Lifting Hands

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

And he led them forth without--unto Bethany, and having lifted up his hands he did bless them,

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.'

be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,

and having taken them in his arms, having put <FI>his<Fi> hands upon them, he was blessing them.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

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 →

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 God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent <FI>them<Fi> away.

And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold sicknesses, brought them unto him, and he on each one of them <FI>his<Fi> hands having put, did heal them.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them <FI>their<Fi> hands.

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

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

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

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

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 →

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

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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

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

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

And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,

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> .

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

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye--ye shall see;'

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

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

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

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

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

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;