Bible verses about "homecoming" | Sawyer

^{1 (1:3)} My little children, these things I write to you that you may not sin. But if any one has sinned, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, ² and he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but for all the world. ³ And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴ He that says, I have known him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; ⁵ but whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected. By this we know that we are in him. ⁶ He that says he continues in him, ought also himself so to walk as he walked. ^{7 (1:4)} Beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you heard. ⁸ Again, a new commandment I write you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past and the true light now appears. ⁹ He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness till now. ¹⁰ He that loves his brother continues in the light, and there is no offense in him; ¹¹ but he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. ^{12 (1:5)} I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name. ¹³ I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I wrote to you, little children, because you have known the Father. ¹⁴ I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God continues in you, and you have overcome the evil one. ¹⁵ Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him; ¹⁶ for all that is in the world, the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world passes away, and its desires; but he that does the will of God continues for ever. ^{18 (1:6)} Little children, it is the last time; and as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many have become anti-christs; whence we know that it is the last time. ¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us they would have continued with us; but [they went out from us] that they might be manifest that they are not all of us. ²⁰ And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and know all things. ²¹ I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. ²² Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the anti-christ, [the man that] denies the Father and the Son. ²³ No one that denies the Son has the Father; he that confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴ Let that which you heard from the beginning continue in you. If that which you heard from the beginning continues in you, you also shall continue in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵ And this is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life. ^{26 (1:7)} I have written these things to you concerning those who deceive you. ²⁷ And the anointing which you received from him continues in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; but as his anointing teaches you of all things, and is true and is not a lie, even as it has taught you, continue in him. ^{28 (1:8)} And now, little children, continue in him, that when he shall appear we may have boldness, and not be put to shame by him at his coming. ²⁹ If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who does righteousness has been born of him.

^{1 (4:11)} Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us, ² looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God. ³ For consider him that has endured such a contradiction from sinners, that you may not become faint and weary in your minds. ^{4 (5:1)} You have not yet resisted to blood contending against sin. ⁵ And you have forgotten the exhortation which says to you as to sons, My son, despise not the correction of the Lord and faint not when rebuked by him, ⁶ for the Lord corrects those whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives. ⁷ If you endure correction, God deals with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not correct? ⁸ But if you are without correction of which all are partakers, then you are of foreign birth, and not sons. ⁹ Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? ¹⁰ For they for a few days corrected us as seemed good to them, but he for the best, that we may partake of his holiness. ¹¹ And no correction seems to be joyful for the present but painful, but afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it. ^{12 (5:2)} Wherefore hold up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees, ¹³ and make straight courses for your feet, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed. ¹⁴ Follow peace with all men and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord, ¹⁵ taking care that no one may come short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up may make trouble and by it many be defiled, ¹⁶ that no one may be a fornicator or unholy person like Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright. ¹⁷ For you know that afterwards, wishing also to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind, though he sought it with tears. ¹⁸ For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched, and to a burning fire, and blackness and darkness and a tempest ¹⁹ and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, which those who heard desired that the word might not be spoken to them any more,— ²⁰ for they could not bear what was commanded, And if a beast touches the mountain it shall be stoned; ²¹ and so fearful was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and tremble,— ²² but you have come to Zion, the mountain and city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels in general assembly, ²³ and to the church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge the God of all, and to spirits of the righteous made perfect, ²⁴ and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to a sprinkled blood which speaks better than Abel. ^{25 (5:3)} See that you refuse not him that speaks; for if they did not escape who refused him that gave answers on earth, much more shall we [not escape] who turn ourselves away from him in heaven; ²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth, but now it has been promised, saying, Hereafter once for all I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven. ²⁷ And this, Hereafter once for all, signifies the removal of the things shaken as of things made, that those not shaken may continue. ²⁸ Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace through which we may serve God acceptably, with piety and fear; ²⁹ for our God is also a consuming fire.

^{1 (5:4)} Let brotherly love continue. ² Forget not hospitality; for by this some without knowing it have entertained angels. ³ Remember those bound as bound with them, and those injured as being yourselves also in the body. ⁴ Marriage is honorable in all, and married life without blame; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. ⁵ Let your life be without avarice, and be contented with what you have; for he said, I will never leave you, I will never forsake you; ⁶ so that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what can man do to me? ^{7 (5:5)} Remember your guides who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the end of their life follow the faith. ⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. ⁹ Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the mind should be established with grace, not with aliments, in which those walking are not profited. ^{10 (5:6)} We have an altar of which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. ¹¹ For the bodies of those animals whose blood is carried into the sanctuary by the chief priest are burnt without the encampment. ¹² Wherefore also Jesus, that he might purify the people through his blood, suffered without the gate. ¹³ Let us therefore go out to him without the encampment, bearing his reproach; ¹⁴ for we have not here a city that continues, but we seek that which is to come. ¹⁵ Through him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips confessing his name. ¹⁶ And forget not beneficence and liberality; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. ^{17 (5:7)} Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you. ^{18 (5:8)} Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things wishing to live well. ¹⁹ And I exhort you do this the more, that I may sooner be restored to you. ^{20 (5:9)} And may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, ²¹ perfect you in every good work to do his will, doing in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever; amen. ^{22 (5:10)} And I beseech you, brothers, suffer the word of exhortation; for I have sent to you a letter in a few words. ²³ Know that brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see you. ²⁴ Salute all your guides and all the saints. Those from Italy salute you. ²⁵ The grace be with you all; amen.

^{1 (1:1)} JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greeting. ² Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials, ³ knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience. ⁴ But let patience have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. ⁵ And if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and upbraids not, and it shall be given him. ⁶ But let him ask in faith, not doubting; for he that doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and agitated. ⁷ For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord, ⁸ a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. ⁹ But let the brother that is humble rejoice in his exaltation, ¹⁰ and the rich in his humiliation, for he shall pass away like a flower of the grass. ¹¹ For the sun rose hot, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also shall the rich man perish in his ways. ^{12 (1:2)} Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. ¹³ Let no tempted one say, I am tempted by God; for God is not subject to temptation by evils, and he tempts no one. ¹⁴ But every one is tempted when he is drawn away by his desires, and enticed; ¹⁵ then the desire taking effect produces sin, and sin being finished brings forth death. ^{16 (1:3)} Be not deceived, my beloved brothers. ¹⁷ All good giving, and every perfect gift, comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning. ¹⁸ Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruit of his creatures. ^{19 (1:4)} Understand, my beloved brothers, and let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; ²⁰ for man's anger performs not God's righteousness. ²¹ Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding vice, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. ²² But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³ For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man perceiving his natural face in a glass; ²⁴ for he perceived himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what kind of a man he was. ²⁵ But he that looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, he shall be blessed in his doing. ²⁶ But if any one among you thinks he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his mind, that man's religion is vain. ²⁷ Pure religion and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to visit the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; not as the world gives give I to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

^{9 (4:9)} After this I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and having palm branches in their hands; ¹⁰ and they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation be to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. ¹¹ And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four cherubs, and fell down before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, ¹² saying, Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever.

^{11 (20:3)} And he said, A certain man had two sons. ¹² And the youngest of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the estate that falls to me; and he divided to them his living. ¹³ And not many days after, the youngest son, collecting all his property, went abroad to a distant country; and there wasted his property, living intemperately. ¹⁴ And when he had spent all, there was a severe famine in that country; and he began to be in want. ¹⁵ And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his field to feed swine. ¹⁶ And he desired to fill his stomach with the carob pods which the swine eat; and no man gave him. ^{17 (20:4)} And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father abound in bread, but I perish here with hunger! ¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned to Heaven, and before you; ¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired servants. ²⁰ And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet far off, his father saw him, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him. ²¹ And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned to Heaven, and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son. ²² But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put on him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet; ²³ and bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, and rejoice; ²⁴ for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice. ^{25 (20:5)} But his older son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house he heard music and the dancers. ²⁶ And calling one of the servants he inquired what these things meant. ²⁷ And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him back in health. ²⁸ And he was angry, and would not go in; but his father came out and entreated him. ²⁹ And he answered and said to his father, Behold, l have served you so many years, and have never disobeyed your command; and you have never given me a kid, that I might rejoice with my friends; ³⁰ but when this your son came who has consumed his living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf. ³¹ But he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all mine is yours. ³² We ought also to rejoice and be glad; for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

¹⁴ and in addition to all these [put on] love, which is the bond of perfection. ¹⁵ And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for which you have been called in one body; and be thankful.

² In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were not I would have told you.

^{1 (1:15)} For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle was destroyed, we have an edifice from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ² For in this we also groan, earnestly desiring to put on our dwelling which is from heaven, ³ if indeed also having put it on we may not be found naked. ⁴ For being in this tabernacle we groan, being burdened, because we do not wish to put it off, but to put on [the other], that the mortal may be swallowed up by life. ⁵ And he that has made us for this is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit. ⁶ Being always confident therefore, and knowing that while we are present in the body we are absent from the Lord,— ⁷ we walk by faith, not by sight;— ⁸ but we are confident, and are pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. ⁹ Wherefore also we strive, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to him. ¹⁰ For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, that each one may receive through the body for what he has done, whether it is good or evil. ^{11 (1:16)} Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord we persuade men, but are made manifest to God; and I hope also to be made manifest in your consciences. ¹² For we do not again commend ourselves to you, but give you occasion to glory on our account, that you may have something for those that glory in appearance and not in heart. ¹³ For if we are beside ourselves it is for God; and if we are sober it is for you. ¹⁴ For the love of Christ constrains us, judging this, that if one died for all then were all dead; ¹⁵ and he died for all, that those who live should no more live for themselves but for him that died for them and rose again. ¹⁶ So that from henceforth we know no man after the flesh; and if we have known Christ after the flesh, we now know him no more. ¹⁷ So that if any one is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new. ¹⁸ And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and given us the ministry of the reconciliation, ¹⁹ to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their offenses, and has given to us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰ We are embassadors therefore for Christ, as though God besought you by us; we pray you, for Christ, be reconciled to God. ²¹ For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him.

¹⁹ and he permitted him not, but said to him, Go to your home, to your friends, and relate to them what the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you.