The Dove

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened, — read the full passage →

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son--the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

And John testified, saying--`I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him;

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

and to give a sacrifice, according to that said in the Law of the Lord, `A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.'

Believest thou not that I <FI>am<Fi> in the Father, and the Father is in me? the sayings that I speak to you, from myself I speak not, and the Father who is abiding in me, Himself doth the works;

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

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

and him who was made some little less than messengers we see--Jesus--because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.

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;

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

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;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us <FI>he is<Fi> God.'

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

And Jesus cried and said, `He who is believing in me, doth not believe in me, but in Him who sent me; — read the full passage →

and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,

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, — read the full passage →

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

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

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

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

I and the Father are one.'

on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world; — read the full passage →

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

and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son--the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

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

for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,

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 again he entered into Capernaum, after <FI>some<Fi> days, and it was heard that he is in the house, — read the full passage →

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;

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,

in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ--who is blessed to the ages--hath known that I do not lie! --

how that God was in Christ--a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place,

Jesus saith to him, `So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?

ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have--God;'

and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;

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 the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men,