Luke 1 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Inasmuch as a number of writers have essayed to draw up a narrative of the established facts in our religion ² exactly as these have been handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses who were in the service of the Gospel Message, ³ and inasmuch as I have gone carefully over them all myself from the very beginning, I have decided, O Theophilus, to write them out in order for your excellency, ⁴ to let you know the solid truth of what you have been taught. ⁵ In the days of Herod king of Judaea there was a priest called Zechariah, who belonged to the division of Abijah; he had a wife who belonged to the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ⁶ They were both just in the sight of God, blameless in their obedience to all the commands and regulations of God; ⁷ but they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren. Both of them were advanced in years. ⁸ Now while he was officiating before God in the due course of his division, ⁹ it fell to him by lot, as was the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense, ¹⁰ the mass of the people all remaining in prayer outside at the hour of incense. ¹¹ And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹² When Zechariah saw him he was troubled, and fear fell on him; ¹³ but the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John. ¹⁴ It will be joy and gladness for you, and many will rejoice over his birth: ¹⁵ for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, he will drink neither wine nor strong drink, he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth; ¹⁶ he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God, ¹⁷ he will go in front of Him with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, turning the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make a people ready and prepared for the Lord." ¹⁸ Zechariah said to the angel, "But how am I to be sure of this? I am an old man myself, and my wife is advanced in years." ¹⁹ The angel replied, "I am Gabriel, I stand before God; I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. ²⁰ But you will be silent and unable to speak till the day this happens, because you have not believed what I told you; it will be accomplished, for all that, in due time." ²¹ Now the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering that he stayed so long inside the sanctuary. ²² When he did come out he could not speak to them, so they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary; he made signs to them and remained dumb. ²³ Then, after his term of service had elapsed, he went home. ²⁴ After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and for five months she concealed herself. ²⁵ "The Lord has done this for me," she said, "he has now deigned to remove my reproach among men." ²⁶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazaret, ²⁷ to a maiden who was betrothed to a man called Joseph, belonging to the house of David. The maiden's name was Mary. ²⁸ The angel went in and said to her, "Hail, O favoured one! the Lord be with you!" ²⁹ At this she was startled; she thought to herself, whatever can this greeting mean? ³⁰ But the angel said to her, "Fear not, Mary, you have found favour with God. ³¹ You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must call his name Jesus. ³² He will be great, he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father; ³³ he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and to his reign there will be no end." ³⁴ "How can this be?" said Mary to the angel, "I have no husband." ³⁵ The angel answered her, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence what is born will be called holy, Son of God. ³⁶ Look, there is your kinswoman Elizabeth! Even she has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month; ³⁷ for with God nothing is ever impossible." ³⁸ Mary said, "I am here to serve the Lord. Let it be as you have said." Then the angel went away. ³⁹ In those days Mary started with haste for the hill-country, for a town of Judah; ⁴⁰ she entered the house of Zechariah and saluted Elizabeth, ⁴¹ and when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leapt in her womb. Then Elizabeth was filled with the holy Spirit; ⁴² she called out with a loud cry, "Blessed among women are you, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! ⁴³ What have I done to have the mother of my Lord come to me? ⁴⁴ Why, as soon as the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the babe leapt for joy within my womb. ⁴⁵ And blessed is she who believed that the Lord's words to her would be fulfilled." ⁴⁶ Then Mary said "My soul magnifies the Lord, ⁴⁷ My spirit has joy in God my Saviour: ⁴⁸ for he has considered the humiliation of his servant. From this time forth all generations will call me blessed, ⁴⁹ for He who is Mighty has done great things for me. His name is holy, ⁵⁰ his mercy is on generation after generation, for those who reverence him. ⁵¹ He has done a deed of might with his arm, he has scattered the proud with their purposes, ⁵² princes he has dethroned and the poor he has uplifted, ⁵³ he has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty. ⁵⁴ He has succoured his servant Israel, mindful of his mercy ⁵⁵ as he promised our fathers, to have mercy on Abraham and his offspring for ever." ⁵⁶ Mary stayed with her about three months and then returned home. ⁵⁷ Now the time for Elizabeth's delivery had elapsed, and she gave birth to a son. ⁵⁸ When her neighbours and kinsfolk heard of the Lord's great mercy to her they rejoiced with her, ⁵⁹ and on the eighth day came to circumcise the child. They were going to call it by the name of its father Zechariah, ⁶⁰ but the mother told them, "No, the child is to be called John." ⁶¹ They said to her, "None of your family is called by that name." ⁶² Then they made signs to the father, to find out what he wanted the child to be called, ⁶³ and he asked for a writing-tablet and wrote down, "His name is John," to the astonishment of all. ⁶⁴ Instantly his mouth was opened, his tongue loosed, and he spoke out blessing God. ⁶⁵ Then fear fell on all their neighbours, and all these events were talked of through the whole of the hill-country of Judaea. ⁶⁶ All who heard of it bore it in mind; they said, "Whatever will this child become?" For the hand of the Lord was indeed with him. ⁶⁷ And Zechariah his father was filled with the holy Spirit; he prophesied in these words, ⁶⁸ "Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, for he has cared for his people and wrought them redemption; ⁶⁹ he has raised up a strong saviour for us in the house of his servant David ⁷⁰ as he promised of old by the lips of his prophets ⁷¹ to save us from our foes and from the hand of all who hate us, ⁷² to deal mercifully with our fathers and to be mindful of his holy covenant, ⁷³ of the oath he swore to Abraham our father, ⁷⁴ that freed from fear and from the hand of our foes we should worship him ⁷⁵ in holiness and uprightness all our days within his presence. ⁷⁶ And you, my child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go in front of the Lord to make his ways ready, ⁷⁷ to bring his people the knowledge of salvation through the remission of their sins ⁷⁸ by the tender mercy of our God, who will make the Dawn visit us from on high, ⁷⁹ to shine on those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our steps into the way of peace." ⁸⁰ And the child grew, he became strong in the Spirit and remained in the desert till the day when he made his appearance before Israel.

¹ The birth-roll of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

¹⁶ Jacob the father of Joseph, and Joseph (to whom the virgin Mary was betrothed) the father of Jesus, who is called 'Christ.'

¹⁸ The birth of [Jesus] Christ came about thus. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was discovered to be pregnant by the holy Spirit.

²⁰ but after he had planned this, there appeared an angel of the Lord to him in a dream saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her comes from the holy Spirit.

²⁰ but after he had planned this, there appeared an angel of the Lord to him in a dream saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her comes from the holy Spirit. ²¹ She will bear a son, and you will call him 'Jesus,' for he will save his people from their sins."

²¹ She will bear a son, and you will call him 'Jesus,' for he will save his people from their sins."

²³ The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

²⁵ but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

¹ Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem, belonging to Judaea, in the days of king Herod, magicians from the East arrived at Jerusalem,

²³ He went and settled in a town called Nazaret, so that what had been said by the prophets might be fulfilled: 'He shall be called a Nazarene.'

¹ In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea,

¹ In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea, ² "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near." ³ (This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.')

³ (This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.') ⁴ This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey.

⁴ This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem and the whole of Judaea and all the Jordan-district went out to him ⁶ and got baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But when he noticed a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath? ⁸ Now, produce fruit that answers to your repentance, ⁹ instead of presuming to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones! ¹⁰ The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

¹¹ I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire. ¹² His winnowing-fan is in his hand, he will clean out his threshing-floor, his wheat he will gather into the granary, but the straw he will burn with fire unquenchable."

¹⁴ John tried to prevent him; "I need to get baptized by you," he said, "and you come to me!"

³ So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

¹⁶ The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, yea light dawned on those who sat in the land and the shadow of death.

⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for goodness! they will be satisfied.

³³ and when the daemon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. Then the crowd marvelled; they said, "Such a thing has never been seen in Israel!"

⁷ As the disciples of John went away, Jesus proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

⁹ Come, why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

⁹ Come, why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet. ¹⁰ This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you.

¹⁰ This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you. ¹¹ I tell you truly, no one has arisen among the sons of women who is greater than John the Baptist, and yet the least in the Realm of heaven is greater than he is. ¹² From the days of John the Baptist till now the Realm of heaven suffers violence, and the violent press into it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied of it until John: — ¹⁴ if you care to believe it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

¹⁴ if you care to believe it, he is the Elijah who is to come. ¹⁵ He who has an ear, let him listen to this. ¹⁶ But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplace, who call to their playmates, ¹⁷ 'We piped to you and you would not dance, we lamented and you would not beat your breasts.' ¹⁸ For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and men say, 'He has a devil'; ¹⁹ the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

²⁸ Come to me, all who are labouring and burdened, and I will refresh you. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find your souls refreshed;

⁴² The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

⁴⁸ But he replied to the man who told him this, "Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?"

⁴ since John had told him, "You have no right to her." ⁵ He was anxious to kill him but he was afraid of the people, for they held John to be a prophet.

²⁷ Then Jesus spoke to them at once; "Courage," he said, "it is I, have no fear."

³³ and the men in the boat worshipped him, saying, "You are certainly God's Son."

¹¹ He replied, "Elijah to come and restore all things? ¹² Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him — they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way."

¹⁰ See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels in heaven always look on the face of my Father in heaven.

²⁶ Jesus looked at them and said, "This is impossible for men, but anything is possible for God."

²⁶ And if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."

²⁹ he replied, 'I will go, sir,' but he did not go. ³⁰ The man went to the second and said the same to him; he replied, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changed his mind and did go. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you. ³² For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.

³² For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.

⁶³ Jesus said nothing. Then the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!" ⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

⁵⁴ Now when the army-captain and his men who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were dreadfully afraid; they said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

⁵ but the angel addressed the women, saying, "Have no fear; I know you are looking for the crucified Jesus.

¹⁸ Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

¹ THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ [the Son of God]. ² As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you: ³ the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him' —

³ the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him' — ⁴ John appeared baptizing in the desert and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

²⁴ "Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? We know who you are, you are God's holy One."

¹⁴ The sower sows the word.

⁷ shrieking aloud, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? By God, I adjure you, do not torture me."

¹³ And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned.

³ Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.

⁴⁹ but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost and shrieked aloud — ⁵⁰ for they all saw him and were terrified. Then he spoke to them at once; "Courage," he said, "it is I, have no fear."

³² And a deaf man who stammered was brought to him, with the request that he would lay his hand on him. ³³ So taking him aside from the crowd by himself, he put his fingers into the man's ears, touched his tongue with saliva, ³⁴ and looking up to heaven with a sigh he said to him, "Ephphatha" (which means, Open). ³⁵ Then his ears were [at once] opened and his tongue freed from its fetter — he began to speak correctly. ³⁶ Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more eagerly they made it public; ³⁷ they were astounded in the extreme, saying, "How splendidly he has done everything! He actually makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

¹¹ So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?" ¹² He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected. ¹³ As for Elijah, I tell you he has come already, and they have done to him whatever they pleased — as it is written of him."

¹⁹ He answered them, "O faithless generation, how long must I still be with you? how long have I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

²⁷ Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God: anything is possible for God."

¹⁰ Blessed be the Reign to come, our father David's reign. Hosanna in high heaven!"

³² No, let us say, From men" — but they were afraid of the multitude, for the people all held John had been really a prophet.

³⁶ David himself said in the holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.'

⁶¹ He said nothing and made no answer. Again the high priest put a question to him. "Are you the Christ?" he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

⁵ and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered,

⁵ and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered, ⁶ but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid.

⁶ but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid.

¹⁴ Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

¹ Inasmuch as a number of writers have essayed to draw up a narrative of the established facts in our religion

⁵ In the days of Herod king of Judaea there was a priest called Zechariah, who belonged to the division of Abijah; he had a wife who belonged to the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

⁷ but they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren. Both of them were advanced in years.

¹² When Zechariah saw him he was troubled, and fear fell on him; ¹³ but the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John. ¹⁴ It will be joy and gladness for you, and many will rejoice over his birth: ¹⁵ for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, he will drink neither wine nor strong drink, he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth; ¹⁶ he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,

¹⁶ he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God, ¹⁷ he will go in front of Him with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, turning the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make a people ready and prepared for the Lord."

¹⁹ The angel replied, "I am Gabriel, I stand before God; I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. ²⁰ But you will be silent and unable to speak till the day this happens, because you have not believed what I told you; it will be accomplished, for all that, in due time."

²² When he did come out he could not speak to them, so they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary; he made signs to them and remained dumb.

²⁵ "The Lord has done this for me," she said, "he has now deigned to remove my reproach among men." ²⁶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazaret, ²⁷ to a maiden who was betrothed to a man called Joseph, belonging to the house of David. The maiden's name was Mary. ²⁸ The angel went in and said to her, "Hail, O favoured one! the Lord be with you!" ²⁹ At this she was startled; she thought to herself, whatever can this greeting mean? ³⁰ But the angel said to her, "Fear not, Mary, you have found favour with God. ³¹ You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must call his name Jesus. ³² He will be great, he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father;

³² He will be great, he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father;

³⁴ "How can this be?" said Mary to the angel, "I have no husband." ³⁵ The angel answered her, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence what is born will be called holy, Son of God.

³⁹ In those days Mary started with haste for the hill-country, for a town of Judah;

⁴¹ and when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leapt in her womb. Then Elizabeth was filled with the holy Spirit; ⁴² she called out with a loud cry, "Blessed among women are you, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

⁴⁴ Why, as soon as the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the babe leapt for joy within my womb. ⁴⁵ And blessed is she who believed that the Lord's words to her would be fulfilled."

⁴⁸ for he has considered the humiliation of his servant. From this time forth all generations will call me blessed,

⁵⁴ He has succoured his servant Israel, mindful of his mercy ⁵⁵ as he promised our fathers, to have mercy on Abraham and his offspring for ever."

⁵⁸ When her neighbours and kinsfolk heard of the Lord's great mercy to her they rejoiced with her,

⁶⁰ but the mother told them, "No, the child is to be called John."

⁶⁰ but the mother told them, "No, the child is to be called John." ⁶¹ They said to her, "None of your family is called by that name." ⁶² Then they made signs to the father, to find out what he wanted the child to be called,

⁶² Then they made signs to the father, to find out what he wanted the child to be called, ⁶³ and he asked for a writing-tablet and wrote down, "His name is John," to the astonishment of all.

⁶³ and he asked for a writing-tablet and wrote down, "His name is John," to the astonishment of all.

⁶⁵ Then fear fell on all their neighbours, and all these events were talked of through the whole of the hill-country of Judaea. ⁶⁶ All who heard of it bore it in mind; they said, "Whatever will this child become?" For the hand of the Lord was indeed with him. ⁶⁷ And Zechariah his father was filled with the holy Spirit; he prophesied in these words,

⁷⁰ as he promised of old by the lips of his prophets ⁷¹ to save us from our foes and from the hand of all who hate us,

⁷¹ to save us from our foes and from the hand of all who hate us, ⁷² to deal mercifully with our fathers and to be mindful of his holy covenant, ⁷³ of the oath he swore to Abraham our father, ⁷⁴ that freed from fear and from the hand of our foes we should worship him

⁷⁴ that freed from fear and from the hand of our foes we should worship him ⁷⁵ in holiness and uprightness all our days within his presence. ⁷⁶ And you, my child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go in front of the Lord to make his ways ready,

⁸⁰ And the child grew, he became strong in the Spirit and remained in the desert till the day when he made his appearance before Israel.

⁴ and as Joseph belonged to the house and family of David he went up from Galilee to Judaea, from the town of Nazaret to David's town called Bethlehem,

⁴ and as Joseph belonged to the house and family of David he went up from Galilee to Judaea, from the town of Nazaret to David's town called Bethlehem, ⁵ to be registered along with Mary his wife. She was pregnant, ⁶ and while they were there the days elapsed for her delivery; ⁷ she gave birth to her firstborn son, and as there was no room for them inside the khan she wrapped him up and laid him in a stall for cattle.

⁹ and an angel of the Lord flashed upon them, the glory of the Lord shone all round them. They were terribly afraid, ¹⁰ but the angel said to them, "Have no fear. This is good news I am bringing you, news of a great joy that is meant for all the People.

¹⁰ but the angel said to them, "Have no fear. This is good news I am bringing you, news of a great joy that is meant for all the People. ¹¹ To-day you have a saviour born in the town of David, the Lord messiah.

¹⁹ and as for Mary, she treasured it all up and mused upon it.

²¹ When the eight days had passed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus — the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

³² to be a light of revelation for the Gentiles and a glory to thy people Israel."

³⁸ Now at that very hour she came up, and she offered praise to God and spoke of him to all who were on the outlook for the redemption of Jerusalem.

⁴⁰ And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the favour of God was on him.

⁵¹ Then he went down along with them to Nazaret, and did as they told him. His mother treasured up everything in her heart. ⁵² And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man.

³ and he went into all the Jordan-district preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins — ⁴ as it is written in the book of the sayings of the prophet Isaiah, The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him. ⁵ Every valley shall be filled up, every hill and mound laid low, the crooked made straight, the rough roads smooth; ⁶ so shall all flesh see the saving power of God.'

⁶ so shall all flesh see the saving power of God.' ⁷ To the crowds who came out to get baptized by him John said, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath? ⁸ Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones! ⁹ The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." ¹⁰ The crowds asked him, "Then what are we to do?" ¹¹ He replied, "Let everyone who possesses two shirts share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise." ¹² Taxgatherers also came to get baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what are we to do?" ¹³ He said to them, "Never exact more than your fixed rate." ¹⁴ Soldiers also asked him, "And what are we to do?" He said to them, "Never extort money, never lay a false charge, but be content with your pay."

¹⁶ John said to them all, "I baptize you with water, but after me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

¹ From the Jordan Jesus came back full of the holy Spirit,

²¹ Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

²⁴ But woe to you rich folk! you get all the comforts you will ever get.

³⁵ No, you must love your enemies and help them, you must lend to them without expecting any return; then you will have a rich reward, you will be sons of the Most High for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the evil.

⁷ and so I did not consider myself fit even to come to you. Just say the word, and let my servant be cured.

¹⁶ All were seized with awe and glorified God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, "God has visited his people."

²⁷ This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face, to prepare the way for you. ²⁸ I tell you, among the sons of women there is none greater than John, and yet the least in the Realm of God is greater than he is."

²⁸ I tell you, among the sons of women there is none greater than John, and yet the least in the Realm of God is greater than he is."

³³ For John the Baptist has come, eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a devil';

⁴⁷ Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love." ⁴⁸ And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." ⁴⁹ His fellow guests began to say to themselves, "Who is this, to forgive even sins?" ⁵⁰ But he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

⁴⁴ "Let these words sink into your ears: 'the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men.'"

²⁷ While he was saying this, a woman shouted to him out of the crowd, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts you sucked!"

²⁷ While he was saying this, a woman shouted to him out of the crowd, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts you sucked!" ²⁸ But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"

¹⁶ And he told them a parable. "A rich man's estate bore heavy crops. ¹⁷ So he debated, 'What am I to do? I have no room to store my crops.' ¹⁸ And he said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my granaries and build larger ones, where I can store all my produce and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample stores laid up for many a year; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."' ²⁰ But God said to him, 'Foolish man, this very night your soul is wanted; and who will get all you have prepared?' ²¹ So fares the man who lays up treasure for himself instead of gaining the riches of God."

³² Fear not, you little flock, for your Father is delighted to give you the Realm.

¹⁵ So he told them, "You are the people who get men to think you are good, but God knows what your hearts are! What is lofty in the view of man is loathsome in the eyes of God.

¹⁹ There was a rich man, clad in purple and fine linen, who lived sumptuously every day. ²⁰ Outside his door lay a poor man called Lazarus; he was a mass of ulcers, ²¹ and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.) ²² Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died too, and was buried. ²³ And as he was being tortured in Hades he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his bosom; ²⁴ so he called out, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me, send Lazarus to dip his fingertip in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in these flames.' ²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, you got all the bliss when you were alive, just as Lazarus got the ills of life; he is in comfort now, and you are in anguish.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer. ¹² Twice a week I fast; on all my income I pay tithes.' ¹³ But the taxgatherer stood far away and would not lift even his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'O God, have mercy on me for my sins!' ¹⁴ I tell you, he went home accepted by God rather than the other man; for everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

¹⁴ I tell you, he went home accepted by God rather than the other man; for everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

²⁴ So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God! ²⁵ Why, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Realm of God."

²⁷ He said, "What is impossible for men is possible for God."

³⁸ saying, "Blessed be the king who comes in the Lord's name! Peace in heaven and glory in the High places!"

⁴⁴ and raze you and your children within you to the ground, leaving not one stone upon another within you — and all because you would not understand when God was visiting you."

⁴² Why, David himself says in the book of psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, ⁴³ till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.' ⁴⁴ David then calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?"

²⁶ Had not the Christ to suffer thus and so enter his glory?" ²⁷ Then he began with Moses and all the prophets and interpreted to them the passages referring to himself throughout the scriptures.

³⁶ Just as they were speaking He stood among them [and said to them, "Peace to you!"] ³⁷ They were scared and terrified, imagining it was a ghost they saw; ³⁸ but he said to them, "Why are you upset? Why do doubts invade your mind? ³⁹ Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have." ⁴⁰ [With these words he showed them his hands and feet.]

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

⁴⁸ To this you must bear testimony.

⁷ he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him. ⁸ He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony to the Light that he appeared. ⁹ The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world:

⁹ The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world:

¹³ who owe this birth of theirs to God, not to human blood, nor to any impulse of the flesh or of man.

¹⁵ (John testified to him with the cry, 'This was he of whom I said, my successor has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.') ¹⁶ For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness; ¹⁷ while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.

²¹ They asked him, "Then what are you? Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered. ²² "Then who are you?" they said; "tell us, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?" ²³ He said, "I am the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'level the way for the Lord' — as the prophet Isaiah said."

²³ He said, "I am the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'level the way for the Lord' — as the prophet Isaiah said." ²⁴ Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him; ²⁵ so they asked him, saying, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?" ²⁶ "I am baptizing with water," John replied, "but my successor is among you, One whom you do not recognize, ²⁷ and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandal."

²⁷ and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandal." ²⁸ This took place at Bethany on the opposite side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ Next day he observed Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, there is the lamb of God, who is to remove the sin of the world!

²⁹ Next day he observed Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, there is the lamb of God, who is to remove the sin of the world! ³⁰ That is he of whom I said, 'The man who is to succeed me has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.' ³¹ I myself did not recognize him; I only came to baptize with water, in order that he might be disclosed to Israel."

³⁴ Now I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."

⁴⁵ he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets — it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret." ⁴⁶ "Nazaret!" said Nathanael, "can anything good come out of Nazaret?" "Come and see," said Philip.

⁴⁹ "Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"

¹⁶ For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

²⁷ John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven. ²⁸ You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'

²⁸ You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.' ²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is heartily glad at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Such is my joy, and it is complete. ³⁰ He must wax, I must wane." ³¹ He who comes from above is far above all others; he who springs from earth belongs to earth and speaks of earth; he who comes from heaven [is far above all others. ³² He] is testifying to what he has seen and heard, and yet no one accepts his testimony. ³³ Whoever does accept it, certifies to the truth of God. ³⁴ For he whom God has sent utters the words of God — God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure; ³⁵ the Father loves the Son and has given him control over everything. ³⁶ He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life — God's anger broods over him."

²¹ for as the Father raises the dead and makes them live, so the Son makes anyone live whom he chooses. ²² Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son, ²³ that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.) ²⁴ Truly, truly I tell you, he who listens to my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life; he will incur no sentence of judgment, he has already passed from death across to life. ²⁵ Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live; ²⁶ for as the Father has life in himself, so too he has granted the Son to have life in himself, ²⁷ and also granted him authority to act as judge, since he is Son of man. ²⁸ Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice ²⁹ and come out, the doers of good to be raised to life, ill-doers to be raised for the sentence of judgment.

³⁵ he was a burning and a shining lamp, and you chose to rejoice for a while in his light.

¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to those who were reclining; so too with the fish, as much as they wanted. ¹² And when they were satisfied, he said to the disciples, "Gather up the pieces left over, so that nothing may be wasted." ¹³ They gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with pieces of the five loaves left over from the meal.

³⁵ Jesus said, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will never be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty again.

⁶⁹ and we believe, we are certain, that you are the holy One of God."

⁴¹ others said, "He is the Christ"; but others said, "No, surely the Christ does not come from Galilee?

¹² Then Jesus again addressed them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in darkness, he will enjoy the light of life."

⁵ When I am in the world, I am light for the world."

⁴⁰ "Did I not tell you," said Jesus, "if you will only believe, you shall see the glory of God?"

³⁴ So the people answered, "We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain for ever; what do you mean by saying that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?"

⁴⁶ I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.

⁵ then poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, wiping them with the towel he had tied round him. ⁶ He came to Simon Peter. "Lord," said he, "you to wash my feet!" ⁷ Jesus answered him, "You do not understand just now what I am doing, but you will understand it later on." ⁸ Said Peter, "You will never wash my feet, never!" "Unless I wash you," Jesus replied, "you will not share my lot."

¹³ You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right: that is what I am.

²⁴ Peter nodded to him, saying, "Tell us who he means."

²⁷ and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.

²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" ²⁹ Jesus said to him, "You believe because you have seen me? Blessed be those who believe though they have never seen me."

³¹ but these Signs are recorded so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing may have life through his Name.

¹ IN my former volume, Theophilus, I treated all that Jesus began by doing and teaching

¹ IN my former volume, Theophilus, I treated all that Jesus began by doing and teaching ² down to the day when, after issuing his orders by the holy Spirit to the disciples whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven. ³ After his sufferings he had shown them that he was alive by a number of proofs, revealing himself to them for forty days and discussing the affairs of God's Realm.

³ After his sufferings he had shown them that he was alive by a number of proofs, revealing himself to them for forty days and discussing the affairs of God's Realm.

⁸ You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

²¹ Well then, of the men who have been associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us — of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

⁴ and they were all filled with the holy Spirit — they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.

¹⁴ But Peter stood up along with the eleven, and raising his voice he addressed them thus: "Men of Judaea and residents in Jerusalem, let everyone of you understand this — attend to what I say: ¹⁵ these men are not drunk, as you imagine. Why, it is only nine in the morning! ¹⁶ No, this is what was predicted by the prophet Joel — ¹⁷ In the last days, saith God, then will I pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams: ¹⁸ on my very slaves and slave-girls in those days will I pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

²⁶ My heart is glad, my tongue exults, my very flesh will rest in hope, ²⁷ because thou wilt not forsake my soul in the grave, nor let thy holy one suffer decay. ²⁸ Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with delight in thy presence.

³⁰ (He was a prophet; he knew God had sworn an oath to him that he would seat one of his descendants on his throne;

³⁶ So let all the house of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this very Jesus whom you have crucified."

³⁸ "Repent," said Peter, "let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.

⁴³ Awe fell on everyone, and many wonders and signs were performed by the apostles [in Jerusalem].

¹⁹ Repent then, and turn to have your sins blotted out, so that a breathing-space may be vouchsafed you,

²¹ who must be kept in heaven till the period of the great Restoration. Ages ago God spoke of this by the lips of his holy prophets; ²² for Moses said, The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brotherhood, as he raised me: you must listen to whatever he may tell you. ²³ Any soul that will not listen to this prophet shall be exterminated from the People; ²⁴ and all the prophets who have spoken since Samuel and his successors have also announced these days. ²⁵ Now you are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, all families on earth shall be blessed in your offspring. ²⁶ It was for you first that God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."

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

²⁰ Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard."

⁵ When Ananias heard this, he fell down and expired. (Great awe came over all who heard of it.)

¹¹ Great awe came over the whole church and over all who heard about this.

¹⁹ but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors during the night and brought them out, saying,

³¹ God lifted him up to his right hand as our pioneer and saviour, in order to grant repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

³ Brothers, look out seven of your own number, men of good reputation who are full of the Spirit and of wisdom. We will appoint them to this duty,

⁸ God also gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, whom he circumcised on the eighth day, Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

⁴⁸ And yet the most High does not dwell in houses made by hands. As the prophet says,

⁵⁵ He, full of the holy Spirit, gazed up at heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

³⁶ As they travelled on, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is water! What is to prevent me being baptized?"

⁶ Get up and go into the city. There you will be told what you have to do."

³ About three o'clock in the afternoon he distinctly saw in a vision an angel of God entering and saying to him, "Cornelius." ⁴ He stared at the angel in terror, saying, "What is it?" He replied, "Your prayers and your alms have risen before God as a sacrifice to be remembered.

⁴ He stared at the angel in terror, saying, "What is it?" He replied, "Your prayers and your alms have risen before God as a sacrifice to be remembered.

¹⁷ Peter was quite at a loss to know the meaning of the vision he had seen; but just then, the messengers of Cornelius, who had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the door

³¹ saying, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, your alms are remembered by God.

³³ So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Well now, here we are all present before God to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."

³⁹ As for what he did in the land of the Jews and of Jerusalem, we can testify to that. They slew him by hanging him on a gibbet, ⁴⁰ but God raised him on the third day, and allowed him to be seen ⁴¹ not by all the People but by witnesses whom God had previously selected, by us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead,

⁴³ All the prophets testify that everyone who believes in him is to receive remission of sins through his Name."

⁴ Then Peter proceeded to put the facts before them.

²¹ the strong hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number believed and turned to the Lord.

¹⁷ He beckoned to them to keep quiet and then described to them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Report this to James," he said, "and to the brothers." And off he went to another place.

²⁴ before whose coming John had already preached a baptism of repentance for all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And as John was closing his career he said, 'What do you take me for? I am not He; no, he is coming after me, and I am not fit to untie the sandals on his feet!'

³⁸ So you must understand, my brothers, that remission of sins is proclaimed to you through him, ³⁹ and that by him everyone who believes is absolved from all that the law of Moses never could absolve you from.

¹⁹ Hence, in my opinion, we ought not to put fresh difficulties in the way of those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

²⁵ we have decided unanimously to select some of our number and send them to you along with our beloved Paul and Barnabas

²⁸ The holy Spirit and we have decided not to impose any extra burden on you, apart from these essential requirements:

¹⁷ She followed Paul and the rest of us, shrieking, "These men are servants of the Most High God, they proclaim to you the way of salvation!"

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul in a vision by night, "Have no fear, speak on and never stop, ¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one shall attack and injure you; I have many people in this city."

¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one shall attack and injure you; I have many people in this city."

²⁵ He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and he preached and taught about Jesus with ardour and accuracy, though all the baptism he knew was that of John.

⁴ "John," said Paul, "baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

¹⁷ This came to the ears of all the inhabitants of Ephesus, Jews as well as Greeks; awe fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

³³ Some of the mob concluded it must be Alexander, as the Jews pushed him to the front. So Alexander, motioning with his hand, wanted to defend himself before the people;

⁴⁰ As he gave permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people. A great hush came over them, and he addressed them as follows in Hebrew.

¹ With a steady look at the Sanhedrin Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived with a perfectly good conscience before God down to the present day."

²⁶ "Claudius Lysias, to his excellency the governor Felix: greeting.

³ we acknowledge all this with profound gratitude.

¹⁶ Hence I too endeavour to have a clear conscience before God and men all the time.

¹⁶ Now get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you to my service as a witness to what you have seen and to the visions you shall have of me.

¹⁸ that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'

²⁵ "Your excellency," said Paul to Festus, "I am not mad, I am speaking the sober truth.

²⁴ saying, 'Have no fear, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And God has granted you the lives of all your fellow-voyagers.'

²⁵ As they could not agree among themselves, they were turning to go away, when Paul added this one word: "It was an apt word that the holy Spirit spoke by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

² (which he promised of old by his prophets in the holy scriptures)

² (which he promised of old by his prophets in the holy scriptures) ³ concerning his Son, who was born of David's offspring by natural descent ⁴ and installed as Son of God with power by the Spirit of holiness when he was raised from the dead — concerning Jesus Christ our Lord,

²¹ Though they knew God, they have not glorified him as God nor given thanks to him; they have turned to futile speculations till their ignorant minds grew dark.

¹⁸ understanding his will, and with a sense of what is vital in religion; if you are instructed by the Law

³ Even supposing some of them have proved untrustworthy, is their faithlessness to cancel the faithfulness of God?

⁹ Well now, are we Jews in a better position? Not at all. I have already charged all, Jews as well as Greeks, with being under sin — ¹⁰ as it is written, None is righteous, no, not one; ¹¹ no one understands, no one seeks for God. ¹² All have swerved, one and all have gone wrong, no one does good, not a single one. ¹³ Their throat is an open grave, they are treacherous with their tongues, the venom of an asp lies under their lips. ¹⁴ Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, ¹⁵ their feet are swift for bloodshed, ¹⁶ their ways bring destruction and calamity, ¹⁷ they know nothing of the way of peace;

¹⁷ they know nothing of the way of peace; ¹⁸ there is no reverence for God before their eyes. ¹⁹ Whatever the Law says, we know, it says to those who are inside the Law, that every mouth may be shut and all the world made answerable to God; ²⁰ for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin. ²¹ But now we have a righteousness of God disclosed apart from law altogether; it is attested by the Law and the prophets, ²² but it is a righteousness of God which comes by believing in Jesus Christ. And it is meant for all who have faith. No distinctions are drawn. ²³ All have sinned, all come short of the glory of God, ²⁴ but they are justified for nothing by his grace through the ransom provided in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God put forward as the means of propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to demonstrate the justice of God in view of the fact that sins previously committed during the time of God's forbearance had been passed over;

²⁵ whom God put forward as the means of propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to demonstrate the justice of God in view of the fact that sins previously committed during the time of God's forbearance had been passed over;

⁶ Just as David himself describes the bliss of the man who has righteousness counted to him by God apart from what he does — ⁷ Blessed are they whose breaches of the Law are forgiven, whose sins are covered! ⁸ Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not count to him.

¹⁹ His faith never quailed, even when he noted the utter impotence of his own body (for he was about a hundred years old) or the impotence of Sara's womb; ²⁰ no unbelief made him waver about God's promise; his faith won strength as he gave glory to God ²¹ and felt convinced that He was able to do what He had promised.

¹¹ Not only so, but we triumph in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we now enjoy our reconciliation.

²² but now that you are set free from sin, now that you have passed into the service of God, your gain is consecration, and the end of that is life eternal.

¹⁵ You have received no slavish spirit that would make you relapse into fear; you have received the Spirit of sonship. And when we cry, "Abba! Father!",

³¹ Now what follows from all this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

⁵ the patriarchs are theirs, and theirs too (so far as natural descent goes) is the Christ. (Blessed for evermore be the God who is over all! Amen.) ⁶ It is not, of course, as if God's word had failed! Far from it! 'Israel' does not mean everyone who belongs to Israel;

²³ What if he means to show the wealth that lies in his glory for the objects of his mercy, whom he has made ready beforehand to receive glory —

²⁸ So far as the gospel goes, they are enemies of God — which is to your advantage; but so far as election goes, they are beloved for their father's sake.

²⁸ So far as the gospel goes, they are enemies of God — which is to your advantage; but so far as election goes, they are beloved for their father's sake. ²⁹ For God never goes back upon his gifts and call.

¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

¹⁶ as a priest of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the service of God's gospel. My aim is to make the Gentiles an acceptable offering, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

²⁶ Why, look at your own ranks, my brothers; not many wise men (that is, judged by human standards), not many leading men, not many of good birth, have been called!

²⁶ Why, look at your own ranks, my brothers; not many wise men (that is, judged by human standards), not many leading men, not many of good birth, have been called! ²⁷ No, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame what is strong; ²⁸ God has chosen what is mean and despised in the world — things which are not, to put down things that are;

³¹ so that, as it is written, let him who boasts boast of the Lord.

¹ This is how you are to look upon us, as servants of Christ and stewards of God's secret truths.

⁸ You Corinthians have your heart's desire already, have you? You have heaven's rich bliss already! You have come into your kingdom without us! I wish indeed you had come into your kingdom, so that we could share it with you!

⁹ What! do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Realm of God? Make no mistake about it; neither the immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor catamites nor sodomites ¹⁰ nor thieves nor the lustful nor the drunken nor the abusive nor robbers will inherit the Realm of God. ¹¹ Some of you were once like that; but you washed yourselves clean, you were consecrated, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

⁴⁰ However, she is happier if she remains as she is; that is my opinion — and I suppose I have the Spirit of God as well as other people!

² I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you.

²⁶ Thus if one member suffers, all the members share its suffering; if one member is honoured, all the members share its honour.

¹⁹ but in church I would rather say five words with my own mind for the instruction of other people than ten thousand words in a 'tongue.'

²⁴ Then comes the end, when he hands over his royal power to God the Father, after putting down all other rulers, all other authorities and powers. ²⁵ For he must reign until all his foes are put under his feet.

¹² As for our brother Apollos, I urged him to accompany the other brothers on a visit to you; he will come as soon as he has time, but for the present it is not the will of God that he should visit you.

¹² My proud boast is the testimony of my conscience that holiness and godly sincerity, not worldly cunning but the grace of God, have marked my conduct in the outside world and in particular my relations with you.

¹⁴ Wherever I go, thank God, he makes my life a constant pageant of triumph in Christ, diffusing the perfume of his knowledge everywhere by me.

⁵ I demolish theories and any rampart thrown up to resist the knowledge of God, I take every project prisoner to make it obey Christ,

¹⁵ But the God who had set me apart from my very birth called me by his grace,

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, Christ lives in me; the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

¹⁵ To take an illustration from human life, my brothers. Once a man's will is ratified, no one else annuls it or adds a codicil to it. ¹⁶ Now the Promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring; it is not said, 'and to your offsprings' in the plural, but in the singular and to your offspring — which is Christ. ¹⁷ My point is this: the Law which arose four hundred and thirty years later does not repeal a will previously ratified by God, so as to cancel the Promise.

²⁹ Now if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring; in virtue of the Promise, you are heirs.

⁴ but when the time had fully expired, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

⁶ Those who are taught must share all the blessings of life with those who teach them the Word.

¹⁶ On all who will be guided by this rule, may peace and mercy rest, even upon the Israel of God.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who in Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly sphere! ⁴ He chose us in him ere the world was founded, to be consecrated and unblemished in his sight,

⁶ redounding to the praise of his glorious grace bestowed on us in the Beloved, ⁷ in whom we enjoy our redemption, the forgiveness of our trespasses, by the blood he shed.

²⁰ which he exerted in raising Christ from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly sphere, ²¹ above all the angelic Rulers, Authorities, Powers, and Lords, above every Name that is to be named not only in this age but in the age to come — ²² he has put everything under his feet and set him as head over everything for the church, ²³ the church which is his Body, filled by him who fills the universe entirely.

³ among whom all of us lived, we as well as you, when we obeyed the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of the flesh and its impulses, when we were objects of God's anger by nature, like the rest of men. ⁴ But, dead in trespasses as we were, God was so rich in mercy that for his great love to us ⁵ he made us live together with Christ (it is by grace you have been saved);

¹⁰ God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.

⁷ Such is the gospel which I was called to serve by the endowment of God's grace which was vouchsafed me, by the energy of his power; ⁸ less than the least of all saints as I am, this grace was vouchsafed me, that I should bring the Gentiles the gospel of the fathomless wealth of Christ

²⁰ Now to him who by the action of his power within us can do all things, aye far more than we ever ask or imagine,

¹¹ he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach, ¹² for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ,

²⁴ putting on the new nature, that divine pattern which has been created in the upright and pious character of the Truth.

⁸ For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light

¹⁴ Thus it is said, 'Wake up, O sleeper, and rise from the dead; so Christ will shine upon you.'

¹⁸ and do not get drunk with wine — that means profligacy — but be filled with the Spirit,

⁸ (God is my witness that I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself!)

¹ So by all the stimulus of Christ, by every incentive of love, by all your participation in the Spirit, by all your affectionate tenderness,

³ never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man,

⁹ Therefore God raised him high and conferred on him a Name above all names, ¹⁰ so that before the Name of Jesus every knee should bend in heaven, on earth, and underneath the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue confess that 'Jesus Christ is Lord,' to the glory of God the Father.

¹⁵ so as to be blameless and innocent, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverse generation where you shine like stars in a dark world;

³ We are the true Circumcision, we who worship God in spirit, we who pride ourselves on Christ Jesus, we who rely upon no outward privilege.

⁵ I was circumcised on the eighth day after birth; I belonged to the race of Israel, to the tribe of Benjamin; I was the Hebrew son of Hebrew parents, a Pharisee as regards the Law, ⁶ in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness. ⁷ But for Christ's sake I have learned to count my former gains a loss; ⁸ indeed I count anything a loss, compared to the supreme value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything (I count it all the veriest refuse) in order to gain Christ

⁸ indeed I count anything a loss, compared to the supreme value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything (I count it all the veriest refuse) in order to gain Christ ⁹ and be found at death in him, possessing no legal righteousness of my own but the righteousness of faith in Christ, the divine righteousness that rests on faith.

²¹ who will transform the body that belongs to our low estate till it resembles the body of his Glory, by the same power that enables him to make everything subject to himself.

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

¹² thanking the Father who has qualified us to share the lot of the saints in the Light,

²² so as to set you consecrated and unblemished and irreproachable in his presence — ²³ that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister. ²⁴ I am suffering now on your behalf, but I rejoice in that; I would make up the full sum of all that Christ has to suffer in my person on behalf of the church, his Body; ²⁵ for I am a minister of the church by the divine commission which has been granted me in your interests, to make a full presentation of God's message —

¹² As God's own chosen, then, as consecrated and beloved, be clothed with compassion, kindliness, humility, gentleness, and good temper — ¹³ so as to strengthen your hearts and make them blameless in holiness before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. [Amen.]

¹ Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.

⁷ God did not call us to be impure but to be consecrated;

⁴ But, brothers, you are not in the darkness for the Day to surprise you like thieves; ⁵ you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

¹³ Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth;

¹ Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our Hope,

³ it is good to pray thus, it is acceptable to our Saviour,

¹⁶ And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? — it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."

⁷ for God has not given us a timid spirit but a spirit of power and love and discipline.

⁹ who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration — not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

¹³ if we are faithless, he remains faithful" — for he cannot be untrue to himself.

²¹ If one will only keep clear of the latter, he will be put to noble use, he will be consecrated and useful to the Owner of the House, he will be set apart for good work of all kinds.

¹⁷ But the Lord supported me and gave me strength to make a full statement of the gospel and let all the heathen hear it. I was rescued from the jaws of the lion.

² serving in hope of the life eternal which God, who never lies, promised ages ago — ³ he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: —

¹⁰ not to embezzle, but to prove themselves truly faithful at all points, so as to be an ornament to the doctrine of God our Saviour in all respects. ¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared to save all men, ¹² and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world, ¹³ awaiting the blessed hope of the appearance of the Glory of the great God and of our Saviour Christ Jesus,

¹³ awaiting the blessed hope of the appearance of the Glory of the great God and of our Saviour Christ Jesus, ¹⁴ who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

³ For we ourselves were once senseless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to all manner of passions and pleasures; we spent our days in malice and envy, we were hateful, and we hated one another. ⁴ But "the goodness and affection of God our Saviour appeared;

⁴ But "the goodness and affection of God our Saviour appeared; ⁵ and he saved us, not for anything we had done but from his own pity for us, by the water that means regeneration and renewal under the holy Spirit

⁵ and he saved us, not for anything we had done but from his own pity for us, by the water that means regeneration and renewal under the holy Spirit ⁶ which he poured upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour,

⁶ which he poured upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, ⁷ that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs to the hope of life eternal."

² but in these days at the end he has spoken to us by a Son — a Son whom he appointed heir of the universe, as it was by him that he created the world. ³ He, reflecting God's bright glory and stamped with God's own character, sustains the universe with his word of power; when he had secured our purification from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high; ⁴ and thus he is superior to the angels, as he has inherited a Name superior to theirs. ⁵ For to what angel did God ever say, 'Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father'? Or again, 'I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me'? ⁶ And further, when introducing the Firstborn into the world, he says, 'Let all God's angels worship him.' ⁷ While he says of angels, 'Who makes his angels into winds, his servants into flames of fire,' ⁸ he says of the Son, 'God is thy throne for ever and ever, thy royal sceptre is the sceptre of equity:

⁸ he says of the Son, 'God is thy throne for ever and ever, thy royal sceptre is the sceptre of equity:

¹⁴ Are not all angels merely spirits in the divine service, commissioned for the benefit of those who are to inherit salvation?

³ how shall we escape the penalty for neglecting a salvation which was originally proclaimed by the Lord himself and guaranteed to us by those who heard him,

¹⁵ and release from thraldom those who lay under a life-long fear of death.

⁷ Therefore, as the holy Spirit says, To-day, when you hear his voice,

¹⁴ As we have a great high priest, then, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession; ¹⁵ for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning.

¹³ For in making a promise to Abraham God swore by himself (since he could swear by none greater),

¹³ For in making a promise to Abraham God swore by himself (since he could swear by none greater), ¹⁴ I will indeed bless you and multiply you. ¹⁵ Thus it was that Abraham by his stedfastness obtained what he had been promised. ¹⁶ For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute,

¹⁶ For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute, ¹⁷ God, in his desire to afford the heirs of the Promise a special proof of the solid character of his purpose, interposed with an oath;

¹⁷ God, in his desire to afford the heirs of the Promise a special proof of the solid character of his purpose, interposed with an oath; ¹⁸ so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,

¹⁸ so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,

²⁶ Such was the high priest for us, saintly, innocent, unstained, lifted high above the heavens, far from all contact with the sinful, ²⁷ one who has no need, like yonder high priests, day by day to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for those of the People — he did that once for all in offering up himself. ²⁸ For the Law appoints human beings in their weakness to the priesthood; but the word of the Oath appoints a Son who is made perfect for ever.

⁶ Such were the arrangements for worship. The priests constantly enter the first tent, in the discharge of their ritual duties,

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who in the spirit of the eternal offered himself as an unblemished sacrifice to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve a living God?

²⁴ For Christ has not entered a holy place which human hands have made (a mere type of the reality!); he has entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.

¹¹ It was by faith that even Sara got strength to conceive, bearing a son when she was past the age for it — because she considered she could rely on Him who gave the promise.

² our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith — upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁶ So that we can say confidently, The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can men do to me?

⁹ Let a brother of low position exult when he is raised; ¹⁰ but let one who is rich exult in being lowered; for the rich will pass away like the flower of the grass —

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him? ⁶ Now you insult the poor. Is it not the rich who lord it over you and drag you to court?

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

¹ Come now, you rich men, weep and shriek over your impending miseries! ² your wealth lies rotting, and your clothes are moth-eaten; ³ your gold and silver lie rusted over, and their rust will be evidence against you, it will devour your flesh like fire. [Moved to the end of 5:1] You have been storing up treasure in the very last days; ⁴ See, the wages of which you have defrauded the workmen who mowed your fields call out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. ⁵ You have revelled on earth and plunged into dissipation; you have fattened yourselves as for the Day of slaughter; ⁶ you have condemned, you have murdered the righteous — unresisting.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a life of hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

⁸ You never knew him, but you love him; for the moment you do not see him, but you believe in him, and you will thrill with an unspeakable and glorious joy

¹² to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this!

¹⁴ Be obedient children, instead of moulding yourselves to the passions that once ruled the days of your ignorance; ¹⁵ as He who called you is holy, so you must be holy too in all your conduct — ¹⁶ for it is written, You shall be holy because I am holy.

⁹ But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light —

¹ Now I make this appeal to your presbyters (for I am a presbyter myself, I was a witness of what Christ suffered and I am to share the glory that will be revealed),

⁵ You younger men must also submit to the presbyters. Indeed you must all put on the apron of humility to serve one another, for the haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace.

⁴ bestowing on us thereby promises precious and supreme, that by means of them you may escape the corruption produced within the world by lust, and participate in the divine nature — ⁵ for this very reason, do you contrive to make it your whole concern to furnish your faith with resolution, resolution with intelligence, ⁶ intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety, ⁷ piety with brotherliness, brotherliness with Christian love. ⁸ For as these qualities exist and increase with you, they render you active and fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁵ Yes, and I will see to it that even when I am gone, you will keep this constantly in mind. ¹⁶ For it was no fabricated fables that we followed when we reported to you the power and advent of our Lord Jesus Christ; we were admitted to the spectacle of his sovereignty,

¹⁶ For it was no fabricated fables that we followed when we reported to you the power and advent of our Lord Jesus Christ; we were admitted to the spectacle of his sovereignty,

¹⁶ For it was no fabricated fables that we followed when we reported to you the power and advent of our Lord Jesus Christ; we were admitted to the spectacle of his sovereignty, ¹⁷ when he was invested with honour and glory by God the Father, and when the following voice was borne to him from the sublime Glory, "This is my son, the Beloved, in whom I delight." ¹⁸ That voice borne from heaven we heard, we who were beside him on the sacred hill, ¹⁹ and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts —

¹⁹ and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts —

²¹ for prophecy never came by human impulse, it was when carried away by the holy Spirit that the holy men of God spoke.

¹¹ Now as all things are thus to be dissolved, what holy and pious men ought you to be in your behaviour, ¹² you who expect and hasten the advent of the Day of God, which dissolves the heavens in fire and makes the stars blaze and melt! ¹³ It is new heavens and a new earth that we expect, as He has promised, and in them dwells righteousness. ¹⁴ Then, beloved, as you are expecting this, be eager to be found by him unspotted and unblemished in serene assurance.

¹⁴ Then, beloved, as you are expecting this, be eager to be found by him unspotted and unblemished in serene assurance.

¹ It is of what existed from the very beginning, of what we heard, of what we saw, of what we witnessed and touched with our own hands, it is of the Logos of Life ² (the Life has appeared; we saw it, we testify to it, we bring you word of that eternal Life which existed with the Father and was disclosed to us) — ³ it is of what we heard and saw that we bring you word, so that you may share our fellowship; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

⁵ Here is the message we learned from him and announce to you: 'God is light and in him there is no darkness, none.' ⁶ If we say, 'We have fellowship with him,' when we live and move in darkness, then we are lying, we are not practising the truth; ⁷ but if we live and move within the light, as he is within the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

³ This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands.

²⁸ Remain within him now, my dear children, so that when he appears we may have confidence, instead of shrinking from him in shame at his arrival. ²⁹ As you know he is just, be sure that everyone who practises righteousness is born of him.

⁷ Let no one deceive you, my dear children: he who practises righteousness is just, as He is just; ⁸ he who commits sin belongs to the devil, for the devil is a sinner from the very beginning. (This is why the Son of God appeared, to destroy the deeds of the devil.)

¹⁷ But whoever possesses this world's goods, and notices his brother in need, and shuts his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him?

⁹ This is how the love of God has appeared for us, by God sending his only Son into the world, so that by him we might live. ¹⁰ Love lies in this, not in our love for him but in his love for us — in the sending of his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

²⁵ to the only God, our saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and for all time: Amen.

¹⁰ On the Lord's day I found myself rapt in the Spirit, and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet calling,

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; but he laid his hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and Last,

¹⁰ Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

⁷ Then to the angel of the church at Philadelphia write thus: — These are the words of the true Holy One, who holds the key of David, who opens and none shall shut, who shuts and none shall open.

¹⁷ You declare, 'I am rich, I am well off, I lack nothing!' — not knowing you are a miserable creature, pitiful, poor, blind, naked. ¹⁸ I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich, white raiment to clothe you and prevent the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to rub on your eyes, that you may see. ¹⁹ I reprove and discipline those whom I love; so be in warm earnest and repent.

⁸ The four living Creatures, each with six wings apiece, are full of eyes all over their bodies and under their wings, and day and night they never cease the chant, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God almighty, who was and is and is coming."

¹⁶ Never again will they hunger, never again will they thirst, never shall the sun strike them, nor any scorching heat;" ¹⁷ for the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, guiding them to fountains of living water; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

³ And another angel went and stood at the altar with a golden censer; he was given abundant incense, to be laid with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar in front of the throne;

³ And another angel went and stood at the altar with a golden censer; he was given abundant incense, to be laid with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar in front of the throne; ⁴ and the smoke of the incense with the prayers of all the saints rose up from the angel's hand before God.

¹³ Then the sixth angel blew; and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,

¹¹ But after three days and a half the breath of life from God entered them; they stood on their feet (terror fell on those who saw them)

¹⁵ Then the seventh angel blew; and loud voices followed in heaven, crying, "The rule of the world has passed to our Lord and his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever."

⁴ Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou alone art holy. Yea, all nations shall come and worship before thee, for thy judgments are disclosed."

⁸ so shall her plagues fall in a single day, pestilence, tears, and famine: she shall be burnt with fire — for strong is God the Lord her judge.

⁵ And a voice came from the throne, "Extol our God, all ye his servants, ye who reverence him, low and high!"

¹⁰ Then I fell before his feet to worship him; but he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers, who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God" (for the testimony borne by Jesus is the breath of all prophecy).

⁴ And I saw thrones with people sitting on them, who were allowed to judge — saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and God's word, those who would not worship the Beast or his statue, and who would not receive his mark on their forehead or hand; they came to life and reigned along with the Christ for a thousand years.

⁴ And I saw thrones with people sitting on them, who were allowed to judge — saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and God's word, those who would not worship the Beast or his statue, and who would not receive his mark on their forehead or hand; they came to life and reigned along with the Christ for a thousand years. ⁵ As for the rest of the dead, they did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection; over such the second death has no power, they shall be priests of God and the Christ, and reign along with him during the thousand years.

³ None who is accursed will be there; but the throne of God and the Lamb will be within it, his servants will serve and worship him, ⁴ they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ Night there shall be none; they need no lamp or sun to shine upon them, for the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign for ever and ever.

¹⁶ "I Jesus have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches; I am the Scion and offspring of David, the bright star of the morning.