Testimonies

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, 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 did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life-- — read the full passage →

`And I say to you, Every one--whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,

Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare. — read the full passage →

The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life--unto death;

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, `Go away to thy house, unto thine own <FI>friends<Fi> , and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee;

He is saying of Jehovah, `My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,' — read the full passage →

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.

They said to the blind man again, `Thou--what dost thou say of him--that he opened thine eyes?'

and said to the woman--`No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world--the Christ.'

for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard--to that day.

wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus <FI>is<Fi> anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus <FI>is<Fi> Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.

and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses;

beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day in which he was received up from us, one of these to become with us a witness of his rising again.'

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

To make known to sons of men His mighty acts, The honour of the majesty of His kingdom.

Confess Thee O Jehovah, do all Thy works, And Thy saints do bless Thee. — read the full passage →

Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

Before I am afflicted, I--I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,

And I--nearness of God to me <FI>is<Fi> good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise. — read the full passage →

I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.

And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!

Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,

saying, `I will declare Thy name to my brethren, in the midst of an assembly I will sing praise to Thee;' and again, `I will be trusting on Him;'

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that <FI>is<Fi> according to piety,

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands--age-during--in the heavens,

knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,

And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, `I believed, therefore I did speak;' we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;

and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

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,

`In which things, also, going on to Damascus--with authority and commission from the chief priests-- — read the full passage →

and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus, — read the full passage →

The man answered and said to them, `Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes! — read the full passage →

And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, --`He told me all things--as many as I did.'

The woman then left her water-jug, and went away to the city, and saith to the men, — read the full passage →

and ye--ye are witnesses of these things.

For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great <FI>is<Fi> My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great <FI>is<Fi> My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

`Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the earth: Your peace be great! — read the full passage →

Ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I <FI>am<Fi> He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

And ye have said in that day, Give ye praise to Jehovah, call in His name. Make known among the peoples His acts. Make mention that set on high is His name. — read the full passage →

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed--because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers. — read the full passage →

Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry, — read the full passage →

By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise <FI>is<Fi> in my mouth. — read the full passage →

A Psalm. --A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me. — read the full passage →

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications. — read the full passage →

My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!

To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.

I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee.

For, skilfully devised fables not having followed out, we did make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but eye-witnesses having become of his majesty--

Through Silvanus, to you the faithful brother, as I reckon, through few <FI>words<Fi> I did write, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which ye have stood.

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker,

how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving--to be spoken through the Lord--by those having heard was confirmed to us,

I charge thee, before God, who is making all things alive, and of Christ Jesus, who did testify before Pontius Pilate the right profession,

be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss; — read the full passage →

that in every thing ye were enriched in him, in all discourse and all knowledge,

for with the heart doth <FI>one<Fi> believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare. — read the full passage →

and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

And the man from whom the demons had gone forth was beseeching of him to be with him, and Jesus sent him away, saying,

`And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put <FI>it<Fi> ; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put <FI>it<Fi> , that those coming in may see the light,

and those having seen <FI>it<Fi> , declared to them how it had come to pass to the demoniac, and about the swine;

And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch--not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?

`Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;

nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

Only in Jehovah, said hath one, Have I righteousness and strength, Unto Him he cometh in, And ashamed are all those displeased with Him.

And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands <FI>are<Fi> righteous.

My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,

I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication, — read the full passage →

And I have meditated on all Thy working, And I talk concerning Thy doings.

And I <FI>am<Fi> continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand. — read the full passage →

Only--He <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. Only--toward God <FI>is<Fi> my soul silent, From Him <FI>is<Fi> my salvation.

For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!

Fear Jehovah, ye His holy ones, For there is no lack to those fearing Him.

Taste ye and see that Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him.

I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

By David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid? — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.