Luke Cross References - Godbey

¹ Inasmuch as many took it in hand to present a history concerning these things which have been fulfilled among us, ² as those being eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word have delivered unto us; ³ it seemed good to me also, having followed carefully all things from the beginning, to write unto thee consecutively, O most noble Theophilus, ⁴ in order that thou mayest know the certainty of the words concerning which thou hast been instructed. ⁵ There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth. ⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless. ⁷ And there was no child to them, as Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days. ⁸ And it came to pass, while he was officiating in the order of his course before God, ⁹ (according to the custom of the priesthood he was chosen by lot to offer incense), having gone into the temple of the Lord; ¹⁰ and all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense; ¹¹ the angel of the Lord appeared unto him standing on the right hand of the altar of incense: ¹² and Zacharias was troubled seeing him, and fear fell on him. ¹³ And the angel said to him; Fear not, Zacharias; because thy prayer has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John. ¹⁴ And there shall be joy and rejoicing, and many shall rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵ For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall not drink wine and strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from the womb of his mother. ¹⁶ And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord, their God. ¹⁷ And he will go before Him in the spirit and Power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient unto the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people made ready for the Lord. ¹⁸ And Zacharias said to the angel: According to what shall I know this? for I am old and my wife advanced in her days. ¹⁹ And the angel responding said to him; I am Gabriel standing in the presence of God, and am sent to speak to you and to preach to you these things. ²⁰ And behold thou shalt be dumb and unable to speak, unto the day upon which these things may take place; because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time. ²¹ And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering because he tarries in the temple. ²² And having come out he was unable to speak to them; and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he was beckoning to them and remained dumb. ²³ And it came to pass when the days of his ministry were fulfilled, he went away to his own house. ²⁴ And after these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, ²⁵ That the Lord so hath done unto me, in the days in which He condescended to take away my reproach among men. ²⁶ And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, to which was the name ²⁷ Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man, to whom was the name Joseph of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. ²⁸ And the angel having come to her said; Hail, thou blessed one; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women. ²⁹ And she seeing was troubled over his word, and was reasoning what kind this salutation might be. ³⁰ And the angel said to her; Fear not, Mary; for thou didst find favor with God. ³¹ And behold, thou shalt conceive and hear a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus. ³² He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David: ³³ and He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His Kingdom there shall be no end. ³⁴ And Mary said to the angel; How shall this be, since I know not man? ³⁵ And the angel responding said to her; The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore, indeed, that holy thing that is begotten shall be called the Son of God. ³⁶ And behold Elizabeth thy kinswoman, indeed, herself having conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month, to her who is called barren. ³⁷ Because no word shall be impossible with God. ³⁸ And Mary said; Behold the handmaiden of the Lord; may it be done unto me according to thy word. And the angel went away from her. ³⁹ And Mary, rising, departed into the mountainous land, with haste, into a city of Judah. ⁴⁰ And she came into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ And it came to pass when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant in her womb leaped; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; and she spoke with a loud voice and said; ⁴² Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. ⁴³ And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord may come unto me? ⁴⁴ For behold when the voice of your salutation came into my ears, the infant in my womb leaped with joy. ⁴⁵ And blessed is she that believeth, because there shall be a perfection to those things having been spoken to her by the Lord. ⁴⁶ And Mary said; My soul doth magnify the Lord, ⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, ⁴⁸ because He looked upon the low state of his handmaiden. ⁴⁹ For behold from now all generations call me blessed; because the Mighty One did great things unto me, and His name is holy; ⁵⁰ and His mercy unto generation of generations to them that fear Him. ⁵¹ He wrought power by his own arm; he dispersed the proud in the thought of their heart. ⁵² He cast down the mighty from thrones and exalted the humble. ⁵³ He filled the poor with good things, and sent away the rich empty. ⁵⁴ He delivered his son Israel, to remember mercy, ⁵⁵ as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever. ⁵⁶ And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her own house. ⁵⁷ And the time of her parturition was fulfilled unto Elizabeth and she brought forth a son. ⁵⁸ And the neighbors and her relatives heard, that the Lord was magnifying His mercy with her, and they continued to rejoice with her. ⁵⁹ And it came to pass on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the little child; and they were calling him Zacharias, after the name of his father. ⁶⁰ And his mother responding said; No, but he shall be called John. ⁶¹ And they said to her; That there is no one among thy kindred who is called by this name. ⁶² And they were beckoning to his father, what he might wish to call him. ⁶³ And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote saying; His name is John. ⁶⁴ And all marveled. And his mouth immediately opened and his tongue loosed, and he continued to speak, praising God. ⁶⁵ And fear came upon all of those dwelling around; and all these words were spoken abroad in all the mountainous regions of Judea. ⁶⁶ And all those hearing placed them in their heart, saying; What then shall this little child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷ And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied saying; ⁶⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because He looked upon us and wrought redemption to His people, and raised up unto us a horn of salvation ⁶⁹ in the house of David His son. ⁷⁰ As he spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from the beginning; ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those who hate us, ⁷² to execute mercy with our fathers, and remember His holy covenant, ⁷³ the oath which He swore to Abraham our father: ⁷⁴ to grant unto us, having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies, to serve Him without fear, ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life. ⁷⁶ And thou, little child, shall be called a prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, ⁷⁷ to give knowledge of salvation to His people in remission of their sins, ⁷⁸ through the bowels of mercy of our God, in which the dayspring from on high looked upon us, ⁷⁹ to appear unto those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet in the way of peace. ⁸⁰ And the little child continued to grow and waxed strong in spirit; and was in the deserts until the day of his showing unto Israel.

³¹ and these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God; and in order that believing you may have life through His name.

¹ Truly, I made the first history, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach, ² from the day on which, having given commandment through the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom He had chosen, He was received up. ³ To whom He also, after He suffered, manifested Himself alive in many testimonials, being seen by them forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:

¹⁶ And assuredly great is the mystery of godliness; Who is manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

¹⁷ but the Lord stood by me, and impowered me; in order that the preaching through me might be fulfilled, and all the Gentiles hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

¹⁶ For not having followed cunningly devised fables, have we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷ For having received from God the Father the honor and glory of such a voice having been borne to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ¹⁸ We, being with him in the holy mount, heard this voice borne from heaven. ¹⁹ And we have the more certain word of prophecy; to which you do well giving heed, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day may dawn, and the morning-star may rise in your hearts:

¹ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

¹⁴ The sower sows the word.

⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things.

²⁷ but you indeed are witnesses, because you are with me from the beginning.

³ To whom He also, after He suffered, manifested Himself alive in many testimonials, being seen by them forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:

⁸ But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost having come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and in Samaria, and into the extremity of the earth.

²¹ Therefore the men having come together with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in unto us and went out, ²² beginning from the baptism of John, until the day on which He was taken up from us, it behooveth one of these to be witness of His resurrection along with us.

²⁰ for we are not able not to speak those things which we have seen and heard.

³⁹ And we are witnesses in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they even slew, hanging him on the wood. ⁴⁰ God raised him on the third day, and gave him to be made manifest; ⁴¹ not to all the people, but to the witnesses having been chosen of God, to us, who ate and drank along with him after He arose from the dead:

¹⁶ But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee;

¹⁶ that I should be the minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles may be well received, having been sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

¹ So let a man consider us, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

⁷ whose minister I became, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given unto me; according to the working of his power. ⁸ To me, the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

¹¹ And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ¹² unto the perfection of the saints, in the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ:

²³ if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became. ²⁴ Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church; ²⁵ whose minister I became, according to the economy of God which was given to me unto you, to fulfill the word of God,

³ how shall we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? which having received the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those who heard it;

¹ Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you:

¹⁶ For not having followed cunningly devised fables, have we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty.

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have beheld, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of the life; ² and the life was made manifest, and we have seen, and we testify, and we proclaim to you the life which is eternal, which was with the Father, and has been made manifest unto us; ³ that which we have seen and heard we also proclaim to you, in order that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

¹ Inasmuch as many took it in hand to present a history concerning these things which have been fulfilled among us,

¹ Truly, I made the first history, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,

⁴ And Peter beginning expounded unto them consecutively, saying,

¹⁹ Therefore I judge, that we should not burden those from the Gentiles turning to God:

²⁵ it seemed good to us, being of one accord, having chosen men to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁸ For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no more burden than these necessary things,

²⁶ Claudius Lysias to the most noble governor Felix, greeting.

³ Receiving great peace through thee, and prosperity accruing to this nation through thy wisdom, we receive with all gratitude, both always, and everywhere, O most noble Felix.

²⁵ But Paul says, I am not a maniac, most noble Festus; but I speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

⁴⁰ But she is happier if she may so remain, according to my opinion: but I realize that I truly have the Spirit of God.

¹² But concerning brother Apollos, I entreated him much, that he may come to you with the brethren: but it was not altogether his will that he may come now; but he will come when he may have opportunity.

²⁵ And he was instructed in the way of the Lord, and zealous in spirit, was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John;

¹⁸ and know his will, and approve the things which are excellent, being taught by the law;

¹⁹ but I would rather speak five words in the church with my understanding, so that I may indeed teach others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

⁶ But let the one who is taught the word communicate to the one teaching in all good things.

¹⁵ And I will endeavor to have each one of you after my departure make mention of these things. ¹⁶ For not having followed cunningly devised fables, have we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty.

¹ Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came into Jerusalem saying;

¹⁵ And He said to them, Ye are those who justify yourselves before the people; but God knows your hearts: because that which is exalted among the people is abomination in the sight of God.

¹ And Paul, looking the sanhedrim in the face, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God unto this day.

¹⁶ In this I also exercise, to always have a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

⁹ Then what? are we the better? By no means: for we have proven already that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; ¹⁰ as has been written, There is no one good, not one: ¹¹ there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks out God; ¹² all have gone away, they have all together become unprofitable; there is no one who is doing good, there is not one. ¹³ Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips. ¹⁴ Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. ¹⁵ Whose feet are swift to shed blood: ¹⁶ destruction and misery are in their ways: ¹⁷ and they have not known the way of peace. ¹⁸ The fear of God is not before their eyes. ¹⁹ But we know that so many things as the law speaks, it says to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may become guilty before God. ²⁰ Therefore no flesh shall be justified by works of law: for through law there is a perfect knowledge of sin. ²¹ And now the righteousness of God without law has been made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; ²² but the righteousness of God through faith of Jesus Christ is unto all who believe: for there is no difference, ²³ for all sinned, and come short of the glory of God; ²⁴ being freely justified by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus: ²⁵ whom God sent forth an expiation through faith in his blood, unto the manifestation of His righteousness through the remission of the sins which are passed,

² But I praise you because you remember me in all things, and hold fast the commandments, as I delivered them unto you.

¹² For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and purity of God, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have sojourned in the world, and especially towards you.

¹⁵ in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

⁶ in reference to zeal, persecuting the church, according to righteousness which was in the law being blameless. ⁷ Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ Yes truly, I even counted all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I suffer the loss of all things, and I consider them but excrements, that I may gain Christ, ⁹ and may be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith of Christ, the righteousness of God through faith:

²² in the body of his cross through death, to present you holy and blameless and unreprovable before him,

¹³ in order to establish your hearts blameless in holiness in the presence of God even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints: amen.

¹¹ For the grace of God, that brings salvation to all men, has appeared, ¹² teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we must live prudently and righteously and holily in this present age; ¹³ looking for the blessed hope even the appearing of the glory of our great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus; ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

³ For when we also were without understanding, being disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in sin and envy, hateful, hating one another; ⁴ but when the goodness and philanthropy of God our Saviour appeared, ⁵ not from works which are in righteousness, which we did, but according to his own mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewal of the Holy Ghost, ⁶ whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; ⁷ in order that, being justified by his faith, we may be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, looking for these things, be diligent to be found spotless and blameless unto him in peace:

³ And in this we know that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments.

²⁹ If you may know that he is righteous, know that every one doing righteousness has been born of him.

⁷ Little children, let no one deceive you. The one doing righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

¹⁹ and being not weak in faith, he considered not his body already dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb:

¹¹ And by faith Sarah herself received power unto the conception of seed, even past the time of age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.

⁵ There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

⁶ And these having been thus adjusted, the priests come continually into the first tabernacle, performing the services:

¹⁴ Therefore having a great high priest, having entered into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the testimony.

²⁴ For Christ did not come into the sanctuaries made with hands, the pattern of the true; but into heaven itself, now to be made manifest unto the face of God in our behalf:

³ And another angel came and stood before the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he shall offer with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which is before the throne.

¹⁹ And the angel responding said to him; I am Gabriel standing in the presence of God, and am sent to speak to you and to preach to you these things.

²⁸ And the angel having come to her said; Hail, thou blessed one; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women.

¹⁰ And the angel said to them; Fear not; for behold, I preach unto you the gospel of great joy, which shall be to all people;

¹⁹ And the angel of the Lord, having opened the doors of the prison during the night, and leading them out said,

³ saw openly in a vision about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius. ⁴ And he looking upon him, and being afraid, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayer and thine alms have come up for a memorial before God.

¹⁴ Are not all these ministering spirits, having been sent forth unto ministration for the sake of those who are about to inherit salvation?

³ And another angel came and stood before the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he shall offer with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which is before the throne. ⁴ And the smoke of the incense went up out of the hand of the angel, with the prayers of the saints, before God.

¹³ And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard one voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

⁵ And having come to the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe. And they were affrighted.

²⁹ And she seeing was troubled over his word, and was reasoning what kind this salutation might be.

⁹ And behold an angel of the Lord stood over them and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they feared with great fear. ¹⁰ And the angel said to them; Fear not; for behold, I preach unto you the gospel of great joy, which shall be to all people;

⁴ And he looking upon him, and being afraid, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayer and thine alms have come up for a memorial before God.

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; and he laid his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

²¹ she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins.

²⁷ And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer; I am here; fear not.

⁵ And the angel responding, said to the women, Be ye not afraid: for I know that you are seeking Jesus, who has been crucified.

⁶ But he says to them, Fear not: you are seeking Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified: He is risen; He is not here: see the place where they laid Him.

³⁰ And the angel said to her; Fear not, Mary; for thou didst find favor with God.

⁶⁰ And his mother responding said; No, but he shall be called John. ⁶¹ And they said to her; That there is no one among thy kindred who is called by this name. ⁶² And they were beckoning to his father, what he might wish to call him. ⁶³ And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote saying; His name is John.

²¹ And when the eight days of circumcising Him were fulfilled, and His name was called Jesus, having been called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

³⁶ And they speaking these things, He stood in their midst, ³⁷ and they being affrighted and filled with fear, thought they saw a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, Why are you excited, and why do reasonings arise in your heart? ³⁹ See my hands and my feet, that I am He: feel me; and see, because a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me having. ⁴⁰ OMITTED TEXT

³¹ and says, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thine alms have been remembered before God.

⁵⁸ And the neighbors and her relatives heard, that the Lord was magnifying His mercy with her, and they continued to rejoice with her.

⁹ But what went you out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet: ¹⁰ for this is he, concerning whom it has been written, Behold, I send my messenger before my face, who will prepare thy way before thee. ¹¹ Truly I say unto you, Among those having been born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: nevertheless the least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. ¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of the heavens suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John. ¹⁴ And if you wish to receive it, he is Elijah, who is to come. ¹⁵ Let the one having ears to hear, hear. ¹⁶ But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, and calling to their comrades, and saying, ¹⁷ We piped unto you, and you did not dance; we mourned unto you, and you did not lament. ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous and wine-drinking man, a friend of publicans and sinners. Wisdom is truly justified by her children.

²⁸ I say unto you, among those having been born of women no prophet is greater than John the Baptist; nevertheless the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

³³ For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say, He has a demon.

³⁵ He was a bright and shining light: and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in that light.

⁴ and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

¹⁴ And Peter standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke to them: Judean men and all ye dwelling at Jerusalem, let this be known unto you, and know my words. ¹⁵ For these are not drunken, as you suppose; for it is the third hour of the day; ¹⁶ but this is that which has been spoken by the prophet Joel; ¹⁷ And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; ¹⁸ and upon my servants and my handmaidens I will pour out of my Spirit on those days, and they shall prophesy.

¹⁵ When the one having separated me, from the womb of my mother, and called me through his grace, was pleased

¹⁸ Be not drunk with wine, in which there is riot, but be ye filled with the Spirit;

¹ In those days comes John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, ² saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand. ³ This is the one, who is spoken of by Isaiah the prophet saying, The voice of one roaring in the wilderness; Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight His paths. ⁴ And the same John had his raiment from camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the region about the Jordan, were coming out to him, ⁶ and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and harlots believed him, and you, seeing, did not afterward regret it, in order that you might believe him.

⁷⁶ And thou, little child, shall be called a prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

⁴ And the same John had his raiment from camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

⁷ And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them; O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance; ⁹ and think not to say among yourselves; We have Abraham, our father; for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. ¹⁰ But already the ax is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but there is One coming after me more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire. ¹² Whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purify His threshing-floor, and gather His wheat into the garner, and will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

¹⁴ And if you wish to receive it, he is Elijah, who is to come.

⁴ For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

¹¹ And Jesus responding said to them, Elijah indeed comes, and will restore all things: ¹² but I say unto you, that Elijah has already come, and they recognized Him not, but did unto Him so many things as they wished; thus the Son of man is also about to suffer by them.

²⁹ And he responding said, I am not willing: but afterward, having regretted, he went. ³⁰ And coming to the second, he spoke likewise. And he responding said, I, lord: and went not. ³¹ Which one of the two did the will of the father? They say to Him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say unto you, that the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and harlots believed him, and you, seeing, did not afterward regret it, in order that you might believe him.

¹¹ And they asked Him, saying, that the scribes say, that it behooves Elijah first to come. ¹² He responding said to them, Elijah indeed having first come, restores all things: and how has it been written in reference to the Son of man, that he should suffer many things, and be set at naught? ¹³ But I say unto you, that Elijah indeed has come, and they did unto him so many things as they wished, as has been written in reference to him.

¹⁶ And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord, their God.

⁷ Then he said unto the multitudes coming out to be baptized by him; O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say among yourselves; We have Abraham our father. ⁹ But truly the ax is laid to the root of the trees; Therefore every tree not producing good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ¹⁰ And the multitudes asked him, saying; What then shall we do? ¹¹ And responding he says to them, Let the one having two coats, give to him having none, and let the one having food do likewise. ¹² And the publicans came also to be baptized, and said to him; Teacher, what shall we do! ¹³ And he said to them, Exact no more than that which has been appointed unto you. ¹⁴ And the soldiers were asking him saying; And what shall we do? And he said to them; Oppress no one, neither defraud; and be content with your wages.

¹³ who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

²¹ They asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he says, I am not. Art thou that prophet? ²² And he responded, No. Then they said to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those having sent us. What do you say concerning yourself? ²³ I am the voice of one roaring in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord as Isaiah the prophet said. ²⁴ And those having been sent were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, Then why do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor that prophet? ²⁶ John responded to them, saying, I baptize with water: There standeth One in your midst whom you do not know, ²⁷ the One coming after me, of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the latchet of His sandal. ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ On the following day he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is He concerning whom I spoke, A man cometh after me who has been before me: because he was my Creator.

³⁴ And I have seen, and testified that He is the Son of God.

²⁸ You are witnessing to me, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him.

³³ Then I immediately sent for thee; and thou hast done well being present. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things which have been commanded thee of the Lord.

²³ and in order that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared unto glory?

⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? He not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor Sodomites, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor scolds, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were some of you: but you have washed, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God.

¹² giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;

²¹ Therefore if any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, having been sanctified, well pleasing to the Lord, having been prepared unto every good work.

⁹ But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people unto conquest; in order that you may proclaim the virtues of the one having called you out of darkness unto his own marvelous light:

¹¹ Then all these things being dissolved, what kind of people does it behoove you to be in holy deportment and godliness, ¹² looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements being scorched up are melted? ¹³ But, according to his promises, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, wherein righteousness dwells. ¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, looking for these things, be diligent to be found spotless and blameless unto him in peace:

²⁸ And now, little children, abide in him; in order that, if he may appear, we may have boldness, and not shrink with embarrassment from him in his presence.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and they did not receive his mark on their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

⁷ And there was no child to them, as Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

³⁴ And Mary said to the angel; How shall this be, since I know not man?

¹⁰ See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that their angels in heaven do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.

²⁶ And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, to which was the name

¹⁹ And He responding to them, says, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him hither to me.

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²² And having come out he was unable to speak to them; and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he was beckoning to them and remained dumb.

⁴⁵ And blessed is she that believeth, because there shall be a perfection to those things having been spoken to her by the Lord.

³ For what if some did not believe? whether will their unbelief destroy the faith of God?

¹³ if we are unfaithful, he remains faithful; for he is not able to deny himself.

² in the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times,

¹⁸ that through two immutable things in which it was impossible that God should lie, we who have fled may have a strong consolation to lay hold of the hope set before us,

¹⁹ So many as I love, I rebuke and chastise; be zealous, and repent.

⁶² And they were beckoning to his father, what he might wish to call him.

²⁴ Then Simon Peter beckons to him, to ask who he might be concerning whom He speaks.

¹⁷ And he, beckoning to them with his hand to keep silent, related how the Lord led him out from the prison: and said, Proclaim these things to James, and the brethren. And having gone out, he departed into another place.

³³ And some from the crowd forced in Alexander, the Jews precipitating him forward; and Alexander, beckoning with his hand, wished to apologize to the people.

⁴⁰ And he permitting, Paul, standing on the threshold, beckoned with his hand to the people: and there being great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying:

¹³ And the angel said to him; Fear not, Zacharias; because thy prayer has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John.

²³ And having come, he went down into the city called Nazareth, in order that the words spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that He shall be called a Nazarene.

⁴ And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city Nazareth, into Judea, into the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, We have found Him, of whom Moses and the prophets, in the law, did write, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth. ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, Is any good thing able to come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

⁴¹ others were saying, He is the Christ; others were saying, For whether does Christ come out of Galilee?

¹⁶ and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, from whom Jesus, who is called Christ, was born.

¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother Mary, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, was found having gestation from the Holy Ghost.

²⁰ And he meditating on these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying; Joseph, son of David, do not fear to receive Mary thy wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit; ²¹ she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins.

²³ Behold, the virgin shall have gestation and bring forth a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel, which is interpreted, God is with us.

⁴ And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city Nazareth, into Judea, into the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, ⁵ to enroll himself along with Mary, the wife having been betrothed to him, being in an advanced state of pregnancy.

⁴⁸ And He responding said to the one speaking to Him; Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?

⁴² Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

²⁷ And it came to pass, while He is speaking these words, a certain woman lifting up her voice from the crowd, said to Him, Blessed is the womb having borne thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. ²⁸ And He said, Truly blessed are those hearing the word of God, and keeping it.

¹⁰ because I am with thee, and no man shall assault thee to hurt thee: because there is much people to me in this city.

⁶ unto the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved:

⁴⁹ But they, seeing Him walking on the sea, thought it was a specter, and cried out. ⁵⁰ For they all saw Him, and were alarmed. And immediately He spoke with them, and says to them, Be of good cheer; I am He; be not afraid.

⁵ And having come to the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe. And they were affrighted. ⁶ But he says to them, Fear not: you are seeking Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified: He is risen; He is not here: see the place where they laid Him.

¹² and Zacharias was troubled seeing him, and fear fell on him.

⁶⁶ And all those hearing placed them in their heart, saying; What then shall this little child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

¹⁹ And Mary kept all these words laying them up in her heart.

⁵¹ And He went down with them and came to Nazareth; and was subject unto them. And His mother continued to keep all these words in her heart.

¹⁷ And while Peter was at a loss within himself, as to what the vision he saw might be, behold, the men having been sent by Cornelius, making inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

³² Fear not, little flock; because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

⁹ And the Lord spoke to Paul in the night through a vision, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent: ¹⁰ because I am with thee, and no man shall assault thee to hurt thee: because there is much people to me in this city.

²⁴ saying, Fear not, Paul; for it behooveth thee to stand before Caesar: and, behold, God has given thee all those sailing along with thee.

³¹ Then what shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

⁶ so being confident we say, The Lord is my helper, I will not fear; what shall man do unto me?

²⁵ and he took his wife to himself, and did not know her until she brought forth a son, and called his name Jesus.

²⁷ Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man, to whom was the name Joseph of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

⁴ but when the fulness of time came, God sent forth his own Son, having been born of a woman, having been born under law,

¹ The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but there is One coming after me more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire.

⁴² The queen of the south will rise in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: because she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

¹⁸ And Jesus having come spoke to them, saying, All authority is given unto me in heaven and upon earth.

⁷ and crying with a loud voice, he says, What is there to me and to thee, O Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee in the name of God, that you may not torment me.

⁶¹ And He was silent, and answered nothing: again the high priest asked Him, and says to Him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

¹⁵ For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall not drink wine and strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from the womb of his mother.

³⁵ And the angel responding said to her; The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore, indeed, that holy thing that is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

¹⁶ John responded to all, saying; I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh One more powerful than I, the latchet of His sandals I am not worthy to loose; He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire.

³⁵ Moreover love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest: because He is good to the ungrateful and wicked.

³⁵ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things in His hands. ³⁶ He that believes on the Son has eternal life; but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

²¹ For as the Father raiseth up the dead and createth life in them, so the Son also createth life in whom He will. ²² For the Father judgeth no one, for He hath given all judgment to the Son; ²³ in order that all may honor the Son, as they may honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father who sent Him. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say unto you, that every one hearing my word, and believing on Him that sent me hath eternal life, and doth not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. ²⁵ Truly, truly, I say unto you, that the hour cometh and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and having heard will live. ²⁶ For as the Father hath life in Himself, so also He has given to His Son to have life also in Himself. ²⁷ And He hath given Him authority to execute the judgment, because He is the Son of man. ²⁸ Do not be astonished at this: because the hour cometh, in which all who are in their graves will hear His voice, ²⁹ and come forth; those having done good, unto the resurrection of life; and those having done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

⁶⁹ we have believed and we know that thou art the Holy One of God.

³⁴ Then the multitude responded to Him; We have heard from the law that Christ abideth forever; and how do You say, That it behooveth the Son of man to be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

³⁰ Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God swore with an oath, that from the fruit of his loins One should sit upon the throne;

³⁶ Then let all the house of Israel assuredly know that God hath made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

⁴⁸ But the Most High dwelleth not in houses built with hands, as the prophet says,

¹⁷ She, following Paul and us, continued to cry out, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.

⁴ having been ordained the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, from the resurrection of the dead, of Jesus Christ our Lord:

²⁰ which he has wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead, and seating him on his right hand in the heavenlies, ²¹ above all government, and authority, and power, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but in the age to come: ²² and has subordinated all things beneath his feet, and given him to be head over all things to the church, ²³ which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all things in all.

⁹ Therefore God has indeed exalted him, and given him a name above every name; ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee must bow, of things in heaven and things upon the earth and things beneath the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, unto the glory of God the Father.

² whom he put forth the heir of all things, and through whom he created the ages; ³ who being the brightness of his glory, and the character of his person, and holding up all things by the word of his power, having made purgation of the sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; ⁴ being so much greater than the angels, that he has inherited a name so much more excellent than they. ⁵ For to which one of the angels at any time did he say, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be unto him a Father, and he shall be unto me a Son? ⁶ And again when he may lead in the first begotten into the world, he says, Indeed let all the angels of God worship him. ⁷ And to the angels he says, he maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire: ⁸ but to the Son he says, Thy throne, O God, is unto the age of the age; and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom.

⁷ And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; The holy, true one, the one having the key of David, the one opening, and no one shall shut; and the one shutting, and no one shall open; says these things.

⁶ But not as that the word of God has been a failure. For these are not all Israel who are of Israel;

²⁴ then the end, when he may deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he may destroy all government, all authority and power. ²⁵ For it behooves him to reign until he may put all enemies under his feet.

²⁹ But if you belong to Christ then you are the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

¹⁶ And so many as shall walk by this rule, peace and mercy be unto them, and unto the Israel of God.

³ For we are the circumcision, who serve the Spirit of God, and boast in Christ Jesus, also having no confidence in the flesh:

⁸ but to the Son he says, Thy throne, O God, is unto the age of the age; and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom.

¹⁵ And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and his Christ; and he will reign until the ages of the ages.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and they did not receive his mark on their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years were fulfilled. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is the one having part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no authority, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

³ And there shall be no more curse. And the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: ⁴ and they shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads. ⁵ And there shall be no more night; and they have no need of the light of a candle, nor the light of the sun; because the Lord God shines on them: and they shall reign until the ages of the ages.

⁶ But stand up, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behooves thee to do.

²⁰ And he meditating on these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying; Joseph, son of David, do not fear to receive Mary thy wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit;

³ And the tempter having come to Him, said; If thou art the Son of God, speak in order that these stones may become bread.

³³ And those in the ship having come worshiped Him, saying, Truly thou art the Son of God.

⁶³ And Jesus was silent; and the high priest responding said to Him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou art the Christ, the Son of God. ⁶⁴ Jesus says to him, Thou didst say it. Moreover I say unto you, that, Hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

⁵⁴ And the centurion and those watching Jesus with him, seeing the earthquake, and the things which took place, feared exceedingly, saying, Surely this was the Son of God.

²⁴ saying, Let me alone; what is there to us and thee, thou Jesus, the Nazarene? You have come to destroy us; I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

³¹ And behold, thou shalt conceive and hear a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus. ³² He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David:

⁴⁹ Nathanael responded, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, the King of Israel.

³⁶ And while they were journeying along the road, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch says, Behold water; what doth hinder me from being baptized?

²⁰ I am crucified along with Christ; and I live no longer, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

³ among whom we all indeed at one time lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were by nature the children of wrath, like the rest also:

¹⁵ For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.

²⁶ For such a high priest was indeed appropriate unto us, holy, free from sin, undefiled, having been separated from the sinners, and being higher than the heavens; ²⁷ who had not daily need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for their own sins, then those of the people: for he did this, having offered up himself once. ²⁸ For the law institutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which is after the law, the Son, having been made perfect forever.

²⁶ And Jesus looking on them said; With men this is impossible; but all things are possible with God.

²⁷ And Jesus looking upon them says, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

²⁷ And He said, Those things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

²¹ who will transform the body of our humility, similitudinous to the body of his own glory, according to the energy by which he is able indeed to subdue all things to himself.

²⁰ but he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was filled up with dynamite through faith, having given glory to God; ²¹ and being fully assured, that whatsoever he has promised, he is able also to perform.

⁶⁵ And fear came upon all of those dwelling around; and all these words were spoken abroad in all the mountainous regions of Judea.

⁴⁴ For behold when the voice of your salutation came into my ears, the infant in my womb leaped with joy.

⁶⁷ And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied saying;

¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, tempted by the devil forty days.

⁸ Then Peter being full of the Holy Spirit said to them, Ye rulers of the people and elders,

³ But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest;

⁵⁵ But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, and looking up to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet

⁴⁸ because He looked upon the low state of his handmaiden.

³⁸ saying, Blessed is the King coming in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

²⁶ Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue was glad, and my flesh shall indeed still rest in hope, ²⁷ because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. ²⁸ Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt fill me with gladness with thy countenance.

⁵ of whom are the fathers, and of whom is Christ according to the flesh. Who is over all, God blessed forever: amen.

² looking unto Jesus the beginner and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was placed before him, endured the cross, looking with contempt at the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁴ And John continued to forbid Him saying, I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou unto me?

¹¹ because this day a Savior is born unto you, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

⁷ Therefore I did not count myself worthy to come to thee; but speak the word, and my servant shall be healed.

⁴² And David himself says in the Book of the Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, ⁴³ until I may make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. ⁴⁴ Therefore David calls Him Lord, and how is He his son?

⁵ then He pours water into a bowl, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. ⁶ Then He comes to Simon Peter; he says to Him; Lord, do you wash my feet? ⁷ Jesus responded and said to him, What I do you know not now; but shall understand hereafter. ⁸ Peter says to Him, You may never wash my feet. Jesus responded to him, If I wash thee not, thou hast not part with me.

¹³ You call me Master and Lord, and you speak beautifully; for I am.

²⁸ Thomas responded and said to Him, My Lord and my God.

³ that nothing is to be according to self-seeking nor according to vain glory, but in humility esteeming one another better than yourselves;

⁸ Yes truly, I even counted all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I suffer the loss of all things, and I consider them but excrements, that I may gain Christ,

²⁰ And behold thou shalt be dumb and unable to speak, unto the day upon which these things may take place; because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time.

⁴⁰ Jesus says to her; Did I not tell thee, that, if thou canst believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?

²⁹ Jesus says to him, Because you have seen me, you have believed: happy are those not seeing, and believing.

¹¹ but not only so, but even rejoicing in God through Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we now received reconciliation.

³¹ in order that, as it has been written, Let him that glorieth glory in the Lord.

¹⁴ But thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and manifesting the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place:

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always: I say to you again, Rejoice.

⁸ whom you not seeing, love with divine love; on whom, not looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

¹ Paul, the apostle of Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Jesus Christ our hope;

³ This is beautiful and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

³ and manifested in his own seasons his word by preaching, with which I am intrusted, according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

¹⁰ not purloining, but exhibiting all good faith, that they may adorn the teaching of God our Saviour in all things.

¹³ looking for the blessed hope even the appearing of the glory of our great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus;

⁴ but when the goodness and philanthropy of God our Saviour appeared, ⁵ not from works which are in righteousness, which we did, but according to his own mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewal of the Holy Ghost, ⁶ whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

²⁵ to God our only Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and power, before every age, both now, and unto all the ages. Amen.

²⁷ And it came to pass, while He is speaking these words, a certain woman lifting up her voice from the crowd, said to Him, Blessed is the womb having borne thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.

²⁶ For you see your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many influential, not many high-born: ²⁷ but God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may confound the strong; ²⁸ and God has chosen the base-born of the world, and those of no reputation, the things which are not, that He may set at nought the things which are,

⁵ Hear, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor in the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him with divine love? ⁶ You have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich domineer over you, and drag you into courts?

¹³ And Jesus immediately permitted them. And the unclean spirits having gone out, came into the swine: and the herd rushed down a precipice into the sea, and there were about two thousand: and they were strangled in the sea.

²⁰ And to him who is able to do exceedingly above all things which we ask or think, according to the power working in us,

⁸ And the four living creatures having six wings, one opposite one of them; filled with eyes without and within; and they cease not day and night, saying; Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Omnipotent, who was, and who is, and who is the one coming.

⁴ Who may not fear, O Lord, and will not glorify thy name? because thou alone art holy; because all the nations shall come and worship before thee; because thy righteous acts have been made manifest.

⁵ And a voice came out from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, ye who fear him, small and great.

²¹ because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

⁵ casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

⁵ Likewise, you younger men, submit to the elders: and all put on humility toward one another; because God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.

⁸ therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt up with fire: because God, the one judging her, is a mighty Lord.

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary? the brother of James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? Are not His sisters here with us? And they were offended in Him.

¹⁴ I say unto you, He went down to his house justified rather than the other: because every one exalting himself shall be abased; and the one humbling himself shall be exalted.

⁹ But let the humble brother boast in his exaltation: ¹⁰ and the rich man, in his humility: because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.

⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled.

²¹ Blessed are ye who hunger now: because ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye who weep now: because ye shall laugh.

²⁴ Moreover woe unto you rich! because you exhaust your reward.

¹⁶ He spake a parable to them, saying, The farm of a certain rich man was very productive: ¹⁷ and he was reasoning in himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no place where I shall store my fruits? ¹⁸ And he said, I will do this: I will take down my barns, and build greater, and there I will gather all my fruits and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou fool, this night they are demanding thy soul from thee; and to whom shall those things which thou hast prepared, belong? ²¹ So is every one laying up treasure for himself, and not rich toward God.

¹⁹ There was a certain rich man, and he was habitually clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day. ²⁰ But a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, was laid at his gate, full of sores, ²¹ and desiring to be fed by the crumbs falling from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming continued to lick his sores. ²² And it came to pass that the beggar died, and himself was carried by the angels into the bosom of Abraham: and the rich man also died, and was buried. ²³ And in Hades lifted up his eyes, being in torment, sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And he calling said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.

¹¹ The Pharisee standing was praying in these words, God, I thank thee because I am not like the rest of the men, extortioners, unjust, adulterous, or even as this publican: ¹² I fast twice per week; I give tithes of all things so many as I possess. ¹³ But the publican, standing a great way off, did not wish even to lift up his eyes to the heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner. ¹⁴ I say unto you, He went down to his house justified rather than the other: because every one exalting himself shall be abased; and the one humbling himself shall be exalted.

²⁴ Jesus seeing him said, How hardly will those having riches enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of God.

¹¹ And Jesus took the bread; and gave thanks, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples to the people sitting down; and likewise also of the fishes so much as they wished. ¹² And when they were filled, He says to His disciples, Gather up the remaining fragments, that nothing may be lost. ¹³ Then they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets from the live barley loaves, which remained to those having eaten.

³⁵ Then Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; the one coming unto me can never hunger, and the one believing on me shall never thirst.

²⁶ For you see your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many influential, not many high-born:

⁸ Already are ye filled, already have ye become rich; you did reign without us: and I would indeed that you did reign, in order that we also might reign along with you.

¹ Come now, ye rich, weep mourning over your calamities which are coming on you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten: ³ your gold and your silver are cankered; and their rust shall be for a witness against you, and eat your flesh like fire. You laid up treasures in the last days. ⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers having reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out: and the voices of the reapers have come into the ears of the Lord of hosts. ⁵ Ye flourished upon the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts in the day of slaughter. ⁶ You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.

¹⁷ Because you are saying, That I am rich, and have increased in riches, and have need as to nothing, and do you not know that you are miserable, and pitiful, and poor, and blind, and naked? ¹⁸ I counsel you to buy from me gold which has been purified by the fire, in order that you may be rich; and white garments, in order that you may be clothed, and the shame of your nakedness may not be exposed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

¹⁶ And they will never hunger or thirst any more; neither will the sun, or any heat, fall on them: ¹⁷ because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will shepherdize them, and guide them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God will wipe every tear out of their eyes.

⁷⁰ As he spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from the beginning; ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those who hate us, ⁷² to execute mercy with our fathers, and remember His holy covenant, ⁷³ the oath which He swore to Abraham our father: ⁷⁴ to grant unto us, having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies, to serve Him without fear, ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

²⁸ They are enemies indeed, as touching the gospel, for your sakes: but beloved with reference to election for the sake of the fathers: ²⁹ for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

¹⁶ But the promises were spoken to Abraham and his seed. He does not say, And unto seeds, as of many; but as of one; And thy seed, which is Christ. ¹⁷ And I say this; The law which was given after four hundred and thirty years, does not disannul the covenant which had been before confirmed of God, so as to make the promise of none effect.

⁶ And it came to pass while they were there the days of her parturition were fulfilled. ⁷ And she brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

¹⁴ And there shall be joy and rejoicing, and many shall rejoice at his birth.

²⁵ That the Lord so hath done unto me, in the days in which He condescended to take away my reproach among men.

¹⁵ Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

²⁶ And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; if one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.

⁸ And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac, Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

⁵ in circumcision the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

⁶³ And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote saying; His name is John.

⁶⁰ And his mother responding said; No, but he shall be called John.

³³ And the demon having been cast out, the dumb spoke. And the multitudes were astonished, saying,

³² And they bring Him a deaf man, speaking with difficulty; and intreat Him that He may lay His hand on him. ³³ And taking him from the crowd privately, He put His fingers in his ears, and having spat, He touched his tongue; ³⁴ and looking up to heaven, he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, which is, Be thou opened. ³⁵ And immediately his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue loosed, and he continued to speak distinctly. ³⁶ And He charged them that they should tell no one: and the more He charged them, the more abundantly they proclaimed it. ³⁷ And were astonished exceedingly, saying, He has done all things well: He makes the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

³⁹ And Mary, rising, departed into the mountainous land, with haste, into a city of Judah.

¹⁶ And fear seized them all: and they continued to glorify God, saying that, A great prophet has arisen among us: and, God has looked upon His people.

⁴³ And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were wrought by the apostles in Jerusalem; and there was a great fear upon all.

⁵ And Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, breathed out his soul. And great fear came on all hearing;

¹¹ And great fear came on all the church, and on all those hearing these things.

¹⁷ And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified;

¹¹ And after three and a half days the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell on those seeing them.

⁸⁰ And the little child continued to grow and waxed strong in spirit; and was in the deserts until the day of his showing unto Israel.

⁴⁰ And the child continued to grow and waxed strong in spirit, being full of wisdom; and the grace of God was on Him.

⁴⁴ You place these words in your ears: for the Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.

²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number having believed, turned to the Lord.

⁴¹ And it came to pass when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant in her womb leaped; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; and she spoke with a loud voice and said;

²¹ For in the olden time prophecy did not come by the will of man: but men moved by the Holy Ghost spoke from God.

³⁸ And she, at the same hour, standing up continued to praise the Lord, and speak concerning Him to all those awaiting the redemption in Jerusalem.

⁴⁴ and will slay thee, and thy children in thee; and will leave in thee not a stone upon a stone; because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having blessed us with all spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ:

⁷ in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of transgressions, according to the riches of his grace,

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having according to his great mercy begotten us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

¹⁰ blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David: Hosanna in the highest!

² which He proclaimed beforehand through His prophets in the holy scriptures, ³ concerning his Son, having been born of the seed of David according to the flesh;

¹⁶ I Jesus sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, the bright and morning-star.

³⁶ For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, the Lord said unto my Lord; Sit thou on my right hand, until I may make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet!

²⁶ Did it not behoove Christ to suffer, and to enter into His glory? ²⁷ And beginning from Moses and all the prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures, the things concerning Himself.

⁴⁴ And He said to them, These are my words which I spoke to you, being still with you, that it behooves all things which have been written concerning me in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms, to be fulfilled.

²¹ whom it behooves heaven indeed to receive until the times of the restitution of all things which God spoke through the mouth of all his prophets from the beginning. ²² Moses indeed said; The Lord our God will raise up to you from your brethren a prophet like unto me; Him you will hear concerning all things so many as he may speak to you. ²³ And it shall come to pass, that every soul whosoever will not hear that prophet, shall be cut off from the people. ²⁴ And indeed all the prophets from Samuel and consecutively, so many as spoke, also proclaimed these days.

²⁵ and they being disharmonious to one another, dispersed, Paul saying one word, that truly the Holy Ghost spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your fathers, saying,

² which He proclaimed beforehand through His prophets in the holy scriptures,

⁷ Therefore as the Holy Spirit says, This day if you hear his voice,

¹² to whom it was revealed, because they were ministering not these things for themselves, but for you, which are now proclaimed unto you by those who preach to you the gospel with the Holy Ghost having been sent from heaven; into which things the angels desire to look down.

¹⁰ And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he says to me; See that you do it not: I am your fellow-servant, and one of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

⁷⁴ to grant unto us, having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies, to serve Him without fear,

⁸ The one doing sin is of the devil; because the devil sins from the beginning. Unto this the Son of God was made manifest, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

⁵⁴ He delivered his son Israel, to remember mercy, ⁵⁵ as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.

²⁵ Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, In thy seed shall the families of the earth be truly blessed. ²⁶ To you God, having first raised up his Son, sent him blessing you, in turning each one from your sins.

²⁸ They are enemies indeed, as touching the gospel, for your sakes: but beloved with reference to election for the sake of the fathers:

¹⁵ Brethren, I speak according to a man, nevertheless no one disannuls, or adds to, the covenant of a man which has been confirmed.

¹³ For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, If indeed blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee: ¹⁵ and thus having waited long, he received the promise. ¹⁶ For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy: ¹⁷ but God, in this wishing more abundantly to show forth to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: ¹⁸ that through two immutable things in which it was impossible that God should lie, we who have fled may have a strong consolation to lay hold of the hope set before us,

¹³ For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself,

¹⁶ For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy: ¹⁷ but God, in this wishing more abundantly to show forth to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those who hate us,

²² But now having been made free from sin, and having become servants unto God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.

¹⁵ For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but you received the Spirit of adoption, in which we cry; Father, Father.

⁷ For God has not given us the spirit of cowardice; but of power and divine love and prudence.

¹⁵ and might reconcile them whosoever were subject to bondage all their life through the fear of death.

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

¹⁰ Fear not those things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life.

⁴ as he elected us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless in his presence.

¹⁰ for we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.

²⁴ and to put on the new man, who has been created in harmony with God in the righteousness and holiness of the truth.

¹ Finally therefore, brethren, we pray you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how it behooves you to walk about and to please God, as you do indeed walk about, in order that you may abound more and more.

⁷ For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

¹³ But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth;

⁹ the one having saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times,

¹⁴ As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance: ¹⁵ but according to the Holy One who has called you. Be ye also holy in all your deportment; ¹⁶ because it has been written, Ye shall be holy; because I am holy.

⁴ through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust. ⁵ And in harmony with this same thing also, add to your faith heroism; and to heroism, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge holiness; and to holiness patience; and patience, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness divine love. ⁸ For these things, being in you and overflowing, render you neither barren nor unfruitful in the perfect knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

³ This is the one, who is spoken of by Isaiah the prophet saying, The voice of one roaring in the wilderness; Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight His paths.

⁹ But what went you out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet: ¹⁰ for this is he, concerning whom it has been written, Behold, I send my messenger before my face, who will prepare thy way before thee.

⁵ And wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they esteemed him as a prophet.

²⁶ But if we may say, From men: we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.

² As has been written in the prophets; Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee; ³ the voice of one roaring in the wilderness; Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.

³² But if we may say, From men; they feared the people: for all held John that he was a prophet.

¹⁶ And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord, their God. ¹⁷ And he will go before Him in the spirit and Power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient unto the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people made ready for the Lord.

³² He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David:

⁴ as has been written in the book of Isaiah the prophet, saying; The voice of one roaring in the wilderness; Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight His paths. ⁵ Every valley shall be filled up and every mountain and hill shall be cut down; and the crooked places shall be straight and the rough ways smooth. ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

²⁷ This is he concerning whom it has been written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee. ²⁸ I say unto you, among those having been born of women no prophet is greater than John the Baptist; nevertheless the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

²³ I am the voice of one roaring in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord as Isaiah the prophet said.

²⁷ the One coming after me, of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the latchet of His sandal.

²⁴ and John having preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel, before the face of his coming. ²⁵ And when John fulfilled his course, he said, What do you consider me to be? I am not he: but, behold, there comes one after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose.

³ the voice of one roaring in the wilderness; Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make His paths straight. ⁴ John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness the baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins.

³ And he came into all the region round about the Jordan preaching the baptism of repentance unto the remissions of sins,

⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

⁴⁷ Therefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but he to whom little is forgiven, loveth little. ⁴⁸ And He said to her; Thy sins are forgiven. ⁴⁹ And those sitting along with Him began to say among themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins? ⁵⁰ And He said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved them; go in peace.

⁷ The same came for a witness, that he might bear witness concerning the light, in order that all through him might believe. ⁸ He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness concerning the light. ⁹ That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

¹⁵ John beareth witness concerning Him, and cried out saying; This is He of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me has been before me: ¹⁶ because He was my Creator. And of His fullness we all received grace upon grace. ¹⁷ Because the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

²⁹ On the following day he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.

²⁷ John responded and said, No man is able to receive anything, unless it may have been given unto him from heaven. ²⁸ You are witnessing to me, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him. ²⁹ The one having the bride is the Bridegroom: but the friend of the Bridegroom is the one standing and hearing him, rejoiceth with joy on account of the Bridegroom: This, my joy has been made complete. ³⁰ It behooveth Him to increase, and me to decrease. ³¹ He that cometh from above is above all; ³² the one being of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth. The one coming from heaven witnesses what He has seen and heard, and no one receives His testimony. ³³ The one having received His testimony hath set his seal, that God is true. ³⁴ For whom God sent speaketh the words of God: for He does not give His spirit by measure.

³⁸ And Peter said to them, Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ Repent, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that seasons of soul-renewing may come from the presence of the Lord,

³¹ Him hath God exalted at His own right hand, a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

⁴³ And to Him give all the prophets witness, that every one believing on him receives the remission of sins through His name.

³⁸ Then let it be known unto you, men brethren, that through this one remission of sins is preached: ³⁹ and in him every one believing is justified from all things from which ye were not able to be justified by the law of Moses.

⁴ And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on the one coming after him, that is Jesus.

²⁵ whom God sent forth an expiation through faith in his blood, unto the manifestation of His righteousness through the remission of the sins which are passed,

⁶ Indeed David also speaks of the blessedness of the man, to whom God imputes righteousness without works, ⁷ Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; ⁸ blessed is the man of whom the Lord may not impute sin.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one believing on Him may not perish but have eternal life.

⁴ but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ created life in us in Christ, who were dead in trespasses, by grace you have been saved,

¹⁴ Therefore he says, Awake, thou sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon thee.

⁸ For God is my witness, how I long after you in the affections of Jesus Christ.

¹ If then there is any consolation in Christ, if there is any comfort of divine love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercies,

¹² Therefore, as elect of God, holy and beloved, put on affections of mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

¹⁹ And we have the more certain word of prophecy; to which you do well giving heed, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day may dawn, and the morning-star may rise in your hearts:

¹⁷ Whosoever may have the sustenance of the world, and see his brother having need, and shut up his sympathies from him, how dwells the divine love of God in him?

⁹ In this the divine love of God has been made manifest in us, because God has sent his only begotten Son into the world that we may live through him. ¹⁰ In him is divine love, not because we loved God with divine love, but because he loved us with divine love, and sent his Son an expiation for our sins.

¹⁶ the people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in the valley and shadow of death, light sprang up.

²⁸ Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; because I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.

³² a light unto the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

⁹ That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

¹² Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: the one following me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of the life.

⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

⁴⁶ I have come a light into the world, in order that every one believing on me may not abide in darkness.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

¹⁷ and they have not known the way of peace.

⁸ For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

⁴ But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may overtake you like a thief: ⁵ for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;

⁵ And the same message which we have heard from him, we also proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness. ⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: ⁷ but 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.

¹ In those days comes John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

⁷ And they departing, Jesus began to speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went you out in the wilderness to see? a reed shaken by the wind?

⁵² And Jesus continued to grow in wisdom and stature and favor with God and men.

³¹ And I did not know Him, but in order that He may be made manifest to Israel, on this account I came baptizing with water.