Farewell

Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee: — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come? — read the full passage →

For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.

A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. Amen.

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him, — read the full passage →

All that are with me salute thee. Salute them that love us in faith. Grace be with you all.

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church. — read the full passage →

Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee:

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);

And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables: — read the full passage →

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

Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established; — read the full passage →

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever—

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

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

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

My helpcomethfrom Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

I coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.

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

that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.

Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.

This is the day which Jehovah hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother’s house: Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve;

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

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.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →

serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time,

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

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.

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, shall see my face no more.

Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.

Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.