Forbearance

whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets; — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay my vengeance on them.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; — read the full passage →

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is no one who does good.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Let brotherly love continue.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says. — read the full passage →

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all; — read the full passage →

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh? — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”

Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it was very sick.

When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.

Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children. — read the full passage →

There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land. — read the full passage →

who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:

that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? — read the full passage →