Dove

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him, — read the full passage →

and him who was made some little less than messengers we see--Jesus--because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father--thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.

Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death--that is, the devil--

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Jesus saith to him, `So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?

And Jesus cried and said, `He who is believing in me, doth not believe in me, but in Him who sent me; — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.'

ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have--God;'

and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down--the Son of Man who is in the heaven.

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

In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, `I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee. — read the full passage →

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour--who is Christ the Lord--in the city of David,

And the scribe said to him, `Well, Teacher, in truth thou hast spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He;

and Jesus answered him--`The first of all the commands <FI>is<Fi> , Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

`Why doth this one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one--God?'

and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.' — read the full passage →

and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son--the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

and ye may not call <FI>any<Fi> your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went away to them, walking upon the sea,

for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

Then saith Jesus to him, `Go--Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

`Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us <FI>he is<Fi> God.'

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten <FI>is<Fi> of the Holy Spirit,

Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name.

Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?

And Jehovah hath become king over all the land, In that day there is one Jehovah, and His name one.

And ye have fled <FI>to<Fi> the valley of My mountains, For join doth the valley of the mountains to Azal, And ye have fled as ye fled before the shaking, In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, And come in hath Jehovah my God, All holy ones <FI>are<Fi> with Thee.

And I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, And a God besides Me thou dost not know, And a Saviour--there is none save Me.

For Thou <FI>art<Fi> our Father, For Abraham hath not known us, And Israel doth not acknowledge us, Thou, O Jehovah, <FI>art<Fi> our Father, Our redeemer from the age, <FI>is<Fi> Thy name.

For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it--not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: `I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, and there is none else.

Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, And thy framer from the womb: `I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth--who <FI>is<Fi> with Me?

Fear not, nor be afraid, Have I not from that time caused thee to hear, and declared? And ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, Is there a God besides Me? yea, there is none, A Rock I have not known.

Thus said Jehovah, king of Israel, And his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts: `I <FI>am<Fi> the first, and I the last, And besides Me there is no God.

I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, this <FI>is<Fi> My name, And Mine honour to another I give not, Nor My praise to graven images.

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, `Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, <FI>is<Fi> to the Lord our God;

and immediately I was in the Spirit, and lo, a throne was set in the heaven, and upon the throne is <FI>one<Fi> sitting,

And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last, — read the full passage →

`I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming--the Almighty.'

to the only wise God our Saviour, <FI>is<Fi> glory and greatness, power and authority, both now and to all the ages! Amen.

and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

because three are who are testifying <FI>in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these--the three--are one;

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

thou--thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

and the mediator is not of one, and God is one--

the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ--who is blessed to the ages--hath known that I do not lie! --

how that God was in Christ--a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol <FI>is<Fi> nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

that with one accord--with one mouth--ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

yes, also of nations; since one <FI>is<Fi> God who shall declare righteous the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable;

`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'

for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

And Thomas answered and said to him, `My Lord and my God;'

Believest thou not that I <FI>am<Fi> in the Father, and the Father is in me? the sayings that I speak to you, from myself I speak not, and the Father who is abiding in me, Himself doth the works;

Jesus saith to him, `So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father? — read the full passage →

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

I--I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, And besides Me there is no saviour.

Ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I <FI>am<Fi> He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> the God, Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> the God.'

And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground, — read the full passage →

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

become offenceless, both to Jews and Greeks, and to the assembly of God;

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call--us--

See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it <FI>is<Fi> thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God--scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying: — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you? — read the full passage →

and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son--the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

kindness to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied!

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;