Division Of Labor

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office: — read the full passage →

For the body is not one member, but many. — read the full passage →

And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead. — read the full passage →

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.

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →

for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: — read the full passage →

to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ. — read the full passage →

but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.

Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance; — read the full passage →

knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.

Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.

Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:— — read the full passage →

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. — read the full passage →

But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle? — read the full passage →

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! — read the full passage →

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? — read the full passage →

Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation. — read the full passage →

that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: — read the full passage →

To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than that of Abel.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

Now even the firstcovenanthad ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world. — read the full passage →

And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing: — read the full passage →

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us: — read the full passage →

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

as he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: — read the full passage →

but of the Sonhe saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain: — read the full passage →

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

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 he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, — read the full passage →

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, — read the full passage →

And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

Whether then it be I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; — read the full passage →

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread; — read the full passage →

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

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office: — read the full passage →

As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake. — read the full passage →

knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all — read the full passage →

We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin. — read the full passage →

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, — read the full passage →

which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together. — read the full passage →

And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? — read the full passage →

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not oneof themsaid that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; — read the full passage →

And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?

Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve, — read the full passage →

And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessedare ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: — read the full passage →

even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →