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I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

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

A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed; — 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.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. — read the full passage →

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

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.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,

In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain!” — 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.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

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 →

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

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

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 →

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”

‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”; — read the full passage →

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you. — read the full passage →

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;

always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you. — read the full passage →

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.” — read the full passage →

Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’ — read the full passage →

God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed,

“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, — 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.”

but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came. — read the full passage →

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe.

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

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.

His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.

For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” — read the full passage →

After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd. — read the full passage →

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her. — read the full passage →

and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me—he who eats with me.” — read the full passage →

His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. — read the full passage →

Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. — read the full passage →

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, — read the full passage →

Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? — read the full passage →

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. — read the full passage →

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

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. — read the full passage →

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. — read the full passage →

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. — read the full passage →

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

Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles. — read the full passage →

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

Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

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 →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

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.”

in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. — read the full passage →