Luke Cross References - Worrell

¹ Forasmuch as many took in hand to arrange in order a narrative concerning the facts that have been fully confirmed among us, ² even as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us; ³ it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write to you an orderly account, most noble Theophilus; ⁴ that you may fully know the certainty of the words wherein you were instructed. ⁵ There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest, Zacharias by name, of the course of Abija; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the law blameless. ⁷ And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in their days. ⁸ Now it came to pass, that, while he was doing priestly service in the order of his course before God, ⁹ it fell to his lot, according to the custom of the priest's office, having gone into the temple of the Lord, to offer incense; ¹⁰ and all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of the incense-offering. ¹¹ And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹² And Zacharias, seeing him, was troubled; and fear fell upon him. ¹³ But the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zacharias; because your supplication was heard; and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. ¹⁴ And you will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth; ¹⁵ for he will be great before the Lord; and he will drink no wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. ¹⁶ And many of the sons of Israel will he turn 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 their children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared. ¹⁸ And Zacharias said to the angel, "By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in her days." ¹⁹ And the angel, answering, said to him, "I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak to you, and to proclaim these glad tidings to you. ²⁰ And, behold, you shall be silent, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass; because you did not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season." ²¹ And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they were wondering at his tarrying in the temple. ²² And, having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he kept making signs to them, and remained dumb. ²³ And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were fulfilled, he departed to his house; ²⁴ and, after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying, ²⁵ "Thus hath the Lord done to me in the days wherein He looked upon me, 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, the name of which was Nazareth, ²⁷ to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. ²⁸ And, the angel, coming in to her, said, "Hail, highly favored one, the Lord is with you." ²⁹ But she was troubled at the saying, and was deliberating as to what kind of salutation this might be. ³⁰ And the angel said to her, "Fear not, Mary; for you found favor from God. ³¹ And, behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus. ³² He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to 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 a man?" ³⁵ And the angel, answering, said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; wherefore also the Holy Thing that is begotten shall be called the Son of God. ³⁶ And, behold, Elizabeth, your kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren; ³⁷ because no word from God shall be without power." ³⁸ And Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; may it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. ³⁹ And Mary, arising in those days, went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah; ⁴⁰ and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ And it came to pass that, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit: ⁴² and she lifted up her voice, with a loud cry, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! ⁴³ And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me! ⁴⁴ For, behold, as the voice of your salutation came into my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy! ⁴⁵ And happy is she who believed, because there shall be a fulfillment of the things spoken to her from the Lord!" ⁴⁶ And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord; ⁴⁷ and my spirit exulted in God my Saviour; ⁴⁸ because He looked upon the lowliness of His handmaid; for, behold, from the present time all generations will call me happy; ⁴⁹ because the Mighty One did great things for me; and Holy is His name! ⁵⁰ And His mercy is unto generations and generations to those who fear Him. ⁵¹ He wrought might with His arm; He scattered men proud in the imagination of their heart. ⁵² He deposed potentates from thrones, and exalted the lowly. ⁵³ The hungry He filled with good things, and the rich He sent away empty. ⁵⁴ He succored Israel His servant, to remember mercy, ⁵⁵ (as He spake to our fathers), to Abraham and to his seed forever." ⁵⁶ And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house. ⁵⁷ Now the time was completed for Elizabeth, that she should give birth, and she brought forth a son. ⁵⁸ And her neighbors and kindred heard that the Lord was magnifying His mercy together with her; and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹ And it came to pass, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they were calling him Zacharias, after the name of his father. ⁶⁰ And his mother, answering, said; "No; but he shall be called John." ⁶¹ And they said to her, "There is no one of your kindred who is called by this name." ⁶² And they were making signs to his father, what he wished him to be called. ⁶³ And, asking for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, "John is his name." And they all marveled. ⁶⁴ And his mouth was instantly opened, and his tongue loosed, and he was speaking, blessing God. ⁶⁵ And fear came upon all those dwelling around them. And in all the hill country of Judea all these sayings were being much talked of; ⁶⁶ and all who heard laid them up in their heart, saying, "What, then, shall this child be!" For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷ And Zacharias, his father, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸ "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He visited, and wrought redemption for His people; ⁶⁹ and raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David His servant; ⁷⁰ (as He spake through the mouth of His holy prophets from of old), ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; ⁷² to show mercy towards our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant; ⁷³ the oath which He swore to Abraham, our father; ⁷⁴ to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. ⁷⁶ "And you also, child, shall be called 'Prophet of the Most High;' for you shall 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 because of the tender compassions of the mercy of our God, wherein the day-spring from on high shall visit us, ⁷⁹ to shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." ⁸⁰ And the child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

¹ A book of the lineage of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.

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

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

²⁰ And, while thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to yourself Mary your wife; for that which was begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

²⁰ And, while thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to yourself Mary your wife; for that which was begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins."

²¹ And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins."

²³ "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel," which is, being interpreted, God with us.

²⁵ and he knew her not, until she brought forth a Son, and he called His name Jesus.

¹ And Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the King, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,

²³ and, coming, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, "A Nazarene shall He be called."

¹ Now in those days comes John, the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

¹ Now in those days comes John, the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, ² saying, "Repent ye for the Kingdom of Heaven has drawn near; ³ for this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'"

³ for this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'" ⁴ And John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

⁴ And John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then were going forth to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round about the Jordan, ⁶ and they were being immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, "Broods of vipers! who warned you to flee from the coming wrath! ⁸ Produce, therefore, fruit worthy of repentance; ⁹ and think not to say within yourselves, 'As a father we have Abraham;' for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ¹⁰ And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, not bearing good fruit, is cut down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹ "I, indeed, immerse you in water unto repentance, but He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear, He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

¹¹ "I, indeed, immerse you in water unto repentance, but He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear, He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; ¹² Whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly cleanse His threshing-floor, and will gather His wheat into the granary, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire."

¹⁴ but he was hindering Him, saying, "I have need to be immersed by Thee; and dost Thou come to me?"

³ And the Tempter, having come near, said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread."

¹⁶ The people that were sitting in darkness saw a great Light; and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death Light arose."

⁶ "Happy are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness: because they shall be filled.

³³ and, the demon having been cast oat, the dumb spake. And the multitudes wondered, saying, "Never was it so seen in Israel!"

⁷ And, as these were going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?

⁹ But why did ye go out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.

⁹ But why did ye go out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ¹⁰ This is he of whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.'

¹⁰ This is he of whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.' ¹¹ "Verily I say to you, there has not arisen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Immerser; yet he that is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. ¹² And from the time of John the Immerser until now, the Kingdom of Heaven is taken by storm, and violent men seize upon it; ¹³ for all the prophets and the law prophesied until John; ¹⁴ and, if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is about to come.

¹⁴ and, if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is about to come. ¹⁵ He that has ears let him hear. ¹⁶ "But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who, calling to the others, ¹⁷ say, 'We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye 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 man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works."

²⁸ "Come to me, all ye who are laboring 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 ye shall find rest for your souls;

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

⁴⁸ But He, answering, said to him that told Him, "Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?"

⁴ For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." ⁵ And, wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they were holding him as a prophet.

²⁷ But Jesus straightway spake to them, saying, "Be of good cheer. It is I; be not afraid."

³³ And these in the boat worshiped Him, saying, "Truly Thou art God's Son."

¹¹ And He, answering, said, "Elijah, indeed, comes, and will restore all things; ¹² but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they recognized him not, but did with him whatsoever they wished: so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them."

¹⁰ "See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in Heaven do always behold the face of My Father Who is in Heaven.

²⁶ But Jesus, looking on them, said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

²⁶ But, if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet."

²⁹ And he, answering, said, 'I go, sir,' and he went not. ³⁰ And, coming to the second, he spake in like manner; and he, answering, said, 'I am not willing;' but later, repenting, he went. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father?" They say, "The last." Jesus saith to them, "Verily I say to you that the tax-collectors and the harlots are going into the Kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him; but ye, having seen him, did not even repent afterward, that ye might believe him."

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him; but ye, having seen him, did not even repent afterward, that ye might believe him."

⁶³ But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to Him, "I adjure Thee by the living God, that Thou tell us whether Thou art the Christ, the Son of God" ⁶⁴ Jesus saith to him, "You said it: nevertheless I say to you, henceforth ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

⁵⁴ And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, seeing the earthquake, and the things that were taking places were exceedingly frightened, saying, Truly, This was a Son of God!"

⁵ And the angel, answering, said to the women, "Fear not; for I know that ye are seeking Jesus Who hath been crucified.

¹⁸ And Jesus, coming near, spake to them, saying, "All authority was given to Me in Heaven and on earth:

¹ The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, God's Son. ² As it has been written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way; ³ the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'"

³ the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'" ⁴ John came, who was immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins.

²⁴ saying, "What is there to us and Thee, Jesus, Nazarene? didst Thou come to destroy us? I know Thee Who Thou art, the Holy One of God."

¹⁴ The sower sows the word.

⁷ and, crying with a loud voice, he says, "What is there to me and Thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure Thee by God, that Thou torment me not!"

¹³ And He permitted them. And, coming out, the unclean spirits entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, about two thousand, and were drowned in the sea.

³ "Is not This the Carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not His sisters here with us?" And they were finding occasion of stumbling in Him.

⁴⁹ but, seeing Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and they cried out; ⁵⁰ for they all saw Him; and were troubled. But he straight-way talked with them, and saith to them, "Be of good courage! it is I, be not afraid."

³² And they bring to Him one deaf, and speaking with difficulty; and they beseech Him to lay His hand upon him. ³³ And, taking him aside from the multitude privately, He put His fingers into his ears; and, spitting, He touched his tongue; ³⁴ and looking up to Heaven, He sighed, and saith to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." ³⁵ And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking properly. ³⁶ And He charged them that they should tell no one; but the more He charged them, the more a great deal did they publish it. ³⁷ And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He hath done all things well: He maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."

¹¹ And they were asking Him, saying, "How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?" ¹² And He said to them, "Elijah, indeed, comes first, and restores all things; and how it has been written concerning the Son of Man, that He should suffer many things, and be set at naught; ¹³ but I say to you that Elijah has both come, and they did to him whatsoever they wished, as it has been written of him."

¹⁹ And He, answering, saith to them, "O faithless generation! how long shall I be with you! how long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me."

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

¹⁰ Blessed is the coming Kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the Highest!"

³² "If we say, 'From Heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did ye not believe him!' But, should we say, 'From men,'"—they feared the people; for all held John to be a prophet indeed.

³⁶ David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on My right hand, until I put Thy enemies underneath Thy feet.'

⁶¹ But 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?"

⁵ And, entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were amazed.

⁵ And, entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were amazed. ⁶ But he says to them; "Be not amazed. Ye are seeking Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified. He arose; He is not here; behold, the place where they laid Him!

⁶ But he says to them; "Be not amazed. Ye are seeking Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified. He arose; He is not here; behold, the place where they laid Him!

¹⁴ And afterward He was manifested to the eleven themselves, as they were reclining at table, and upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who saw Him after He had risen.

¹ Forasmuch as many took in hand to arrange in order a narrative concerning the facts that have been fully confirmed among us,

⁵ There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest, Zacharias by name, of the course of Abija; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

⁷ And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in their days.

¹² And Zacharias, seeing him, was troubled; and fear fell upon him. ¹³ But the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zacharias; because your supplication was heard; and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. ¹⁴ And you will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth; ¹⁵ for he will be great before the Lord; and he will drink no wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. ¹⁶ And many of the sons of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God.

¹⁶ And many of the sons of Israel will he turn 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 their children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.

¹⁹ And the angel, answering, said to him, "I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak to you, and to proclaim these glad tidings to you. ²⁰ And, behold, you shall be silent, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass; because you did not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season."

²² And, having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

²⁵ "Thus hath the Lord done to me in the days wherein He looked upon me, 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, the name of which was Nazareth, ²⁷ to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. ²⁸ And, the angel, coming in to her, said, "Hail, highly favored one, the Lord is with you." ²⁹ But she was troubled at the saying, and was deliberating as to what kind of salutation this might be. ³⁰ And the angel said to her, "Fear not, Mary; for you found favor from God. ³¹ And, behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus. ³² He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His father David;

³² He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His father David;

³⁴ And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I know not a man?" ³⁵ And the angel, answering, said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; wherefore also the Holy Thing that is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

³⁹ And Mary, arising in those days, went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

⁴¹ And it came to pass that, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit: ⁴² and she lifted up her voice, with a loud cry, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

⁴⁴ For, behold, as the voice of your salutation came into my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy! ⁴⁵ And happy is she who believed, because there shall be a fulfillment of the things spoken to her from the Lord!"

⁴⁸ because He looked upon the lowliness of His handmaid; for, behold, from the present time all generations will call me happy;

⁵⁴ He succored Israel His servant, to remember mercy, ⁵⁵ (as He spake to our fathers), to Abraham and to his seed forever."

⁵⁸ And her neighbors and kindred heard that the Lord was magnifying His mercy together with her; and they rejoiced with her.

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

⁶⁰ And his mother, answering, said; "No; but he shall be called John." ⁶¹ And they said to her, "There is no one of your kindred who is called by this name." ⁶² And they were making signs to his father, what he wished him to be called.

⁶² And they were making signs to his father, what he wished him to be called. ⁶³ And, asking for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, "John is his name." And they all marveled.

⁶³ And, asking for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, "John is his name." And they all marveled.

⁶⁵ And fear came upon all those dwelling around them. And in all the hill country of Judea all these sayings were being much talked of; ⁶⁶ and all who heard laid them up in their heart, saying, "What, then, shall this child be!" For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷ And Zacharias, his father, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he prophesied, saying,

⁷⁰ (as He spake through the mouth of His holy prophets from of old), ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;

⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; ⁷² to show mercy towards our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant; ⁷³ the oath which He swore to Abraham, our father; ⁷⁴ to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear,

⁷⁴ to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. ⁷⁶ "And you also, child, shall be called 'Prophet of the Most High;' for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to prepare His ways;

⁸⁰ And the child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

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

⁴ And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David; ⁵ to enrol himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child. ⁶ And it came to pass, while they were there, that the days were fulfilled for her to give birth; ⁷ and she brought forth her Son, the Firstborn, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

⁹ And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were greatly frightened. ¹⁰ And the angel said to them, "Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which, indeed, shall be to all the people;

¹⁰ And the angel said to them, "Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which, indeed, shall be to all the people; ¹¹ because there was born to-day, in the city of David, a Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord.

¹⁹ But Mary was closely keeping all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

²¹ And, when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising Him, His name was called Jesus—which was so called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

³² a Light for a revelation to the nations, and for a glory of Thy people Israel."

³⁸ And, coming up at that very hour, she was making confession to God, and was speaking concerning Him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

⁴⁰ And the Child was growing, and was becoming strong, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

⁵¹ And He went down with them, and came into Nazareth, and was subject to them. And His mother kept all these sayings in her heart. ⁵² And Jesus kept advancing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

³ and he came into all the region of the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins; ⁴ as it has been written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight His paths. ⁵ Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways smooth; ⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"

⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'" ⁷ He was saying, therefore, to the multitudes coming forth to be immersed by him, "Broods of vipers! who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Produce, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹ And already the axe also is lying at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, not producing good fruit, is cut down, and cast into the fire." ¹⁰ And the multitudes were asking him, saying, "What, then, shall we do?" ¹¹ And he, answering, said to them, "Let him who has two coats share with him who has none; and let him who has food do likewise." ¹² And there came also tax-collectors to be immersed, and they said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?" ¹³ And he said to them, "Exact no more than that which has been appointed you." ¹⁴ And soldiers also were questioning him, saying, "And what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do violence to no one, neither accuse any one falsely, and be content with your wages."

¹⁶ John answered, saying to them all, "I, indeed, immerse you in water; but He is coming, Who is mightier than I—the latchet of Whose sandals I am not worthy to loose—He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;

¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was being led in the Spirit in the wilderness

²¹ "Happy, ye who are hungering now; because ye will be filled. "Happy, ye who are weeping now; because ye shall laugh.

²⁴ "But woe to you that are rich! because ye are receiving your consolation!

³⁵ "But love your enemies; and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; because He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

⁷ Wherefore, neither thought I myself worthy to come to Thee; but speak with a word, and let my boy be healed;

¹⁶ And fear seized on all; and they were glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet was raised up among us," and "God did visit His people."

²⁷ This is he concerning whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send forth My messenger before Thy face, who will prepare Thy way before Thee.' ²⁸ I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; but the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."

²⁸ I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; but the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."

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

⁴⁷ Wherefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; because she loved much; but he, to whom little is forgiven, loves little." ⁴⁸ And He said to her, "Your sins have been forgiven." ⁴⁹ And those reclining with Him began to say in themselves, "Who is This That even forgiveth sins!" ⁵⁰ And He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

⁴⁴ "Put ye these words into your ears; for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men."

²⁷ And it came to pass, as He was saying these things, that a certain woman, out of the multitude, lifting up her voice, said to Him, "Happy the womb that carried Thee, and the breasts which Thou didst suck!"

²⁷ And it came to pass, as He was saying these things, that a certain woman, out of the multitude, lifting up her voice, said to Him, "Happy the womb that carried Thee, and the breasts which Thou didst suck!" ²⁸ But He said, "Yea, rather, happy are those who hear the word of God, and keep it!"

¹⁶ And He spake a parable to them, saying, "A certain rich man's field yielded bountifully; ¹⁷ and he reasoned within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, because I have not where to store my fruits?' ¹⁸ And he said, 'This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there will I store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' ²⁰ But God said to him, 'Senseless one! this night they require your soul of you; and the things you prepared, whose shall they be?' ²¹ So is he who is laying up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

³² "Fear not, little flock; because your Father delighted to give you the Kingdom.

¹⁵ And He said to them, "Ye are those who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; because that which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.

¹⁹ "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day. ²⁰ And a certain poor man, Lazarus by name, had been laid at his gate, full of sores, ²¹ and desiring to be fed with the crumbs falling from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs, coming, were licking his sores. ²² And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died, and was buried; ²³ and in Hades, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And, crying, he 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 in anguish in this flame!' ²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that, in your lifetime, you received in full your good things, and Lazarus, likewise, evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

¹¹ The Pharisee, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector! ¹² I fast twice on the Sabbath; I give a tenth of all that I acquire.' ¹³ "But the tax-collector, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but was smiting his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' ¹⁴ I say to you, this man went down justified to his house, rather than the other; because every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

¹⁴ I say to you, this man went down justified to his house, rather than the other; because every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

²⁴ And Jesus, seeing him, said, "With what difficulty do those having riches enter into the Kingdom of God! ²⁵ for it is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

²⁷ But He said, "The things impossible with men are possible with God."

³⁸ saying, "Blessed is the King Who is coming in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven, and glory in the highest!"

⁴⁴ and they will dash you to the ground, and your children within you; and shall not leave in you a stone upon a stone; because you knew not the season of your visitation."

⁴² For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand, ⁴³ until I make Thy enemies a footstool of Thy feet.' ⁴⁴ David, therefore, calls Him Lord; and how is He his Son?"

²⁶ Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things, and enter into His glory?" ²⁷ And, beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, He thoroughly interpreted to them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning Himself.

³⁶ Now, as they were telling these things, He Himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, "Peace be to you!" ³⁷ But, being terrified and frightened, they were supposing that they were beholding a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, "Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart? ³⁹ See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; handle Me, and see; because a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as ye behold Me having." ⁴⁰ And, saying this, He showed them His hands and His feet.

⁴⁴ And He said to them, "These are My words which I spake to you, while being yet with you: that all things must be fulfilled, that have been written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms, concerning Me."

⁴⁸ Ye are witnesses of these things,

⁷ The same came for a testimony, that he might testify concerning the Light, that all might believe through him. ⁸ He was not the Light; but he came, that he might testify concerning the Light. ⁹ He was the true Light That lighteth every man coming into the world.

⁹ He was the true Light That lighteth every man coming into the world.

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

¹⁵ John testifies concerning Him, and has cried, saying, "This was He of Whom I said, 'He That cometh after me hath become before me, because He was before me;'" ¹⁶ because out of His fulness we all received, and grace for grace: ¹⁷ because the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

²¹ And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he says, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No." ²² They said therefore, to him, "Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?" ²³ He said, "'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as said Isaiah the prophet.

²³ He said, "'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as said Isaiah the prophet. ²⁴ And they had been sent from among the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, "Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" ²⁶ John answered them, saying, "I immerse in water: in your midst standeth One Whom ye know not— ²⁷ the One coming after me, the latchet of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose."

²⁷ the One coming after me, the latchet of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose." ²⁸ These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing. ²⁹ On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, "Behold, the Lamb of God Who taketh away the sin of the world!

²⁹ On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, "Behold, the Lamb of God Who taketh away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He of Whom I said, 'After me cometh a Man Who hath become before me, because He was before me.' ³¹ And I knew Him not; but, that He might be manifested to Israel, for this cause I came immersing in water."

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

⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, "We have found Him of Whom Moses in the law and the prophets wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph." ⁴⁶ And Nathanael said to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip says to him, "Come and see."

⁴⁹ Nathaniel answered Him, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God; Thou art the King of Israel."

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one who believes on Him should not perish, but have eternal life;

²⁷ John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given to him from Heaven. ²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me testimony, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but that I have been sent before Him.'

²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me testimony, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but that I have been sent before Him.' ²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bride-groom who stands and hears him greatly rejoices because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, has been made full. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease. ³¹ He That cometh from above is above all; he that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth; He that cometh from Heaven is above all. ³² What He hath seen, and what He heard, of this He bears testimony; and no man receives His testimony. ³³ He that received His testimony did set his seal to it, that God is true. ³⁴ For He Whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for He giveth not the Spirit by measure. ³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand. ³⁶ He that believes on the Son has eternal life; but he that disbelieves the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

²¹ For, as the Father raiseth the dead, and maketh them alive; so also the Son maketh alive whom He willeth. ²² For neither doth the Father judge any one, but all judgment He hath given to the Son; ²³ that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father Who sent Him. ²⁴ "Verily, verily, I say to you, He that hears My word, and believes Him Who sent Me, has eternal life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. ²⁵ Verily, verily, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live. ²⁶ For, as the Father hath life in Himself, so also He gave to the Son to have life in Himself; ²⁷ and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Marvel not at this; because there is an hour coming, in which all who are in their tombs shall hear His voice, ²⁹ and come forth; those who did good, to the resurrection of life; but those who practiced evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

³⁵ He was a lamp that was burning and shining; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

¹¹ Jesus, therefore, took the loaves; and, having given thanks, He distributed to those reclining; and likewise of the fishes as much as they wished. ¹² And, when they were filled, He saith to His disciples, "Gather up the pieces that remain over, that nothing be lost." ¹³ So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over to those who had eaten.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, "I am the Bread of Life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes on Me shall never thirst.

⁶⁹ And we have believed and know, that Thou art the Holy One of God."

⁴¹ others said, "This is the Christ;" but some said, "What? doth the Christ come out of Nazareth?"

¹² Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world: he that follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the Light of life."

⁵ When I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."

⁴⁰ Jesus saith to her, "Did I not say to you that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God?"

³⁴ The multitude, therefore, answered Him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ abideth forever; and how sayest Thou that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is This Son of Man?"

⁴⁶ I have come a light into the world, that every one who believes on Me may not abide in the darkness.

⁵ Then He poureth water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. ⁶ He cometh, therefore, to Simon Peter. He says to Him, "Lord, dost Thou wash my feet?" ⁷ Jesus answered, and said to him, "What I am doing you know not now; but you shall know hereafter." ⁸ Peter says to Him, "Thou shalt never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I wash you not, you have no part with Me."

¹³ Ye call Me 'The Teacher,' and 'The Lord;' and ye say well; for so I am.

²⁴ Simon Peter, therefore, beckons to this one, and says to him, "Tell us who it is about whom He is speaking."

²⁷ and ye also testify, because ye are with Me from the beginning."

²⁸ Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" ²⁹ Jesus saith to him, "Because you have seen Me, you believe: happy are those who did not see, and yet believed."

³¹ but these have been written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that, believing, ye may have life in His name.

¹ The first narrative I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

¹ The first narrative I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach, ² until the day in which He was taken up, after having given commandment, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom He chose; ³ to whom He also presented Himself alive, after He suffered, by many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God.

³ to whom He also presented Himself alive, after He suffered, by many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God.

⁸ but ye shall receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and to the utmost limit of the earth."

²¹ "It is needful, therefore, that one of these men—who accompanied us all the time that the Lord went in and out among us, ²² beginning from the immersion of John, until the day on which He was taken up from us—should become a witness, with us, of His resurrection."

⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, even as the Spirit was giving them to declare.

¹⁴ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and declared to them, "Men of Judaea, and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and give ear to my words; ¹⁵ for these are not drunken, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day; ¹⁶ but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel: ¹⁷ 'And it shall be in the last days', saith God, 'I will pour out of 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 yea, and on My servants and on My handmaidens in those days will I pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

²⁶ Therefore, my heart was glad, and my tongue greatly rejoiced; moreover my flesh also shall abide in hope: ²⁷ because Thou wilt not leave My soul behind unto Hades; neither wilt Thou give Thy Holy One to see corruption. ²⁸ Thou didst make known to Me the ways of life; Thou wilt make Me full of gladness with Thy presence.'

³⁰ being, therefore, a prophet, and knowing that with an oath God swore to him, that out of the fruit of his loins One should sit on his throne;

³⁶ "Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God made Him both Lord and Christ—This Jesus Whom ye crucified."

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

⁴³ And fear was coming upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were coming to pass through the apostles.

¹⁹ Repent ye, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

²¹ Whom Heaven must retain, until the times of restoration of all things of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the beginning. ²² Moses, indeed, said, 'A prophet will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as He did me; to Him shall ye hearken in all things, whatsoever He shall say to you. ²³ And it shall be, that every soul that will not hearken to that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.' ²⁴ And also all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession, as many as spake, also foretold these days. ²⁵ Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your Seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.' ²⁶ To you first, God, having raised up His Child, sent Him forth, blessing you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities."

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,

²⁰ for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard."

⁵ And Ananias, hearing these words, falling down, expired; and great fear came upon all who heard it;

¹¹ And great fear came upon the whole assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

¹⁹ But an angel of the Lord, by night, opened the prison doors; and, having led them out, said,

³¹ This One God exalted as a Prince and Savior, with His right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

³ but look ye out, brethren, from among yourselves, seven well-attested men, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this business;

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

⁴⁸ Yet the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as says the prophet,

⁵⁵ But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking intently into Heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God;

³⁶ And, as they were journeying along the way, they came to a certain water; and the eunuch says, "Behold, here is water; what hinders me from being immersed?"

⁶ But arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do."

³ saw in a vision manifestly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius!" ⁴ And he, looking intently on him, and becoming much afraid, said, "What is it, lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and alms went up for a memorial before God.

⁴ And he, looking intently on him, and becoming much afraid, said, "What is it, lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and alms went up for a memorial before God.

¹⁷ Now, as Peter was much perplexed in himself as to what the vision which he saw might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood at the gate;

³¹ and says, 'Cornelius, your prayer was heard, and your alms were remembered before God.

³³ At once, therefore, I sent to you; and you did well, in coming. Now, therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things that have been commanded you by the Lord."

³⁹ And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; Whom they also slew, hanging Him on a tree. ⁴⁰ Him God raised on the third day, and gave Him to become manifest; ⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God—to us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

⁴³ To Him all the prophets testify, that through His Name every one who believes on Him receives remission of sins."

⁴ But Peter, beginning at the first, was explaining it to them in order, saying,

²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them; and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

¹⁷ But, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, he declared to them, how the Lord brought him forth out of the prison. And he Said, "Declare these things to James, and to the brethren." And, going forth, he went to another place.

²⁴ John having first preached, before His coming, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And, as John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do ye suppose me to be? I am not He. But, behold, there cometh One after me, the sandals of Whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.'

³⁸ Be it known to you, brethren, that through This One is proclaimed to you forgiveness of sins; ³⁹ and in Him every one who believes is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

¹⁹ Wherefore, I judge that we should not trouble those who from among the gentiles are turning to God;

²⁵ it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, having chosen men, to send to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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

¹⁷ The same, following after Paul and us, kept crying, saying, "These men are servants of the Most High God; who, indeed, declare to you a way of salvation."

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul, through a vision by night, "Fear not, but speak, and be not silent; ¹⁰ because I am with you, and no one shall set on you to harm you; because I have much people in this city.

¹⁰ because I am with you, and no one shall set on you to harm you; because I have much people in this city.

²⁵ The same had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and, being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the immersion of John.

⁴ And Paul said, "John immersed with an immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him coming after him; that is, on Jesus."

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

³³ And they brought Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews thrusting him forward. And Alexander, waving his hand, wished to make defense to the people.

⁴⁰ And, when he gave him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people; and, when there was great silence, he spake to them in the Hebrew language, saying:

¹ And Paul, looking intently on the Sanhedrin, said, "Brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."

²⁶ "Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor, Felix, Greeting:

³ in every way and everywhere; we welcome it, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

¹⁶ In this I myself also am striving always to have a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

¹⁶ But arise, and stand upon your feet; for I appeared to you for this end, to appoint you a minister and a witness both of the things in which you saw Me, and of the things in which I will appear to you;

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

²⁵ But Paul says, "I am not mad, most noble Festus; but I utter words of truth and soberness.

²⁴ saying, 'Fear not, Paul; it is necessary that you should stand before Caesar, and, behold, God has granted to you as a favor all those sailing with you.'

²⁵ And, disagreeing among themselves, they were departing, when Paul uttered one declaration, "Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah, the prophet, to your fathers,

² which He promised before through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,

² which He promised before through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, ³ concerning His Son, Who was born of the seed of David, according to His flesh, ⁴ Who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead—even Jesus Christ our Lord,

²¹ because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor did they give thanks; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

¹⁸ and understand His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

³ For what, if some did disbelieve? Shall their disbelief make void the faithfulness of God?

⁹ What, then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we before charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; ¹⁰ as it has been written, "There is none righteous, no not one; ¹¹ there is none that understands; there is none that seeks after God; ¹² they have all turned aside, they together became unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not so much as one; ¹³ their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips; ¹⁴ whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; ¹⁵ their feet are swift to shed blood; ¹⁶ destruction and misery are in their ways; ¹⁷ and the ways of peace have they not known;

¹⁷ and the ways of peace have they not known; ¹⁸ there is no fear of God before their eyes." ¹⁹ Now we know that whatsoever the law says, it speaks to those under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may be under the sentence of God; ²⁰ because, by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the law is the knowledge of sin. ²¹ But now, apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; ²² even a righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe; for there is no distinction; ²³ for all sinned, and are coming short of the glory of God; ²⁴ being justified freely by His grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; ²⁵ Whom God set forth as a propitiation, through faith in His blood, for the manifestation of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the formerly-committed sins in the forbearance of God:

²⁵ Whom God set forth as a propitiation, through faith in His blood, for the manifestation of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the formerly-committed sins in the forbearance of God:

⁶ Even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God reckoneth righteousness, apart from works, ⁷ "Happy are those whose iniquities were forgiven, and whose sins were covered. ⁸ Happy is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin."

¹⁹ And, being not weakened in faith, he attentively considered his own body already dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb; ²⁰ but, in view of the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but was made strong in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹ and being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

¹¹ and not only so, but we are rejoicing in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we now received the reconciliation.

²² But now, having been made free from sin, and having been made slaves to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life;

¹⁵ For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, "Abba, Father."

³¹ What, then, shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

⁵ whose are the fathers; and of whom, according to flesh, is the Christ, Who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. ⁶ But it is not as though the word of God has failed: for they are not all Israel, who are of Israel;

²³ and that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us,

²⁸ As touching the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father's sake;

²⁸ As touching the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father's sake; ²⁹ for the gifts and calling of God are not repented of.

¹⁵ Be ready to rejoice with those who rejoice; to weep with those who weep;

¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the gentiles may become acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

²⁶ For ye behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are chosen;

²⁶ For ye behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are chosen; ²⁷ but God chose the foolish things of the world, that He might put to shame the wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that He might put to shame the things that are strong; ²⁸ and the base things of the world, and things despised, did God choose, and the things that are not, that He might bring to nought the things that are;

³¹ that, even as it has been written, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

¹ Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

⁸ Have ye already become satisfied? Did ye already become rich? Did ye reign without us? I wish, at least, that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

⁹ Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

⁴⁰ But she is happier, if she abides as she is, according to my judgment; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

² Now I praise you, that you remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

²⁶ And whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or one is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

¹⁹ but in an assembly I prefer to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

²⁴ Then comes the end, when He delivereth up the Kingdom to God, even His Father; when He shall abolish all rule and all authority and power; ²⁵ for He must reign, till He hath put all the enemies under His feet.

¹² But concerning Apollos, the brother, I besought him much to come to you with the brethren; and it was not at all his will to come now; but he will come, when he shall have opportunity.

¹² For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

¹⁴ But thanks be to God, Who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of His knowledge in every place;

⁵ casting down reasonings, and every high thing lifting itself up against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

¹⁵ But, when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb, and called me through His grace,

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ; and no longer am I living, but Christ is living in me; and, in so far as I am now living in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.

¹⁵ Brethren, I am speaking after the manner of man: even a man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds thereto. ¹⁶ Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his Seed. He saith not, "And to seeds," as of many; but as of One, "and to your Seed"; which is Christ. ¹⁷ But this I say: A covenant previously confirmed by God, the law, which came into existence four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate, that it should make the promise of no effect.

²⁹ And, if ye are Christ's, ye are, consequently, Abraham's seed, and heirs according to promise.

⁴ But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under law,

⁶ But let him who is being taught in the word share with him who is teaching, in all good things.

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

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; ⁴ according as He chose us in Him before the founding of a world, that we should be holy and without blemish before Him in love;

⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved; ⁷ in Whom we have our redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

²⁰ which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the Heavenly places, ²¹ far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that to come; ²² and He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as Head over all things to the assembly, ²³ which, indeed, is His body, the fulness of Him Who is filling all in all.

³ among whom we also all once lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest; ⁴ but God, being rich in mercy, on account of His great love wherewith He loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in our offenses, made us alive with Christ (by grace ye have been saved),

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

⁷ of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power. ⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim, to the gentiles, the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

²⁰ Now to Him Who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

¹¹ And He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ¹² with a view to the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ;

²⁴ and put on the new man, who after God was created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

⁸ for ye were once darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord; walk as children of light

¹⁴ Wherefore, He saith: "Awake, you who are sleeping; and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon you!"

¹⁸ And be not drunken with wine, in which is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

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

¹ If there is, therefore, any consolation in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender affections and compassions,

³ doing nothing through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind, each esteeming others better than himself;

⁹ Wherefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed upon Him the name which is above every name; ¹⁰ that, in the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

¹⁵ that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

³ For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in flesh:

⁵ circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; ⁶ as to zeal, persecuting the assembly: as to the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. ⁷ But what things were gain to me, these I accounted loss for Christ. ⁸ Nay, more, I even account all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I suffered the loss of all things, and account them refuse, that I may gain Christ.

⁸ Nay, more, I even account all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I suffered the loss of all things, and account them refuse, that I may gain Christ. ⁹ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness which is of God by faith:

²¹ Who will transform the body of our humiliation into conformity to the body of His glory, according to the working whereby He is able also to subject all things to Himself.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

¹² giving thanks to the Father, Who made us meet for the portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;

²² yet now did He reconcile in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and without blemish, and irreproachable, before Him; ²³ if, at least, ye continue in the faith, founded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a minister. ²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings in your behalf, and fill up in turn the deficiencies of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh for the sake of His body, which is the assembly; ²⁵ of which I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

¹² Put on, therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering; ¹³ to the end that He may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.

¹ Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk, and to please God—even as ye also are walking—that ye abound more and more;

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

⁴ But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief; ⁵ for ye are all sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness.

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

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to a command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our Hope,

³ This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

¹⁶ And, confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifested in flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and sobriety.

⁹ Who 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 us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages,

¹³ if we are faithless, He remaineth faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

²¹ If, therefore, one fully purify himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work.

¹⁷ The Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the proclamation might be fully announced, and that all the gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion.

² upon hope of eternal life which God, Who cannot lie, promised before eternal times, ³ but in His own seasons manifested His word in a proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

¹⁰ not keeping back anything, but showing forth all good faith; that they may adorn the teaching of our Savior God in all things. ¹¹ For the salvation-imparting grace of God appeared to all men, ¹² teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and godly in the present age; ¹³ looking for the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;

¹³ looking for the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; ¹⁴ who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

³ For we also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving manifold desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. ⁴ But, when the kindness and the benevolence of God our Savior appeared,

⁴ But, when the kindness and the benevolence of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to His mercy, He saved us through a washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit;

⁵ not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to His mercy, He saved us through a washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ Whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior;

⁶ Whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; ⁷ that having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

² at the end of these days spake to us in His Son, Whom He appointed Heir of all things, through Whom also He constituted the ages; ³ Who, being an effulgence of His glory and an exact expression of His substance, and upholding all things by the word of His power, having made a purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; ⁴ having become by so much superior to the angels, as He hath inherited a more excellent name than they. ⁵ For to whom of the angels said He at any time, "You are My Son; I this day have begotten you?" And again, "I will be to him a Father; and He shall be to me a Son?" ⁶ But, when again He introduces the First-born into the inhabited earth, He saith, "And let all the angels of God worship Him." ⁷ And respecting the angels He saith, "Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire"; ⁸ but respecting the Son, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever"; and, "A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Thy Kingdom;

⁸ but respecting the Son, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever"; and, "A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Thy Kingdom;

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for service, for the sake of those about to inherit salvation?

³ how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation; which, indeed, having at first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

¹⁵ and might release all those who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

⁷ Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit saith, "To-day, if ye hear His voice,

¹⁴ Having, therefore, a great High Priest, Who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession; ¹⁵ for we have not a High Priest, unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but One Who hath been tempted in all points like as we, apart from sin.

¹³ For God, when making a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, swore by Himself,

¹³ For God, when making a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, swore by Himself, ¹⁴ saying, "Surely, blessing, I will bless you; and multiplying, I will multiply you." ¹⁵ And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For men swear by the greater; and the oath for confirmation is an end, to them, of every dispute:

¹⁶ For men swear by the greater; and the oath for confirmation is an end, to them, of every dispute: ¹⁷ wherein God, more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of His counsel, interposed with an oath;

¹⁷ wherein God, more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of His counsel, interposed with an oath; ¹⁸ that, through two immutable facts, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us;

¹⁸ that, through two immutable facts, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us;

²⁶ For such a High Priest was befitting us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; ²⁷ Who hath no necessity daily, as the high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for those of the people (for this He did once for all, when He offered up Himself); ²⁸ for the law constitutes men high priests who have infirmity, but the word of the oath, which was after the law, constitutes the Son perfected forever.

⁶ Now, these things having been thus prepared, the priests go continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

²⁴ For Christ entered not into holy places made with hand, patterns of the true; but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God in our behalf;

¹¹ By faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive seed, even when past the age of child-bearing, since she accounted Him faithful, Who promised.

² looking away to the Author and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus; Who, in consideration of the joy lying before Him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath taken a seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁶ So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my Helper, I will not be afraid; what shall man do to me?"

⁹ But let the lowly brother glory in his high station; ¹⁰ and the rich, in his humiliation; because, as a flower of grass, he shall pass away.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love Him? ⁶ But ye dishonored the poor man! Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not drag you before the judgment-seats?

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

¹ Come now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you! ² Your wealth has become corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and their rust will be for a witness against you, and will eat your flesh, as fire. Ye laid up treasures in the last days! ⁴ Behold, the hire of the workmen who mowed down your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. ⁵ Ye lived luxuriously on the earth, and rioted in pleasure; ye nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. ⁶ Ye condemned, ye killed the righteous one; he does not resist you.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

⁸ Whom, not having seen, ye love; on Whom, though now not seeing Him, yet believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and full of glory;

¹² to whom it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to you they were ministering them; which things now were reported to you through those who proclaimed the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from Heaven; into which things angels desire to look carefully.

¹⁴ as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance; ¹⁵ but, according as He Who called you is holy, do ye yourselves become holy in all your conduct; ¹⁶ because it has been written, "Ye shall be holy, because I am Holy."

⁹ But ye are "an elect race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation," a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

¹ The elders, therefore, I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of Christ's sufferings, also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed;

⁵ Likewise, ye younger, be subject to the elder; yea, all of you gird on the lowly mind to serve one another; because "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly."

⁴ through which have been given to us very great and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world in lust: ⁵ and, even for this very reason, adding all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in virtue, knowledge; ⁶ and in knowledge, continence; and in continence, patience; and in patience, godliness; ⁷ and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. ⁸ For these things, belonging to you and abounding, make you neither idle nor unfruitful regarding the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁵ And I will also give diligence that at all times ye may be able, after my departure, to perpetuate the remembrance of these things. ¹⁶ For, not as having followed after cunningly-devised stories, did we make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but as having been made spectators of His majesty.

¹⁶ For, not as having followed after cunningly-devised stories, did we make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but as having been made spectators of His majesty.

¹⁶ For, not as having followed after cunningly-devised stories, did we make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but as having been made spectators of His majesty. ¹⁷ For He received from God the Father honor and glory, when such a voice was borne to Him from the Excellent Glory, "This is My Son, the Beloved, in Whom I took delight"; ¹⁸ and this voice we heard borne from Heaven, when we were with Him in the holy mount. ¹⁹ And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which ye do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the Morning Star arise in your hearts;

¹⁹ And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which ye do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the Morning Star arise in your hearts;

²¹ for prophecy was never brought by the will of man, but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

¹¹ Seeing, therefore, that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conduct and godliness, ¹² looking for, and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved; and the elements, being intensely hot, shall melt! ¹³ But, according to His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness, ¹⁴ Wherefore, beloved, since ye are looking for these things, give diligence that ye be found in peace, without spot and blameless in His sight.

¹⁴ Wherefore, beloved, since ye are looking for these things, give diligence that ye be found in peace, without spot and blameless in His sight.

¹ That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we gazed upon, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of Life ² (and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you The Eternal Life; Who, indeed, was with the Father, and was manifested to us); ³ that which we have seen and heard we declare to you also, that ye also may have fellow-ship with us; and our fellowship also is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

⁵ And this is the message which we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and are walking in the 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.

³ And in this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments.

²⁸ And now, little children, abide in Him; that, if He shall be manifested, we may have confidence, and not be put away from Him with shame at His coming. ²⁹ If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that does righteousness has been begotten of Him.

⁷ Little children, let no one deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous. ⁸ He that commits sin is of the Devil; because the Devil sins from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that He might destroy the works of the Devil.

¹⁷ But whosoever possesses the goods of the world, and beholds his brother having need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

⁹ In this was manifested the love of God in us, that God hath sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we may live through Him. ¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son, to be a propitiation for our sins.

²⁵ to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time, and now, and forever and ever. Amen.

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

¹⁷ And, when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead! And He laid His right hand on me, saying, "Fear not; I am the First and the Last,

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

⁷ "And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write these things," saith He Who is holy, He Who is true, He Who hath the key of David, He Who openeth, and no one shall shut; and shutteth, and no one opens:

¹⁷ Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing'; and do not know that you are the wretched one, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked! ¹⁸ I counsel you to buy of Me gold refined by fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see! ¹⁹ As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous, therefore, and repent.

⁸ And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and they have no rest, day and night, saying, "Holy! Holy! Holy! the Lord God, the Almighty, Who was, and Who is, and Who is coming!"

¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, nor thirst any more; nor shall the sun by any means fall on them, nor any heat; ¹⁷ because the Lamb, Who is in the midst of the throne, will be their Shepherd, and will guide them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

³ And another angel came, and stood over the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

³ And another angel came, and stood over the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. ⁴ And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God out of the hand of the angel.

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

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

¹⁵ And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in Heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world became our Lord's and His Christ's; and He will reign forever and ever."

⁴ Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou only art holy; because all the nations shall come, and worship before Thee; because Thy righteous acts were made manifest."

⁸ Therefore, in one day shall come her plagues, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be burned up with fire; because strong is the Lord God who judged her.

⁵ And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all ye His servants, ye who fear Him, the small and the great."

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

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them; and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God; and such as worshiped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them; and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God; and such as worshiped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Happy and holy is he who has 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 of the Lamb will be in it; and His servants will serve Him; ⁴ and they will see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. ⁵ And there will be night no more; and they need no lamp-light, nor light of the sun; because the Lord God will illuminate them, and they shall reign forever and ever.

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, sent My angel to testify to you these things to the assemblies. I am the root and offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.