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`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

`God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls--being faint.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake--

And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions. — read the full passage →

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ--happy <FI>are ye<Fi> , because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,

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.

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

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. — read the full passage →

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing, — read the full passage →

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant--being lord of all, — read the full passage →

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

Jesus who <FI>is<Fi> from Nazareth--how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

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

And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods; — read the full passage →

`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land, — read the full passage →

`And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy.

For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy <FI>is<Fi> His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.

O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!

A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple,

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.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because--if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed--the son of the destruction,

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

so thoughtless are ye! having begun in the Spirit, now in the flesh do ye end?

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,

`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;

It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.

And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, `Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters, — read the full passage →

and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing,

wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

and God both the Lord did raise, and us will raise up through His power.

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

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

`Men, brethren! it is permitted to speak with freedom unto you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us unto this day;

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

ye heard that I said to you--I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said--I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods? — read the full passage →

Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

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 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 said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him--

said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward <FI>is<Fi> great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake-- — read the full passage →

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom--By reason of honour--a little folly! — read the full passage →

and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

And Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.'

`He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

`Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the land.

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten <FI>is<Fi> of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

and unto the Son: `Thy throne, O God, <FI>is<Fi> to the age of the age; a sceptre of righteousness <FI>is<Fi> the sceptre of thy reign; — read the full passage →

because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me--

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren--`If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;' — read the full passage →

And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,