This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior. — read the full passage →
contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →
This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →
“Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.’
I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. — read the full passage →
The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
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.”
I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”
For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.
But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer. — read the full passage →
Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
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.
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.
They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
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 →
But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
“When the Counselorhas come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”
But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →
(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)
to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!
I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’
They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.
Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?” — read the full passage →
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.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,
for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, “All of you drink it,
Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →
Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. — read the full passage →
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehennaas yourselves.
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst, — read the full passage →
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” — read the full passage →
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