Changing Name

For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go out as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns. — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”

for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn’t eat, to the Lord he doesn’t eat, and gives God thanks.

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 →

Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples. — read the full passage →

He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.

He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

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

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all; — read the full passage →

But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.

Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

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

Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of Christ greet you.

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

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart”; that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

Or don’t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins.”

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, — read the full passage →

He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

As he traveled, he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.

As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?” — read the full passage →

Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

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

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.

Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. — read the full passage →

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The windblows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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

The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?” — read the full passage →

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them, — read the full passage →