but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →
And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
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 he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.
Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;
They say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.
and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.
But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise.
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. — read the full passage →
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.
But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead are not raised.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:
Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, — read the full passage →
and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people.
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.
And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. — read the full passage →
The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is the marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he opened mine eyes. — read the full passage →
And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things thateverI did.
So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people, — read the full passage →
Ye are witnesses of these things.
For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I accounthim, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God: stand ye fast therein.
The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
I charge thee in the sight of God, who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession;
Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. — read the full passage →
that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. — read the full passage →
but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying,
And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may see the light.
And they that saw it declared unto them how it befell him that was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine.
And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put on the stand?
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.