Song Of The Sword

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,

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

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

above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →