Witnessing

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;

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation; — read the full passage →

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

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.'

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth; — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;

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.

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

How then shall they call upon <FI>him<Fi> in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe <FI>on him<Fi> of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?

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.

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

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 he said to them--`Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day, — read the full passage →

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

And the all things <FI>are<Fi> of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation, — read the full passage →

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, `What shall we do, men, brethren?' — read the full passage →

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 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;

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — 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. — read the full passage →

And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.

whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

Lo, the Lord Jehovah with strength cometh, And His arm is ruling for Him, Lo, His hire <FI>is<Fi> with Him, and His wage before Him.

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

and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

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

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,

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

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

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

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, — 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 he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

How then shall they call upon <FI>him<Fi> in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe <FI>on him<Fi> of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching? — read the full passage →

for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.' — read the full passage →

`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one;

`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving; — read the full passage →

in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, `Be ye reconciled to God;'

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, `Rabbi, eat;' — read the full passage →

`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid; — read the full passage →

and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

every day also in the temple, and in every house, they were not ceasing teaching and proclaiming good news--Jesus the Christ.

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.

So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that <FI>for<Fi> which I sent it.

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

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

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things. — read the full passage →

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And He putteth in my mouth a new song, `Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.

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 →

Beloved, I call upon <FI>you<Fi> , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

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, — read the full passage →

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that <FI>is<Fi> to all the saints, — read the full passage →

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 obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I <FI>am<Fi> a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest. — read the full passage →

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. — 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. — read the full passage →

and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

`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 reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

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

and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits, — read the full passage →

Words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who <FI>are<Fi> in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin, — read the full passage →

through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

for from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God did go forth, so that we have no need to say anything,

having known, therefore, the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, and to God we are manifested, and I hope also in your consciences to have been manifested; — read the full passage →

And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,

if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;

and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits, — read the full passage →

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;

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.

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;