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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 →

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

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,

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — 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.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

The same was in the beginning with God.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.

But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

“Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, ‘Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.