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| It [the Christian message of salvation] was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him. |
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| Now we know that the law is good, if any one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, immoral persons, sodomites, kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine... |
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| Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions,... and it was ordained by angels through an intermediary. Now an intermediary implies more than one; but God is one. |
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| Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; 4 they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. |
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| I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine; this is the way I write. |
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| Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. |
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| For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you; for he is very useful in serving me. Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Tro'as, also the books, and above all the parchments.Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will requite him for his deeds. |
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| The saying is trustworthy: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him; if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful--for he cannot deny himself. |
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| Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites,…none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. |
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| And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” |
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| Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are [in Ephesus] and/also faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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| But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God.... |
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| As he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" |
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| For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
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| You desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. For he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him, but in dealing with you we shall live with him by the power of God. |
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| At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem in a ministry to the saints; for Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to share their resources with the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. They were pleased to do this, and indeed they owe it to them; for if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material things...I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf, that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my ministry to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints… |
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For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin (kata. a;nqrwpon); for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation (apokalypsis) of Jesus Christ (diV avpokalu,yewj VIhsou/ Cristou/ ).
You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. |
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| To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews; to those under the law I became as one under the law -- though not being myself under the law -- that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law -- not being without law toward God but under the law of Christ -- that I might win those outside the law...I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. |
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| In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. 4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. |
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| So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves." 25 And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children! |
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| One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!" 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." |
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| Besides, while [Pilate] was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much over him today in a dream." |
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| 48And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out as against a brigand to apprehend me? 49During the daytime I have been with you, teaching in the Temple, and you did not seize me. But in order that the scriptures may be fulfilled...” |
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| And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 52 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. 53 Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?" |
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| Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, who lay close to his breast at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!” …This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things… |
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| The law and the prophets were until John; since then the kingdom of God is preached, and every one enters it violently. |
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| He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.” |
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| For all human beings have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus… |
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| For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleas |
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| By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ having come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. |
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| And in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like a Son of Man clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest. 14 His head and his hair were white as wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire. |
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| Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately. This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers, |
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| Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land…And the angel whom I saw standing on sea and land lifted up his right hand to heaven and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there should be no more time (ὅτι χρόνος οὐκέτι ἔσται), but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God, as he announced to his servants the prophets, should be fulfilled. |
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| 24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error. |
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| I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. And I ask you also, true fellow-worker, help these women, for they have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. |
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| Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. |
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| I repeat, let no one think that I am a fool; but if you do, then accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little...For you gladly put up with fools, being wise yourselves! For you put up with it when someone makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or gives you a slap in the face. To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! |
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| Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way... |
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| In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. |
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| And he said to them, “Isaiah did a good job of prophesying about you hypocrites; as it has been written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart stands far off from me; 7they worship me pointlessly, teaching as divine teachings the commandments of human beings’...” |
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| And he said to them, “Isaiah did a good job of prophesying about you hypocrites; as it has been written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart stands far off from me; 7they worship me pointlessly, teaching as divine teachings the commandments of human beings’...” |
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| For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and he said to them, “You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.” So they went. When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, “Why are you standing here idle all day?” They said to him, “Because no one has hired us.” He said to them, “You also go into the vineyard.” |
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| Count it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. But let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. |
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| Count it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. But let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. |
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| These preparations having thus been made, the priests go continually into the outer tent, performing their ritual duties; 7 but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people. |
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| That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us… |
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| I warn every one who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if any one adds to them, God will add to him the [seven] plagues described in this book, and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. |
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| Every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ having come in the flesh is of God… |
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| And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: “The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. ‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked..." |
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| To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews; to those under the law I became as one under the law….that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law,…that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. |
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| Did you experience so many things in vain? -- if it really is in vain. |
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But when you hear about wars and rumors of wars, don’t be disturbed--they have to happen, but it is not yet the end. For nation will be raised against nation and dominion against dominion; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines.
…And brother will hand brother over to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death. And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name |
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| Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, “...If you were Abraham’s children, you would do what Abraham did, but now you seek to kill me....You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires...” The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”... Jesus answered, “...Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad....Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. |
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| The voice of someone shouting in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight!” |
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| And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out as against a brigand to apprehend me? 49During the daytime I have been with you, teaching in the Temple, and you did not seize me. But in order that the scriptures may be fulfilled...” 50And abandoning him, they all ran away. |
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| The book of the genealogy (γένεσις = genesis) of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. |
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| Mary turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). |
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| Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.” But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. |
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| Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents. |
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| I appeal to you, brethren, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly. You should understand that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon. Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings. |
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| But the person who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, that person shall be blessed in his doing. |
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| And all who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple with one accord (ὁμοθυμαδὸν ) and breaking bread in their homes, they partook of food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. |
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| If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us… |
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| [The antichrists] went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that it might be plain that they all are not of us. |
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| In the days of his flesh, he offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.. |
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| I warn every one who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if any one adds to them, God will add to him the [seven] plagues described in this book, and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. |
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| And he went into a house. And a crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat their food. And his relatives, hearing about it, went out to seize him; for they said, “He’s gone crazy.” |
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| 40And a man with scale-disease came up to him, pleading with him and saying, “If you want to, you are able to cleanse me.” 41And he, moved with pity (σπλαγχνισθεὶς) stretched out his hand and touched him and said, “I do want to; be cleansed!” 42And immediately the scale-disease left him, and he was cleansed. 43And Jesus, growling at him, immediately cast him out 44and said to him, “See that you don’t say anything to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a witness to them. |
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| For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. |
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| Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world -- he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.... |
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| The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. |
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| As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. |
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| I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine; this is the way I write. |
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| And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing beseeching him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." 10 And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. |
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| And no one after drinking old wine desires new; for he says, “The old is good.” |
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| For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God that leads to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith/faithfulness to faith/faithfulness, as it has been written: “The righteous one shall life from faith/faithfulness.” |
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| ....Your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we don’t need to say anything. For they themselves [= the Christians in Macedonia, Achaia, and other places] report concerning us what a welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. |
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| [Conclusion of Gamaliel’s speech:] “So in the present case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; because if this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them--in that case you may even be found fighting against God!” They were convinced by him, and when they had called in the apostles, they had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go...And every day in the Temple and at home they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. |
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| We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. |
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| Were you a slave when called? Do not be concerned about it. Even if you can gain your freedom, make use of your present condition now more than ever (lit. “use it rather”). |
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| But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us, by putting his seal on us and giving us his Spirit in our hearts as a first installment. |
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| God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers, asking that by God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you…I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as I have among the rest of the Gentiles. |
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| I don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you…in order that I may reap some harvest among you as I have among the rest of the Gentiles. |
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| Abide in me, and I in you...If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you...All this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know him who sent me. |
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| But some one will say, “You have works and I have faith” [lit.: "You have faith and I have works“]. Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe -- and shudder. |
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| Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. |
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| Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up by revelation... |
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| And he [the demoniac], when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him; and crying out with a loud voice (fwnh/| mega,lh|() he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” |
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| Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him." 49 And he came up to Jesus at once and said, "Hail, Master!" And he kissed him. 50 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" (~Etai/re( evfV o] pa,rei) . Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him. |
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| And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was pregnant and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery....And she he brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which to be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. |
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| I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your rational worship (τὴν λογικὴν λατρείαν ὑμῶν) Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind... |
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While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him...
When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?” |
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| Beware of people, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues. |
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| Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength. In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground. |
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| O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? |
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| They are courting you, but for no good purpose; they want to shut you out, that you may desire them. |
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| If any other person thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law a Pharisee, 6 as to zeal a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law blameless. |
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| But you are not in darkness, brothers and sisters, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. |
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| 33And he took Peter and James and John with him and he began to be overwhelmed and anxious, 34and he said to them, “My soul is very sad, to the point of death. Stay here and keep awake.” 35And going forward a bit he fell on the ground and began to pray that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him; 36and he said, “Abba (Father), all things are possible for you--take this cup from me! But not what I want, but what you do.” |
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| The Jews then said to him, “What sign have you to show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he spoke of the temple of his body. |
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| Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man. |
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| And when he [Paul] had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. |
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| So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen...” |
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| In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. |
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| And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground, and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how. |
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| When you assemble as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it...When you meet together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? |
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| But where sin abounded, grace superabounded… |
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| But even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. |
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| Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, 2 "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him." 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet: 6 `And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my people Israel.'" |
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| And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split; 52 the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. 54 When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe, and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!" |
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| But he spoke of the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. |
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| But now, with no further place for me in these regions, I desire, as I have for many years, to come to you when I go to Spain. For I do hope to see you on my journey and to be sent on by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a little while. |
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| If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law a Pharisee, as to zeal a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law blameless. |
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| For you remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God… |
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| We give thanks to God always for you all, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you; for our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction...And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit; so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. |
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| And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split; 52 the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. 54 When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe, and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!" |
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| And again the High Priest asked him and said to him, “You are the Christ the Son of the Blessed One!?” 62And Jesus said, “You have said that I am; and you will see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven!” |
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| For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. |
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| And then if anyone says to you, “Look, here is the Christ!” or “Look, there!” do not believe it. 22For false Christs and false prophets will be raised up and will give signs and wonders in order to lead astray--if this were possible—even the chosen ones. |
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| [The antichrists] went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that it might be plain that they all are not of us. |
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| So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. |
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| I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument; also that the women should dress themselves modestly and decently in suitable clothing, not with their hair braided, or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes, but with good works, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God. Let a woman learn in silence with full submission. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent. |
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| And the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born today in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord...” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people of goodwill [or “people with whom God is pleased”]. |
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| Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. |
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| Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. |
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| Faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead... Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is barren? Was not our father Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar [cf. Genesis 22]? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was brought to completion by the works, and the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness” [Genesis 15:6], and he was called the friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead. |
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| For in it [the good news] the righteousness of God is revealed from faith/faithfulness to faith/faithfulness, as it has been written: “The righteous one shall life from faith/faithfulness”[Habakkuk 2:4]. |
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| One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!" 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." |
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| But whatever anyone dares to boast of--I am speaking as a fool--I also dare to boast of that. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they seed of Abraham? So am I. Are they ministers of Christ? I am talking like a madman--I am a better one. |
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| But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now. But what does the scripture say? "Cast out the slave and her son; for the son of thslave shall not inherit with the son of the free woman" [Gen 21:10]! |
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| Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this [visit you]? Do I make my plans according to ordinary human standards [lit. “according to the flesh”], ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been “Yes and No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not “Yes and No”; but in him it is always “Yes.” For in him every one of God’s promises is a “Yes.” |
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| Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?... Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith? |
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| And when the Sabbath had passed, Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices in order that they might anoint him. 2And very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb as the sun was rising. 3And they said to each other: “Who will roll the stone away from the door of the tomb for us?” |
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| That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!”...Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. |
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| 33And when the sixth hour arrived, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour. 34And at the nine hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice “Elōi, Elōi, lama sabachthani,” which is translated, “My God, my God, for what purpose have you abandoned me?” |
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| Only, let every one lead the life which the Lord has assigned to him, and in which God has called him...Was any one at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God. |
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| For in it [the good news] the righteousness of God is revealed from faith/faithfulness to faith/faithfulness, as it has been written: “The righteous one shall life from faith/faithfulness.” |
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| Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, `After three days I will rise again.' 64 Therefore order the sepulchre to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away, and tell the people, `He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." |
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| Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted. |
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| And Herod with his soldiers treated [Jesus] with contempt and mocked him; then, arraying him in gorgeous apparel, he sent him back to Pilate. 12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other. |
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| Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet…” |
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| 37And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Didn’t you have the strength to keep awake one hour? 38Keep awake and pray, so that you may not enter into testing; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39And again he went away and prayed, saying the same thing. 40And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were weighed down; and they didn’t know what to answer him. 41And he came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?...” |
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| Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him." |
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| Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
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| And those who were crucified along with him were railing against him. |
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| Certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed (ἔταξαν…Παῦλον καὶ Βαρναβᾶν καί τινας ἄλλους ἐξ αὐτῶν) to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question with the apostles and the elders. |
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| They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary; for when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern (κατὰ τὸν τύπον) which was shown you on the mountain” [Exod 25:40]. |
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| Children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour. |
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| For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near. |
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| Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tent was prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence; it is called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies, 4 having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant… |
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| My brothers and sisters, show no partiality as you hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. |
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| For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. |
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| 63But the High Priest tore his outer garments and said, “Why do we need additional witnesses? 64You have heard the blasphemy. What does it seem like to you?” And they all condemned him as deserving of death. 65And some began to spit at him and to cover his face and to hit him and to say to him, “Prophesy!” And the servants received him with slaps. |
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| For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. |
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| And when he was alone, those around him with the Twelve asked him about the parables. 11And he said to them: “To you has been given the mystery of the dominion of God; but to those outside everything happens in parables 12in order that “‘in their looking they may look but not see, and in their hearing they may hear but not understand; lest they turn and it be forgiven them.’” |
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And he, becoming incensed (ὀργισθείς)
stretched out his hand and touched him and said, “I do want to; be cleansed!” And immediately the scale-disease left him, and he was cleansed. And Jesus, growling at him (NRSV: “after sternly warning him”) immediately cast him out (NRSV: “sent him away”)… |
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| And I saw a beast rising out of the sea having ten horns and seven heads; and on its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names... One of its heads seemed to have received a death-blow, but its mortal wound was healed…The whole earth… worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” |
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| Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. |
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| As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. |
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| Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age... |
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| Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. |
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| So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good. |
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| For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything, but faith working through love. |
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| And in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like a Son of Man (εἶδον ὅμοιον υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου) clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest. 14 His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire…17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.” |
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| 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. |
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| “…for to you is born today in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” |
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| And he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” |
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| “Zacchaeus, hurry up and come down; for I must stay at your house today…Today salvation has come to this house…” |
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| “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” |
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| As we have said before, so now I say again, If any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to that which you received, let him be accursed. |
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| Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as he chose us in him before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and blameless before him in love, having destined us for adoption through Jesus Christ for him, according to the purpose of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace with which he graced us in the Beloved, in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he has lavished upon us in all wisdom and knowledge, having made known to us the mystery or his will, according to... |
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| The saying is trustworthy, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. |
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| For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. |
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| How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the wheel of becoming (τὸν τροχὸν τῆς γενέσεως), and set on fire by hell. |
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| But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.” …Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him…And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep. |
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| For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. |
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| "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything. "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food" -- and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. |
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| 7 “But go, say to his disciples (and to Peter), ‘He is going before you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he said to you.’” 8But they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had taken hold of them. And they did not say anything to anyone, for they were afraid. |
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| Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say--“Father, save me from this hour”? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour! |
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| Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!....You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentence to Gehenna?....Therefore I send you prophets and wise people and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth.... |
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| In the days of his flesh, he offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him... |
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| For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” |
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| …the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and designated Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead (evx avnasta,sewj nekrw/n(lit. “by the resurrection of the dead ones”), Jesus Christ our Lord… |
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| And those who were crucified along with him were railing against him. |
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| I wish those who unsettle you would cut themselves off! |
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| But as to the times and the seasons, brethren [and sistren], you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When people say, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape. |
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| Then Jesus, knowing all that was to befall him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?" 5 They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am he” [VEgw, eivmi, lit. “I am”]. Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When he said to them, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground. |
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| …who, in the days of his flesh, offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and was heard because of his reverent awe… |
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| Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. |
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| Inasmuch as many people have set their hand to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the unshakeable truth concerning the things of which you have been informed. |
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| Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat; so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger....” |
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| Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it. |
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| Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” |
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| And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was pregnant and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery....And she he brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which to be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. |
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| And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, 34 who said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" |
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| It seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the unshakeable truth concerning the things of which you have been informed. |
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29And he asked them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said to him, “You are the Christ.” 30And he vehemently ordered them to speak to nobody about him.
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| 41And taking the child’s hand he said to her, “Talitha koum,” which is translated, “Girl, I say to you: Rise!” 42And immediately the girl arose and began walking around--for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were greatly amazed. 43And he commanded them urgently that no one should know this… |
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| For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
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| 51And a certain youth was following along with him, clothed with a linen cloth over his nakedness; and they seized him. 52But he, abandoning the linen cloth, ran away naked. |
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| Do I say this on human authority [that Christian congregations should support their ministers economically]? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain”[Deut 25:4]. Does God really care about oxen? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. |
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| Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church…Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right…Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ… |
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| [A second beast arises and] deceives the inhabitants of earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived; and it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast could even speak and cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed…This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. |
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| Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him; 15 neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him…. |
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| This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. |
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| But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal (apokalypsai) his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being.. |
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| Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ having come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. |
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| Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. |
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| And what more shall I say? For time would fail me if I (masc.) were to go on, to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets… |
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| For if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him. |
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| In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. |
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| Therefore, brothers and sisters, holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider that Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house [Num 12:7]. Yet he is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself....Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken later. Christ, however, was faithful over God’s house as a son... |
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| Therefore, brothers and sisters, holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider that Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house [Num 12:7]. Yet he is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself....Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken later. Christ, however, was faithful over God’s house as a son... |
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| And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him." 7 Of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire." 8 But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom. |
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| Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, physical, devilish (ἐπίγειος, ψυχική, δαιμονιώδης) |
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| James, slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, greetings. |
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| Come now, you rich people, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. |
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| Let not many of you become teachers, brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness. |
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| And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5 and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth's abominations." |
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| Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. |
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| Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit." |
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| Then as one person’s trespass led to condemnation for all people, so one person’s act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all. For as by one person’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one person’s obedience many will be made righteous. So that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth....Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” |
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| But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation. |
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| Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and regard them as crap (σκύβαλα), in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ [or: the faith of Christ, τὴν διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ], the righteousness from God based on faith (τὴν ἐκ θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει). |
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| Make room in your hearts for us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I often boast about you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with consolation; I am overjoyed in all our affliction. |
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| Some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. 12 And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sum of money to the soldiers 13 and said, "Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 14 And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." 15 So they took the money and did as they were directed; and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day. |
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| And they [Zechariah & Elisabeth, John the Baptist’s parents] were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. |
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| But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you submit to it readily enough. I think that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles I may be untrained in speech, but not in knowledge; certainly in every way and in all things we have made this evident to you |
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While Paul was…in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that the city was full of idols…Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)...
Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely religious [or “superstitious”]* you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.” |
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| The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. |
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| Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep; look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.” And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth, and he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. |
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| Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.” But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. |
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| When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.” |
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| The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood. But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth. |
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| …neither fornicators nor idolators nor adulterers nor softies nor sodomites… will inherit the kingdom of God. |
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| 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Revised Marcus Translation |
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| When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be perfect (תמים). ..And I will establish my covenant (בריתי) between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant (ברית עולם), to be God to you and to your seed (זרעך)after you...This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised,...and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you... Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.” |
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| Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh. |
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| After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the scripture), "I am thirsty." 29 A bowl full of vinegar stood there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished"; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. |
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| And immediately, early in the morning, the chief priests, taking counsel with the elders and the scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, bound Jesus and led him away and handed him over to Pilate. 2And Pilate asked him, “You are the king of the Jews?” But he answered him, saying, “You are saying it. |
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| Who is the one who overcomes the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not in water only but in the water and in the blood. |
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| In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach (ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν), until the day when he was taken up... |
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| That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us…God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. |
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| For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. |
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| That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us. |
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| Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. |
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| 49 And he came up to Jesus at once and said, "Hail, Master!" And he kissed him. 50 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him. |
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| 1The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ 2(as it has been written in Isaiah the prophet: “Look, I am sending my messenger before your face [cf. Exod 23:20], who will set your way in order [cf. Mal 3:1]. 3The voice of someone shouting in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight!’ [cf. Isa 40:3]”): |
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| Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these, be zealous to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures. |
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| And he began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch.” And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. |
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| Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And if only you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like people sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to human beings. We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. |
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| When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, 2 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified." 3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4and took counsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. |
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| He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” |
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| For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders. |
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| “The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit...” |
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| Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. |
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| Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh [lit.: the mutilation]! For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh… |
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| …even though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless (κατὰ δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐν νόμῳ γενόμενος ἄμεμπτος). |
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| Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in the likeness of human beings. And being found in the form of a human being, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death--even death on a cross. |
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| Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I am thankful that I baptized none of you--oh, except for Crispus and Gaius--lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name. Oh, well, as a matter of fact, I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I can’t remember whether or not I baptized any one else. |
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| 1 Corinthians 1:14-16 (Revised Marcus Version) |
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| I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ--who am/who is humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away! |
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| Greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me in Christ Jesus, and who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first-fruits in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary, who has worked very hard among you. Greet Andronicus and Junia… |
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| As regards the gospel they are enemies of God, for your sake; but as regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable…For God has consigned all human beings to disobedience, in order that he may have mercy upon all. |
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| And he became hungry and desired something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call common.” |
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| Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God, who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago, and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. |
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| Every one should remain in the state in which he was called. 21 Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if you can gain your freedom, use it rather.22 For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ. 23 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of human beings… |
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| So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.” |
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| What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet…I should not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet.“...I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died, and the very commandment which promised life proved to be death to me. ..So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good… The law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin. |
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| Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, “...If you were Abraham’s children, you would do what Abraham did, but now you seek to kill me....You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires...” The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”... Jesus answered, “...Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad....Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. |
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| Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? |
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| And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age." |
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Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his seed; it does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many; but it says, “And to your seed,” that is, to one person, who is Christ.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to promise. |
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| “Seed of Abraham” in Galatians |
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| John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. |
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| Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last. 47 Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, and said, "Certainly this man was righteous (RSV: “innocent”) |
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| 7 Again he asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." 8Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he; so, if you seek me, let these men go." 9 This was to fulfil the word which he had spoken, "Of those whom you gave me I didn’t lose any” |
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| Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus; 21 but they shouted out, "Crucify, crucify him!" 22 A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death; I will therefore chastise him and release him." 23 But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. |
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| Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. |
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| And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals; and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I wept much that no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. |
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| And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was pregnant and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery....And she he brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which to be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. |
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| Every one should remain in the state in which he was called. Were you a slave when called? Don’t let it bother you. But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity (μᾶλλον χρῆσαι, lit. “use it rather”). For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ. You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of human beings. |
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| 1 Corinthians 7:20-23 RSV |
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| Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. |
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| So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves." 25 And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!“ |
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They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless…
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever...judges! For inasmuch as you judge another, you condemn yourself, for you, the one judging, are doing the same things. |
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| I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. |
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| I don’t want to seem like I’m frightening you with letters. For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account." Let such people understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present. |
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| And while they were there [in Bethlehem], the time came for her to be delivered. 7 And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. |
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| “Don’t you know that anything from outside that goes into a person cannot defile him, 1because it doesn’t go into his heart but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine?” (declaring all foods clean). |
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| Mark 7:18-19 (contrast Matt 15:17) |
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Paul an apostle--not from human beings nor through a human being, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead--and all the brothers and sisters who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age...
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel... |
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| When we were children, we were held in a state of slavery under the power of the elements of the cosmos. But when the fullness of time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order that he might redeem those held under the power of the Law, in order, that is, that we might receive adoption as sons and daughters. And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but rather a son or daughter; and if you are a son or daughter, you are also an heir by God’s act of adoption. |
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| 65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can." 66 So they went and made the sepulchre secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard. |
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| And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone, and sat upon it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. |
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| 44But Pilate wondered whether he could already have died and, summoning the centurion, asked him whether he had already died. 45And having found out from the centurion, he gave Joseph the corpse as a gift. 46And having bought a linen cloth, he took him down and wrapped him in the linen cloth and placed him in a tomb which had been hewed out of a rock, and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. 47And Mary the Magdalene and Mary of Joses beheld where he had been laid out. |
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| Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, 2 "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him." 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet: 6 `And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my people Israel.'" |
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| 3 Herod the king, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet: 6 `And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my people Israel’” [Micah 5:1-3]. |
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| Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last. 47Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, and said, "Certainly this man was righteous (RSV: “innocent”) |
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| 7 “But go, say to his disciples (and to Peter), ‘He is going before you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he said to you.’” 8But they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had taken hold of them. And they did not say anything to anyone, for they were afraid. |
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| Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. |
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| And the centurion who was standing opposite him, seeing that he expired in this manner, said, “Truly this man was God’s son!” |
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| And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king." 3 And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so." 4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no crime in this man." |
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| For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” |
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| After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the scripture), "I am thirsty." 29 A bowl full of vinegar stood there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished"; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. |
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| 49 And he came up to Jesus at once and said, "Hail, Master!" And he kissed him. 50 Jesus said to him, “Friend, [do that] for which you have come". Then (to,te) they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him. |
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| For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures… |
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| The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight, and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” His parents answered, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes.”…His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue |
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| John 9:18-22 (cf. 12:42; 16:2)– aposynagōgos texts |
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| When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. |
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| And when Jesus had finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching.... |
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| So they took the money and did as they were directed; and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day. |
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| So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves." And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!" |
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| But when you see “the abomination of desolation” standing where he should not--let the one reading understand--then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains… |
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| For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing... |
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| He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities -- all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent. For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. |
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| Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever." 16 And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying, "We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast, that thou hast taken thy great power and begun to reign. |
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| But our citizenship (πολίτευμα) is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself. |
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| 38And the veil of the sanctuary was ripped in two from top to bottom. 39And the centurion who was standing opposite him, seeing that he breathed out the spirit in this manner, said, “Truly this man was God’s son!” |
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| One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables...One person esteems one day as better than another, while another person esteems all days alike.... Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy... |
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| Romans 14:1-6; 15:1-2, 7-9 |
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| Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; as did a great many of the godfearing Greeks and not a few of the leading women |
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| I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, thankful for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to feel thus about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. |
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| God’s purpose was] in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his [Abraham’s] seed -- not only to the adherents of the Law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham. For he is the father of us all. |
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| “Seed of Abraham”--Romans 4:16 |
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| I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel... |
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| ....Your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we don’t need to say anything. For they themselves [= the Christians in Macedonia, Achaia, and other places] report concerning us what a welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. |
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| The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die but “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?” This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. |
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29And he asked them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said to him, “You are the Christ.” 30And he vehemently ordered them to speak to nobody about him.
31And he began to teach them that it was necessary that the Son of Man should suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise. |
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| 17And when he knew it he said to them, “Why are you reasoning that I said it because you had no loaves? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Has your heart been hardened? 18Having eyes, do you not see, and having ears, do you not hear? And don’t you remember?...Do you not yet understand?” |
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| Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!" |
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| And people brought a blind man to him and pleaded with him to touch him. And taking the blind man by the hand he led him out of the village and spat on his eyes and laid his hands on him and asked him, "Do you see anything?"And he, looking up and beginning to see again, said, "I see people...because...I see people like walking trees." Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again, and his sight broke through, and he was restored, and he saw all things clearly from that moment on. |
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| To you has been given the mystery of the dominion of God; but to those outside everything happens in parables in order that in their looking they may look but not see, and in their hearing they may hear but not understand; lest they turn and it be forgiven them. |
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| Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards [lit.: “according to the flesh”], not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no flesh might boast in the presence of God. |
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| And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for [Babylon], since no one buys their cargo anymore, cargo of gold, silver, jewels and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory, all articles of costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble, cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, choice flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies--that is, the lives of human beings (sōmatōn kai psychas anthrōpōn). |
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| The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all people life and breath and all things. From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him--though indeed he is not far from each one of us. For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said: ‘For we too are his offspring.’ |
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