Physical Blindness

Jesus answered, `Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;

And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth, — read the full passage →

long time, indeed, therefore, did they abide speaking boldly in the Lord, who is testifying to the word of His grace, and granting signs and wonders to come to pass through their hands.

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. — read the full passage →

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'

for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him; — read the full passage →

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> , — read the full passage →

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

for those such <FI>are<Fi> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ, — read the full passage →

`Men, Israelites! hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God among you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, that God did through him in the midst of you, according as also ye yourselves have known;

and his disciples asked him, saying, `Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?' — read the full passage →

And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there, — read the full passage →

And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, `The reign of God doth not come with observation; — read the full passage →

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, — read the full passage →

and they, having gone forth, did preach everywhere, the Lord working with <FI>them<Fi> , and confirming the word, through the signs following. Amen.

`And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more; — read the full passage →

And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them; — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

and I fell before his feet, to bow before him, and he saith to me, `See--not! fellow servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren, those having the testimony of Jesus; bow before God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of the prophecy.'

these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.'

for they are spirits of demons, doing signs--which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to bring them together to the battle of that great day of God the Almighty; --

and I saw <FI>come<Fi> out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs-- — read the full passage →

and it doth great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the heaven to the earth before men, — read the full passage →

And there came war in the heaven; Michael and his messengers did war against the dragon, and the dragon did war, and his messengers, — read the full passage →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

For the law having a shadow of the coming good things--not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near,

and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,

which <FI>is<Fi> a simile in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving, — read the full passage →

who unto an example and shadow do serve of the heavenly things, as Moses hath been divinely warned, being about to construct the tabernacle, for `See (saith He) thou mayest make all things according to the pattern that was shewn to thee in the mount;') --

God also bearing joint-witness both with signs and wonders, and manifold powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to His will.

are they not all spirits of service--for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him, — read the full passage →

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

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth--in him;

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear? — read the full passage →

my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,

and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first,

but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you--anathema let him be!

The signs, indeed, of the apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds,

and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch. — read the full passage →

For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands--age-during--in the heavens,

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;

The love doth never fail; and whether <FI>there be<Fi> prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless; — read the full passage →

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret--that ye may not be wise in your own conceits--that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.

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.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

and thence, the brethren having heard the things concerning us, came forth to meet us, unto Appii Forum, and Three Taverns--whom Paul having seen, having given thanks to God, took courage.

mighty works also--not common--was God working through the hands of Paul,

mighty works also--not common--was God working through the hands of Paul, — read the full passage →

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying, — read the full passage →

for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed,

And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,

and Peter said, `Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.'

and these have been written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.'

Many indeed, therefore, other signs also did Jesus before his disciples, that are not written in this book;

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do--that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

And at dawn he came again to the temple, — read the full passage →

if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before? — read the full passage →

`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me; — read the full passage →

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to them, `Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.' — read the full passage →

And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' --`The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.'

for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

`And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham--and the rich man also died, and was buried;

and Jesus answering said to them, `Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things? — read the full passage →

And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

And in the synagogue was a man, having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice, — read the full passage →

and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

serpents they shall take up; and if any deadly thing they may drink, it shall not hurt them; on the ailing they shall lay hands, and they shall be well.'

`And signs shall accompany those believing these things; in my name demons they shall cast out; with new tongues they shall speak;

`And signs shall accompany those believing these things; in my name demons they shall cast out; with new tongues they shall speak; — read the full passage →

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength--this <FI>is<Fi> the first command;