Expectations

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

The hope of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.

For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.

Only--for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him <FI>is<Fi> my hope.

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them;

So <FI>is<Fi> the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones, — read the full passage →

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say.

And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

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 →

and Jesus said to them, `Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

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.'

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 I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what <FI>is<Fi> the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

The desire of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> only good, The hope of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> transgression.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life <FI>is<Fi> the coming desire.

In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord;

according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

And thou, son of man, prophesy unto mountains of Israel, and thou hast said, O mountains of Israel, hear a word of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, I am for God to all families of Israel, And they--they are to Me for a people. — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved. — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad; — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

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,

After these things I saw, and lo, a door opened in the heaven, and the first voice that I heard <FI>is<Fi> as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, `Come up hither, and I will shew thee what it behoveth to come to pass after these things;' — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

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.

and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

And thine ear heareth a word behind thee, Saying, `This <FI>is<Fi> the way, go ye in it,' When ye turn to the right, And when ye turn to the left.

And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, `Look toward us;'

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth <FI>hour<Fi> ,

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;

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

to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee--son of a Pharisee--concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.'

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

who, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness.

And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

And Jesus said to him, `If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;'

and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

`Only, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded thee; thou dost not turn aside from it right or left, so that thou dost act wisely in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest; — read the full passage →

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect <FI>it<Fi> .

and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And Peter having come to himself, said, `Now I have known of a truth that the Lord did sent forth His messenger, and did deliver me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews;'

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,

the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.

And having seized him by the right hand, he raised <FI>him<Fi> up, and presently his feet and ankles were strengthened,

and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all <FI>these<Fi> to come to pass, but the end is not yet.

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said to them, `Take heed that no one may lead you astray,

for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, do these bones live?' And I say, `O Lord Jehovah, Thou--Thou hast known.'

And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him, — read the full passage →

said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'