When Jesus Returns

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.”

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. — read the full passage →

He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, — read the full passage →

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

giving vengeance to those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, — read the full passage →

For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, — read the full passage →

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” — read the full passage →

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. — read the full passage →

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. — read the full passage →

Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I amhe, you will die in your sins.”

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.

John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.

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.

One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!” — read the full passage →

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’

He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power.”

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven,but my Father only.

But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.” — read the full passage →

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, — read the full passage →

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

“At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.

He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out on the desolate.

Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; — read the full passage →

Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn, turn from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?

Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, — read the full passage →

For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →

yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: — read the full passage →