Crazy

And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

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

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. — read the full passage →

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

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

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. — read the full passage →

Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,