Poor Vision

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — read the full passage →

Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. — read the full passage →

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. — read the full passage →

And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind. — read the full passage →

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; — read the full passage →

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned. — read the full passage →

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: — read the full passage →

But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up. — read the full passage →

For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them. — read the full passage →

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. — read the full passage →

Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. — read the full passage →

for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands:

But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

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

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

Now when they heardthis, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? — read the full passage →

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope — read the full passage →

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:—

God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened. — read the full passage →

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

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

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.