Farewell

`Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; — read the full passage →

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

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

the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, <FI>is<Fi> with you all! Amen.

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

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.

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come? — read the full passage →

For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

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,

and may the Lord of the peace Himself give to you the peace always in every way; the Lord <FI>is<Fi> with you all!

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> with you all. Amen.

and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him, — read the full passage →

Salute thee do all those with me; salute those loving us in faith; the grace <FI>is<Fi> with you all!

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

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you; — 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.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

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 →

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;

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly, — read the full passage →

`Jehovah bless thee and keep thee;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

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?

and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing all these things.'

and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done; — read the full passage →

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

By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself. — read the full passage →

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly, — read the full passage →

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

And he saith unto them, `Do not delay me, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord;'

Ye do not weep for the dead, nor bemoan for him, Weep ye sore for the traveller, For he doth not return again, Nor hath he seen the land of his birth.

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

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.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

My help <FI>is<Fi> from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

`The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

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

to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> thy preserver, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> thy shade on thy right hand,

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

And Naomi saith to her two daughters-in-law, `Go, turn back, each to the house of her mother; Jehovah doth with you kindness as ye have done with the dead, and with me;

All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked <FI>worketh<Fi> for a day of evil.

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, these things I said to you?

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

Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

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

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; — read the full passage →

serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against <FI>me<Fi> ;

and when they were come unto him, he said to them, `Ye--ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;

`And now, lo, I--bound in the Spirit--go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,

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.

`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,

how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,

`And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, --ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;

wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I <FI>am<Fi> clear from the blood of all,

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

`Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands;

save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;

for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'

but took leave of them, saying, `It behoveth me by all means the coming feast to keep at Jerusalem, and again I will return unto you--God willing.' And he sailed from Ephesus,

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'