Reluctance

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from 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, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

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.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

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.

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 Yahweh was strong on me.

For concerning 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 all will be made alive.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

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

For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

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

that you 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 who 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 said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, 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 cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. — read the full passage →

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. — read the full passage →

And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison, — read the full passage →

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. — read the full passage →

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war. — read the full passage →

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth.”

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

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

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

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

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

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;

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

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

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

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

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

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

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

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as 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 you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

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

among whom we also all once lived in the lust 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 age, according to the will of our God and Father—

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable. — read the full passage →

As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

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

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

Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.

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

In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

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

Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

The Spirit himself testifies 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 you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. — read the full passage →

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

For there is no partiality with God.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.

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

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

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

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

“Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just like us.”

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

The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

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

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.