Exaltation Of Christ

who <FI>is<Fi> he that is condemning? Christ <FI>is<Fi> He that died, yea, rather also, was raised up; who is also on the right hand of God--who also doth intercede for us.

at the right hand then of God having been exalted--also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father--he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear;

whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God--ever living to make intercession for them.

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that <FI>is<Fi> above every name, — read the full passage →

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,

who is marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the rising again from the dead,) Jesus Christ our Lord;

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God, — read the full passage →

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

and he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh the name written, `King of kings, and Lord of lords.'

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven--messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him.

The Lord, then, indeed, after speaking to them, was received up to the heaven, and sat on the right hand of God;

and it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven;

By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear.

A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.'

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ--

And these things having said--they beholding--he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight; — read the full passage →

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name. — read the full passage →

And the sum concerning the things spoken of <FI>is<Fi> : we have such a chief priest, who did sit down at the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens,

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but <FI>one<Fi> tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin;

who shall transform the body of our humiliation to its becoming conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power, even to subject to himself the all things.

which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set <FI>him<Fi> at His right hand in the heavenly <FI>places<Fi> ,

which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set <FI>him<Fi> at His right hand in the heavenly <FI>places<Fi> , — read the full passage →

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

And He, for sin one sacrifice having offered--to the end, did sit down on the right hand of God, --

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.

and he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'

who also said, `Men, Galileans, why do ye stand gazing into the heaven? this Jesus who was received up from you into the heaven, shall so come in what manner ye saw him going on to the heaven.'

`And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;

and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow--of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth--

and did raise <FI>us<Fi> up together, and did seat <FI>us<Fi> together in the heavenly <FI>places<Fi> in Christ Jesus,

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him--head over all things to the assembly,

which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set <FI>him<Fi> at His right hand in the heavenly <FI>places<Fi> , — read the full passage →

for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that both of dead and of living he may be Lord.

`This Jesus did God raise up, of which we are all witnesses; — read the full passage →

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

`But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

Jesus saith to him, `Thou hast said; nevertheless I say to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming upon the clouds, of the heaven.'

saying with a great voice, `Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing!'

He who is overcoming--I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also did overcome and did sit down with my Father in His throne.

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

whither a forerunner for us did enter--Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become--to the age.

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

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow--of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth-- — read the full passage →

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that <FI>is<Fi> above every name,

he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things--

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;

for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings, — read the full passage →

What, then, <FI>is<Fi> the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? — read the full passage →

be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye did crucify, whom God did raise out of the dead, in him hath this one stood by before you whole.

whom it behoveth heaven, indeed, to receive till times of a restitution of all things, of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the age.

And these things having said--they beholding--he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight;

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

From this <FI>time<Fi> many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,

if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before?

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to them, `Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'

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

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;

`I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was <FI>one<Fi> coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near.

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

neither through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, did enter in once into the holy places, age-during redemption having obtained;

Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens--Jesus the Son of God--may we hold fast the profession,

all things Thou didst put in subjection under his feet,' for in the subjecting to him the all things, nothing did He leave to him unsubjected, and now not yet do we see the all things subjected to him,

For to which of the messengers said He ever, `My Son thou art--I to-day have begotten thee?' and again, `I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son?'

having become so much better than the messengers, as he did inherit a more excellent name than they.

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

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!

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God,

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him--this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

to whom also he did present himself alive after his suffering, in many certain proofs, through forty days being seen by them, and speaking the things concerning the reign of God.

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

Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'

and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me;

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

A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' — read the full passage →

And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? — read the full passage →

And I saw, and lo, a Lamb having stood upon the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousands, having the name of his Father written upon their foreheads; — read the full passage →

and she brought forth a male child, who is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, and caught away was her child unto God and His throne,

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held, — read the full passage →

He who is overcoming--I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and without he may not go any more, and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, that doth come down out of the heaven from my God--also my new name.

and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.