Repenting

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name. — read the full passage →

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

And they do not teach any more Each his neighbour, and each his brother, Saying, Know ye Jehovah, For they all know Me, from their least unto their greatest, An affirmation of Jehovah; For I pardon their iniquity, And of their sin I make mention no more.

awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say <FI>it<Fi> .

also to which an antitype doth now save us--baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, `Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.'

we were buried together, then, with him through the baptism to the death, that even as Christ was raised up out of the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we in newness of life might walk.

and saying--`Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'

Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized?

Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me, — read the full passage →

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

Heal me, O Jehovah, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, for my praise <FI>art<Fi> Thou.

And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with <FI>him<Fi> through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ;

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, `Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?' — read the full passage →

and the truth shall make you free.'

and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized--

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

and it shall be, every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.

and she said, `No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, `Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.'

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls--according to their works;

and I saw, and lo, a pale horse, and he who is sitting upon him--his name is Death, and Hades doth follow with him, and there was given to them authority to kill, (over the fourth part of the land,) with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the land.

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

if we may say--`we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

not of works, that no one may boast;

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,

he commanded them also to be baptized in the name of the Lord; then they besought him to remain certain days.

and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him;

And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, `Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'

praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.

because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption;

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

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.

but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

And He calleth unto the man who is clothed with linen, who hath the scribe's inkhorn at his loins, and Jehovah saith unto him, `Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Jerusalem, and thou hast made a mark on the foreheads of the men who are sighing and who are groaning for all the abominations that are done in its midst.'

for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

having foreseen, he did speak concerning the rising again of the Christ, that his soul was not left to hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

Thus said Jehovah: The heavens <FI>are<Fi> My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the house that ye build for Me? And where <FI>is<Fi> this--the place--My rest? — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath smitten Egypt, smiting and healing, And they have turned back unto Jehovah, And He hath been entreated of them, And hath healed them.

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, — read the full passage →

`I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;' and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night.

and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire--this <FI>is<Fi> the second death;

and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where <FI>are<Fi> the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night--to the ages of the ages.

And there was seen another sign in the heaven, and, lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems,

and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment <FI>is<Fi> as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;

and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, `Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of Him who is sitting upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb,'

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: He who is overcoming may not be injured of the second death.

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming--I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.

and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.

and three are who are testifying in the earth<Fi> , the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast <FI>them<Fi> down to Tartarus, did deliver <FI>them<Fi> to judgment, having been reserved,

thou--thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

And himself is the head of the body--the assembly--who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all <FI>things<Fi> --himself--first,

where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

The cup of the blessing that we bless--is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? the bread that we break--is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ?

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;

and Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.'