Personal Vision

This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance; — read the full passage →

whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

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

Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.

And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; — read the full passage →

Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? — read the full passage →

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. — read the full passage →

as he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek. — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain: — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.

He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. — read the full passage →

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead. — read the full passage →

To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

but of the Sonhe saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

For the body is not one member, but many. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle? — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me. — read the full passage →

even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the borders of Judæa and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. — read the full passage →

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →

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

that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: — read the full passage →

Now even the firstcovenanthad ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world. — read the full passage →

And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing: — read the full passage →

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us: — read the full passage →

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: — read the full passage →

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

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

and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, — read the full passage →

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ. — read the full passage →

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, — read the full passage →

but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.

Whether then it be I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; — read the full passage →

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues. — read the full passage →

For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread; — read the full passage →

Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office: — read the full passage →

As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake. — read the full passage →

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.

knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:— — read the full passage →

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

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all — read the full passage →

We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin. — read the full passage →

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, — read the full passage →

which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not oneof themsaid that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.

The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we are one;

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; — read the full passage →

And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.

nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.

Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.

After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which isthe seaof Tiberias. — read the full passage →

And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John — read the full passage →

And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?

And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! — read the full passage →

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.

And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessedare ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: — read the full passage →

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.