Not Defeated

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — 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!

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?” — read the full passage →

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. — read the full passage →

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

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.

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

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

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

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.

and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. — read the full passage →

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. — read the full passage →