Coming Together

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.

and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they also shall overcome that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.

Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; — read the full passage →

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. — read the full passage →

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.

in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come.

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels, — read the full passage →

For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, — read the full passage →

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

For the law having a shadow of the goodthingsto come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

Now in the things which we are saying the chief pointis this: We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, — read the full passage →

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.

abstain from every form of evil.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more. — read the full passage →

to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition, — read the full passage →

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

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus:

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? — read the full passage →

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

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

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. — read the full passage →

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of them that have believed; and they are all zealous for the law:

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

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

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; — read the full passage →

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

(although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.