“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,”
“If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.”
“In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.”
“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.”
“By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”
“My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.”
“and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.”
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;”
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, `He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’ “ For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
“No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.”
“For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.”
“For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.”
John testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?”
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression. Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.”
Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand. Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God. They have bowed down and fallen, but we have risen and stood upright.
I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His poeple and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. for the Lord is good, His lovingkindness is everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations.
For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.
Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.
Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.
For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.
For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me. Declaring the end from the beginning. And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying ‘My purpose will be established, And I will acomplish all My good pleasure’; Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man of My purpose from a far country. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it.
‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.’ Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do just as he has proposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.
Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. ‘Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.’ For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints.
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our sturggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You. Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; and give heed to the voice of my supplications! In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You, for You will answer me.
BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger.
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power.
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart to any evil thing. Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.
Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.
The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever.
The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night.
He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Your way, O God, is holy; What god is great like our God? You are the God who works wonders; You have made known Your strength among the peoples.
Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before HIm; God is a refuge for us.
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the LORD’S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?
Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and Keep His commandments;
For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You.
The earth is the LORD’S and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.
For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all men.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Your testimonies are fully confirmed; Holiness befits Your house, O LORD, forevermore.
More than the sounds of many waters, than the mighty breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty.
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up thier voice, the floods lift up their pounding waves.
Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.
The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching;
Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
Fathers, do not exasperate your children so that they will not lose heart.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her.
Brethern, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
Brethern, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.
Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.
How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?
He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in you faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in you perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
As Obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."
But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
How blessed is the man who does ot walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.
Finally, brethern, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether good or evil.
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek HIm.
One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to meditate in His temple.
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment.
There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.
In my Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
In my Fathers house are many dwelling places; if it were not so I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
This is the confidence which we have before Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Surely I will help you. Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you. Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
These things I have writtten to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God: not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
For the Lord HImself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.
But He was pierced through for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him. And by His scourging we are healed.
He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared.
Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there is anyone who understands, who seeks after God.
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them.
But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him will glory, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.
They will be given over to the power of the sword; they will be a prey for foxes.
But those who seek my life to destroy it, will go into the depths of the earth.
My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.
My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.
So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.
Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
…I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God…
For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.
But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.
For Christ also died for our sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit…
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; lovingkindness and truth go before You.
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His footstool; Holy is He.
The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, and His sovereignty rules over all.
You alone are the LORD. You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them and the heavenly host bows down before You.
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
The words of the Lord are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness…
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven…
O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
…the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me…
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever…
Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.’
Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Pursue love…
But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
…bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things…
…does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth…