Not Leaving The Church

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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.

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

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. — read the full passage →

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

He cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird! — read the full passage →

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly; — read the full passage →

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” — read the full passage →

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” (then he said to the paralytic), “Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house.” — read the full passage →

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

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

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

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.

but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

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

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife. — read the full passage →

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; — read the full passage →

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; — read the full passage →

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.

To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, — read the full passage →

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again? — read the full passage →

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all. — read the full passage →

Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren’t raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.

There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband. — read the full passage →

Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind. — read the full passage →

Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. — read the full passage →

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them. — read the full passage →

who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises; — read the full passage →

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned. — read the full passage →

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

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. — read the full passage →

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

So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome. — read the full passage →

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

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.

God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul, — read the full passage →

“Therefore my judgment is that we don’t trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,

When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News, and believe.

The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter. — read the full passage →

Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question. — read the full passage →

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” — read the full passage →

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. — read the full passage →

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them. — read the full passage →

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!”

But Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

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

For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell therein;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’

In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said, — read the full passage →

Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus’ breast at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray You?” — read the full passage →