Powers

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;

which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

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.

of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

saying: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.

having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

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.

(for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);

For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. — read the full passage →

that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. — read the full passage →

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

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.

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.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.

These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. — read the full passage →

When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”

But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.”

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

But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

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.”

The men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. ’

Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stay his hand, or ask him, What are you doing?

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off. — read the full passage →

Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.