Black History

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.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

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.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come and see!” And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.”

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.

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. — read the full passage →

As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed. — read the full passage →

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. — read the full passage →

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker, — read the full passage →

If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News. — read the full passage →

Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents. — read the full passage →

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

When we had departed from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. — read the full passage →

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. — read the full passage →

He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. — read the full passage →

He entered and was passing through Jericho. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →

He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. — read the full passage →