Creation And The Fall

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

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.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

For Adam was first formed, then Eve. — read the full passage →

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? — read the full passage →

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned. — read the full passage →

Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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