The Cross

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us--those being saved--it is the power of God,

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

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;

having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me--let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, — read the full passage →

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.

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

And for me, let it not be--to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;

when, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, `It hath been finished;' and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit.

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace <FI>is<Fi> on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us. — read the full passage →

Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

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.

and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree;

and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

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,

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

And having risen, the whole multitude of them did lead him to Pilate, — read the full passage →

and through him to reconcile the all things to himself--having made peace through the blood of his cross--through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death--death even of a cross,

And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

this knowing, that our old man was crucified with <FI>him<Fi> , that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

save thyself, and come down from the cross!'

and saying, `Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building <FI>it<Fi> , save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.'

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

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

And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace <FI>is<Fi> on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.

for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but--to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed, — read the full passage →

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. — read the full passage →

Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.

And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich <FI>are<Fi> his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor <FI>is<Fi> deceit in his mouth.

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 →

And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear <FI>it<Fi> behind Jesus.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.'

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

having stripped the principalities and the authorities, he made a shew of them openly--having triumphed over them in it.

being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught--abounding in it in thanksgiving.

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God, — read the full passage →

and bearing his cross, he went forth to the place called <FI>Place<Fi> of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha;

and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.'

`And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up,

and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

desirable bread I have not eaten, and flesh and wine hath not come in unto my mouth, and I have not anointed myself at all, till the completion of three weeks of days.

Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction. — read the full passage →

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made, — read the full passage →

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

as many as are willing to make a good appearance in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised--only that for the cross of the Christ they may not be persecuted,

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings, — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that <FI>is<Fi> of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us, — read the full passage →

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 if we died with Christ, we believe that we also shall live with him,

For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious; — read the full passage →

this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified--ye did slay;

The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene;

And Pilate also wrote a title, and put <FI>it<Fi> on the cross, and it was written, `Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews;'

no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'

`Verily, verily, I say to you--He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.

`And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up, — read the full passage →

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me; — read the full passage →

and the centurion who was standing over-against him, having seen that, having so cried out, he yielded the spirit, said, `Truly this man was Son of God.'

The Christ! the king of Israel--let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe;' and those crucified with him were reproaching him.

And they impress a certain one passing by--Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus--that he may bear his cross,

And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast--sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

and began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again;

`Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him;

Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me, — read the full passage →

And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.

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

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

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.

`Pass over into the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare for yourselves provision, for within three days ye are passing over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you to possess it.'