Reluctance

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

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

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

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

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

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

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. — read the full passage →

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which isthe bookof life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. — read the full passage →

And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. — read the full passage →

And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. — read the full passage →

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is becomethe kingdomof our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.

and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.

He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.

And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:

And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; — read the full passage →

and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

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:

And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

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.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, — read the full passage →

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed.

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

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

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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

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

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.

O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. — read the full passage →

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. — read the full passage →

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. — read the full passage →

then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;

For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness. — 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:—

for there is no respect of persons with God.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

But God raised him from the dead: — read the full passage →

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree. — read the full passage →

But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.