, — read the full passage →

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. — read the full passage →

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, — read the full passage →

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. — read the full passage →

And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. — read the full passage →