1 John 5 Cross References - NSB

¹ Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves him that causes the birth also loves him that is born. ² This is how we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments. ³ For this is the love of God, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. ⁴ Everything born from God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world, even our faith. ⁵ Who is the one who conquers (overcomes) (prevails over) the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? ⁶ This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ. He did not come with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. The Spirit gives witness because it is the truth. ⁷ There are three that testify: (Latin Vulgate: tres testimonium: three that testify.) ⁸ The Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are in agreement (accord) (concurrence) (harmony). (Latin Vulgate: Spiritus et aqua et sanguis et tres unum: Spirit, water, and blood are united.) ⁹ If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. The witness of God is this, that he gave witness concerning his Son. ¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in him. He who does not believe God made him a liar because he does not believe the testimony God gives concerning his Son. ¹¹ The testimony is this that God gave us everlasting life and this life is in his Son. ¹² He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. ¹³ I wrote these things so you who believe in the name of the Son of God may know you have everlasting life. ¹⁴ This is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁵ If we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions (requests) that we have asked of him. ¹⁶ If any man see his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not leading to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I do not say that he should make request concerning this. ¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not leading to death. ¹⁸ We know that no one who is born of God practices sin. He who was born from God watches over himself, and the evil one does not touch him. ¹⁹ We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the (power of the) (under control of the) evil one. ²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding. We know him that is true for we are in him who is true, [and] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and everlasting life. ²¹ My little children guard (protect) yourselves from idols.

⁷ »Give the man’s wife back to him now. He is a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not give her back, you and all who belong to you are doomed to die.«

¹⁷ Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could have children.

³ »Do not have any other god. ⁴ »Do not make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.

⁶ »I show mercy (loving kindness) to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments.

¹⁰ »Now let me alone. Let my anger burn against them. I am so angry with them I am going to destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.« ¹¹ »But Moses pleaded with Jehovah his God. »Jehovah,« he said, »why are you so angry with your people? These are your people whom you brought out of Egypt using your great power and mighty hand! ¹² »Do not let the Egyptians say: ‘He was planning all along to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth. That is why he brought them out of our land.’ Do not be so angry. Reconsider your decision to bring this disaster on your people. ¹³ »Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You took an oath, swearing on yourself. You told them: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all the land I spoke of. It will be their long lasting possession.’« ¹⁴ So Jehovah changed his mind and did not bring disaster on his people as he threatened.

³¹ So Moses went back to Jehovah and said: »These people have committed such a serious sin! They made a god out of gold for themselves. ³² »Will you forgive their sin? If not, please wipe me out of the book you have written.«

⁹ He prayed: »Jehovah, if you really are pleased with me, I pray that you will go with us. It is true that these people are sinful and rebellious. However, please forgive our sin and let us be your people.«

¹¹ »‘This is because life of every living thing is in the blood. I have given this blood to you to pay compensation for wrongdoing and make peace with me on the altar. Blood is needed to pay compensation for wrongdoing and make peace with me.’«

¹³ Therefore Moses cried out to Jehovah: »O God, heal her!«

³⁰ »Any who sin deliberately, natives or foreigners, are guilty of treating Jehovah with contempt. They shall be put to death.

²⁶ He said to the congregation: »Move away from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you’ll be swept away because of all their sins.«

¹¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »How much longer will these people reject me? How much longer will they refuse to trust in me, even though I have performed many miracles among them? ¹² »I will send an epidemic and destroy them. I will make you the father of a nation that is larger and more powerful than they are!« ¹³ Moses said to Jehovah: »You brought these people out of Egypt by your power. When the Egyptians hear what you have done to your people, ¹⁴ they will tell it to the people who live in this land. These people have already heard that you, Jehovah, are with us, that you appear in plain sight when your cloud stops over us, and that you go before us in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵ »But if you kill all these people at the same time the nations who have heard these reports about you will say, ¹⁶ »Jehovah was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them, so he slaughtered them in the desert. ¹⁷ »Jehovah, let your power be as great as when you said, ¹⁸ »Jehovah is patient, forever loving; He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience. He never lets the guilty go unpunished. In fact he punishes children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation. ¹⁹ »By your great love, please forgive these people’s sins, as you have forgiven them from the time they left Egypt until now.« ²⁰ Jehovah said: »I forgive them, as you have asked. ²¹ »But as I live and as the glory of Jehovah fills the whole earth, I solemnly swear that

²⁷ So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out and were standing at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children. ²⁸ Moses said: »This is how you will know that Jehovah sent me to do all these things and that it wasn’t my idea: ²⁹ »If these men die a natural death like all other people Jehovah has not sent me. ³⁰ »But if Jehovah does something totally new, if the ground opens up, swallows them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive to their graves; then you will know that these men have treated Jehovah with contempt.« ³¹ When he finished speaking, the ground under them split, ³² and the earth opened up to swallow them, their families, the followers of Korah, and all their property.

¹⁹ »God is a not man that he should lie. He is not a son of man who changes his mind. Does he ever promise and not fulfill? Does he ever speak and not act?

⁹ »Keep in mind that Jehovah your God is the only true God. He is the faithful God. He keeps his promise and is merciful to thousands of generations of those who love him and obey his commandments.

¹⁸ »I fell down before Jehovah. Like the first, forty days and nights I did not eat or drink. This was because of all your sin you committed in doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger. ¹⁹ »I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure from Jehovah. For he was wrathful against you to the point of destroying you! But Jehovah listened to me that time also. ²⁰ »Jehovah was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him! So I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.

¹² »Now, O Israel, what does Jehovah your God require from you? You are to respect Jehovah your God. Walk in all his ways and love him! Serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your being. ¹³ »Obey Jehovah’s commandments and his statutes I am commanding you today for your good!

³² »Be careful to do what I command you. Do not add to it nor take away from it.

¹⁰ »‘I show loving kindness to thousands of generations who love me and obey my commandments.

³² Be careful to do what Jehovah your God has commanded you. Never turn to the right or to the left.

⁴ »Listen, Israel! JEHOVAH OUR GOD IS ONE GOD!

²⁵ »If one man sins against another, God will judge him. But if a man sins against Jehovah, who will intercede for him?« But his sons did not listen to the voice of their father. Jehovah desired to put them to death.

¹⁸ Many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not made themselves clean. So they ate the Passover, but not in the way the written instructions said they should. Hezekiah prayed for them: »May Jehovah forgive everyone ¹⁹ who have their hearts set on dedicating their lives to serve God. May Jehovah the God of their ancestors do this for those who are not clean as required for the holy place.« ²⁰ Jehovah listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.

²⁵ »If it is not so, who will prove me a liar, and show that there is nothing in what I say?«

⁷ »I am angry with you and your two friends, because you did not speak correctly about me, as my servant Job has. ⁸ »So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You did not speak correctly about me, as my servant Job has.« ⁹ So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what Jehovah told them. And Jehovah accepted Job’s prayer.

²⁸ »They forced the poor to cry out to him, and he hears the cry of those who suffer.

⁴ I have avoided cruelty because of your word regardless of what others have done.

²³ I was innocent as far as he was concerned. I have kept myself from guilt.

⁷ The law of Jehovah is perfect. It gives new life. The testimony of Jehovah is dependable. It makes the simple wise. ⁸ The statutes of Jehovah are correct. They make the heart rejoice. The commandments of Jehovah are radiant. They make the eyes shine. ⁹ The reverence of Jehovah is pure. It endures forever. The decisions of Jehovah are true. They are completely fair. ¹⁰ They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even the drippings from a honeycomb. ¹¹ They warn your servant. There is a great reward in following them.

²² When I was panic-stricken, I said: I have been cut off from your sight. But you heard my pleas for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

⁶ The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.

¹⁴ Jehovah is intimate with those who respect him. He reveals the intent of his covenant to them.

¹⁷ Righteous people cry out. Jehovah hears and rescues them from all their troubles.

³³ For Jehovah hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I said: »I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue. I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle while the wicked are in my presence.«

²³ God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them.

⁴⁵ And I will walk at liberty, for I seek your precepts.

⁴⁷ I do love your commandments and will delight in them.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more then fine gold. ¹²⁸ That is why I esteem right all your precepts and I hate every false way.

¹⁴⁰ Your word is very pure. Your servant loves it.

⁴⁸ And I shall lift up my hands to (praise) your commandments. I will love and meditate on your statutes.

¹⁰¹ I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep your word.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your words to my taste! Sweeter than honey to my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ I get understanding from your precepts. Therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁷ Her ways are pleasant ways. All her paths are peace.

³² Jehovah hates people who do evil. He takes righteous people into his confidence.

²³ Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it come the source of life.

²⁹ Jehovah is far from the wicked. He hears the prayer of the righteous.

¹⁸ »Come now, let us reason together (make things right) (correct matters) between us!« Says Jehovah. »Though your sins are like scarlet, they will become as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they will become as white as wool.

⁶ For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

⁶ »This is what Jehovah, Israel’s King and Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts says: ‘I AM THE FIRST AND I AM THE LAST-APART FROM ME THERE IS NO GOD!

¹⁶ »Come here. Listen to this! From the beginning I have spoken nothing in private. From the time it took place, I was there. Now the Lord Jehovah has sent me, and his Spirit. ¹⁷ This is what Jehovah your Defender (Redeemer), the Holy One of Israel, says: »I am Jehovah your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.

¹ THIS IS THE PEOPHESY ABOUT THE MESSIAH. Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm (power) of Jehovah been revealed?

⁵ »For your Maker is your husband. Jehovah of Hosts is his name! The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He is called the God of all the earth.

³ »I will give you treasures from dark places and hidden stockpiles. You will know that I, Jehovah the God of Israel, have called you by name. ⁴ »For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen one, I have called you by name. I have given you a title of honor, although you do not know me.

¹⁴ This is what Jehovah says: »The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and those tall Sabeans will come over to you and will be yours. They will walk behind you. They will come to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you. They will say: ‘God is with you and there is no other. There is no other god!’ ¹⁵ Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God and Savior of Israel.

²¹ »Speak and present your case. Yes, let them consult one another. Who revealed this in the distant past and predicted it long ago? Was it not I, Jehovah? There is no other God except me. There is no other righteous God and Savior besides me. ²² »Turn to me and be saved! Turn to me all who live at the ends of the earth for I am God, and there is no other. ²³ »I have bound myself with an oath. A word has gone out from my righteous mouth that will not be recalled. Every knee will bow to me and every tongue will swear allegiance. ²⁴ »It will be said of me: ‘Certainly, righteousness and strength are found in Jehovah alone. All who are angry with him will come to him and be ashamed. ²⁵ »‘All the descendants of Israel will be declared righteous, and they will praise Jehovah.’«

¹⁶ »As for you, do not pray for this people. Do not lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me for I do not hear you.

¹⁰ Jehovah is the true (faithful) (right) God! He is the living God and the everlasting king. The earth quakes at his wrath. The nations cannot endure his indignation.

¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah has anointed me to announce good news to the lowly and meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners.

¹⁴ »Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry or pray for them. I will not listen when they call to me for help in times of trouble.

¹¹ Jehovah said to me: »Do not pray for the good of these people.

¹ Jehovah said to me: »I would not feel sorry for these people, even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me. Send them away from my presence, and let them go. ² »When they ask you where they should go, say to them: This is what Jehovah says: Those who are to die will die. Those who are to die in wars will die in wars. Those who are to die in famines will die in famines. Those who are to die in captivity will die in captivity.

¹² »Can a man break iron, especially the iron from the north that is mixed with copper? ¹³ »Jehovah said to me: ‘I will send enemies to carry away the wealth and treasures of my people. This will punish them for the sins they have committed throughout the land.

¹⁸ »Why do I suffer constant pain? Why is my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive stream with water that is unreliable?«

¹⁸ Then they said: »Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.« ¹⁹ Do pay close attention to me, O Jehovah! Listen to what my opponents are saying! ²⁰ Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf. I tried to turn away your wrath from them. ²¹ Therefore, give their children over to famine and deliver them up to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be smitten to death and their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

¹² ‘Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me and I will hear you. ¹³ ‘When you look for me, you will find me. When you wholeheartedly seek me,

³ ‘Call to me and I will answer you. I will tell you grand and impressive things, things you do not know.’«

⁶ »In His days Judah will be saved. Israel will dwell securely. This is his name by which he will be called, Jehovah Is Our Righteousness.

²⁶ ‘»When a righteous person turns away from doing right and does evil things, he will die. He will die because of the evil things he has done. ²⁷ ‘»When a wicked person turns away from the wicked things that he has done and does what is fair and right, he will live. ²⁸ ‘»He realized what he was doing and turned away from all the rebellious things that he had done. He will certainly live. He will not die. ²⁹ ‘»But the nation of Israel says: Jehovah’s way is unfair. Is my way not fair, nation of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unfair? ³⁰ ‘»That is why I will judge each of you by what you have done, people of Israel, declares the Lord Jehovah. Change the way you think and act. (Repent!) Turn away from all the rebellious things that you have done so that you will not fall into sin. ³¹ ‘»Give up all the evil you have been doing. Get yourselves new minds and hearts. Why do you Israelites want to die? ³² ‘»I do not want anyone to die,’ says the Lord Jehovah. ‘Turn away from (repent of) your sins and live.’«

³⁰ ‘»I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

²⁵ »I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols.

¹ This is what the Lord Jehovah showed me: Behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the sprouting of the second crop. It was the later growth (second crop) after the king’s mowing. ² It happened when they quit eating the grass of the land. I said, »O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I entreat you: how shall Jacob stand? Since he is so small.« ³ Jehovah changed his mind about this. »It will not be,« said Jehovah.

⁴ And I prayed to Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, »Oh, Jehovah, the great and fear-inspiring (awesome) God, who keeps his covenant and loving kindness for those who love him and keep his commandments.

⁸ He told you, O lowly man, what is good and what Jehovah requires of you. You should display justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God!

¹¹ »I set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. This is because of the blood of your covenant!

¹³ »‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (the wicked one).’ (Psalm 82:4) (Psalm 97:10) (Matthew 13:19) (John 17:15) (1 John 5:19)

⁷ »Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened for you. ⁸ »Everyone who asks receives. Everyone who seeks finds, and everyone who knocks will have it opened. ⁹ »Who among you, who would give his son a stone when he asks him for bread? ¹⁰ »Who will give him a serpent when he asks for a fish? ¹¹ »Even though you are a sinner, you know how to give good gifts to your children. Think how much more your Father in heaven gives good things to those who ask him!

³¹ »Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men. But the blasphemy against God’s Spirit will not be forgiven. ³² »Whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

⁴⁶ While Jesus was yet speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers stood nearby. They wanted to speak to him. ⁴⁷ Someone told Jesus: »Look, your mother and your brothers stand nearby seeking to speak to you.« ⁴⁸ But he answered: »Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?« ⁴⁹ He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said: »Behold, my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰ »For everyone who does the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.«

¹¹ He responded: »You are allowed to know the divine secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not for others to know. (The Greek word for »you« is plural and is applied to the disciples as a group.)

¹⁶ Then Jesus was baptized and came up from the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened. He saw God’s Spirit coming down like a dove. ¹⁷ Then a voice from heaven said: »This is my Son whom I love and whom I have approved.«

²⁸ »Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ »Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me. I am meek (mild) and humble in heart. You will have a restful life, ³⁰ »for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.«

¹⁶ »If he does not listen to you, take one or two more people with you. Two or three witnesses may prove every case.

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered: »You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!«

⁵ While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud, saying: »This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.«

²² »You will receive the things you ask for in prayer when you have faith.«

⁴⁶ »These will go away into ever-burning fire (everlasting cutting off) (death) (total destruction) (doom) (punishment) (everlasting penalty), but the righteous to everlasting life.’«

²⁶ As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed, and broke it; and he gave to the disciples. Then he said: »Take, eat; this is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my body.« ²⁷ Then he took a cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying: »Drink it all.« ²⁸ »This is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my blood of the covenant, poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

²⁸ »This is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my blood of the covenant, poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

¹⁹ »Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

²⁸ »I tell you sins will be forgiven of the sons of men, and their evil talk will be forgiven. ²⁹ »But whoever speaks evil and defames Holy Spirit will not be forgiven but is guilty of an eternal sin.« ³⁰ They exclaimed: »He has an unclean spirit!«

²⁴ »I tell you, believe that you receive what you pray for and you shall have it.

²⁴ He said: »This means (represents) my blood of the covenant given for men.

¹⁶ »He who believes and is baptized will be saved. He who does not believe will be condemned.

⁵⁶ Many gave false witness against him. But their witness was not in agreement.

⁹ »I say to you: Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ »Every one who asks receives. Everyone who seeks will find. It will be opened to everyone who knocks.

¹⁰ »He who speaks against the Son of man will be forgiven. However he who blasphemes against Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

¹⁵ »I will give you ability to talk and words of wisdom, which your adversaries shall not be able to resist or refute.

²⁰ Then he took the cup saying: »This represents the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

⁴⁵ He opened their minds that they might understand the scriptures.

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was like God (God-like).

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was like God (God-like). ² The same was in the beginning with God. ³ All things were made through him and without him not one thing was made. ⁴ He lived and his life gives light to all people.

¹² He gave the right to become children of God to all who received him. Even to those who believe in his name.

¹² He gave the right to become children of God to all who received him. Even to those who believe in his name. ¹³ They were born from God. It was not from blood, or the will of the flesh, or the will of man.

¹³ They were born from God. It was not from blood, or the will of the flesh, or the will of man.

¹⁸ No man has ever seen God. The only begotten God-like one who is closest to the Father (in the bosom of the Father) tells us about him. (Psalm 8:5) ¹⁹ John gave his witness even as Jewish authorities sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem. They asked him: »Who are you?«

³¹ »I did not know him. I came baptizing in water so that everyone in Israel will come to know him.« ³² John said: »I saw the spirit descending as a dove out of heaven upon him.

³² John said: »I saw the spirit descending as a dove out of heaven upon him. ³³ »I did not know he was the one. God sent me to baptize in water and said: ‘You will see one upon whom the spirit descends. The same is he who baptizes in Holy Spirit.’

³³ »I did not know he was the one. God sent me to baptize in water and said: ‘You will see one upon whom the spirit descends. The same is he who baptizes in Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ »I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.«

²³ When he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many saw the signs he did and expressed active faith in his name.

² He came to Jesus by night, and said to him: »Rabbi! We know you are a teacher from God. No one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.« ³ Jesus answered: »Truly I tell you unless a person is born again (brought forth from above) he cannot see the kingdom of God.«

³ Jesus answered: »Truly I tell you unless a person is born again (brought forth from above) he cannot see the kingdom of God.« ⁴ Nicodemus asked: »How could a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother’s womb again and be born?« ⁵ Jesus responded: »I tell you truth, except a man be born of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!

⁵ Jesus responded: »I tell you truth, except a man be born of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!

¹⁵ »Everyone who has an active faith in him may have everlasting life.

¹⁵ »Everyone who has an active faith in him may have everlasting life. ¹⁶ »For God loved the world so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever has an active faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

¹⁶ »For God loved the world so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever has an active faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

¹⁸ »He who has an active faith in him is not judged. He who does not have an active faith has been judged already for he has not had faith in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

³² »He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no man accepts his testimony. ³³ »He who receives his testimony confirms by his seal that God is true.

³³ »He who receives his testimony confirms by his seal that God is true.

³⁶ »He who puts active faith in the Son has everlasting life. He who disobeys* the Son will not see life for the wrath of God remains upon him.« (*Greek: apeitheo: willfully disobey, not having faith)

⁴ He needed to travel through Samaria.

¹⁰ Jesus answered: »If you know the gift of God and who asked you for a drink, you would have asked him to give you living water.«

¹⁴ »But whoever drinks from the water that I give him will never thirst. The water that I will give him will be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.«

³⁶ »He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for life eternal. Both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

²¹ »The Father raises the dead and gives them life. The Son also gives life to those he wills.

²⁴ »Truly, Truly I say to you, he who hears my word, and believes him that sent me, has everlasting life. He will not receive judgment for he has passed out of death into life.

²⁶ »The Son has life in himself just as the Father has life in himself. For the Father gave him life.

³¹ »If I alone testify about myself, my testimony is not enough truth. ³² »There is another who testifies about me. I know that his evidence about me is true. ³³ »You sent people to John the Baptist and he has witnessed about the truth. ³⁴ »The testimony I receive is not from man. However I say these things that you may be saved. ³⁵ »He was the lamp that burns and shines. You were willing to rejoice for a season in his light. ³⁶ »The testimony I have is greater than that of John. The works I do are the works the Father gave me to accomplish. They testify that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ »The Father who sent me testifies about me. You have not heard his voice nor seen him at any time. ³⁸ »You do not have his word dwelling in you. This is because you do not believe in the person he has sent. ³⁹ »You search (investigate) (study) the Scriptures because you think that in them you have everlasting life. These Scriptures testify about me.

⁴⁰ »For this is the will of my Father. Every one who sees the Son and puts active faith in him will have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day.«

⁴⁷ »Truly, truly I tell you, he who believes has everlasting life.

⁵⁵ »For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him: »Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of everlasting life! ⁶⁹ »We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.«

³⁸ »Rivers of living water will flow from the innermost being of the man who believes in me. This is according to the scriptures.« ³⁹ He spoke this by the Spirit. Those who believed in him were to receive the Spirit. The Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified.

¹³ The Pharisees therefore replied to him: »You testify about yourself. Your evidence is not true!« ¹⁴ Jesus answered them: »Even if I bear witness about myself, my testimony is true! I know where I came from and I know where I am going. You do not know where I came from or where I am going.

¹⁷ »It is written in your law that the witness of two men is true. ¹⁸ »I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.«

¹⁸ »I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.« ¹⁹ They said: »Where is your Father?« Jesus answered: »You do not know me, nor do you know my Father! If you knew me you would also know my Father.«

⁴² Jesus said: »If God were your Father you would love me. I came from God! I have not come from myself. He sent me!

⁵⁴ Jesus answered: »If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. My Father glorifies me. He is the one whom you say is your God.

³¹ »We know that God does not listen to sinners. If any man respects God and does his will, God listens to him.

²⁸ »I give them eternal life. They will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

³⁰ »The Father and I are one (united in purpose).«

³⁷ »If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me. ³⁸ »But if I do them and you do not believe me, believe the works! That way you may know and understand that the Father is with me, and I am with the Father.«

³⁸ »But if I do them and you do not believe me, believe the works! That way you may know and understand that the Father is with me, and I am with the Father.«

²⁸ »Father, glorify your name.« A voice came from heaven: »I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.«

³¹ »Now judgment is on this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

⁵⁰ »I know that his commandment means everlasting life. Therefore I say the things the Father tells me to say.«

³⁴ »I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. ³⁵ »All men will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.«

⁶ Jesus proclaimed: »I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through me.

⁹ Jesus responded: »Have I been with you so long a time and you do not know me Philip? He who has seen me has discerned (experienced) (perceived) the Father. And you say, show us the Father?

¹³ »Whatever you ask in my name, I will do. That way the Father may be glorified because of the Son.

¹⁵ »If you love me, you will keep (obey) my commandments!

¹⁷ »It is the Spirit of the truth. The world cannot receive it. The world does not see or know it. You know it because it lives with you and will be with you.

²⁰ »In that day you will know that I am with my Father, and you with me, and I with you. ²¹ »He that has my commandments, and obeys them loves me. My Father will love the person who loves me. I will love him and disclose myself to him.« ²² Judas (not Iscariot) asked him: »Lord, what will happen that you will disclose yourself to us, and not to the world?« ²³ Jesus answered: »If a man loves me, he will obey my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and dwell with him.

²³ Jesus answered: »If a man loves me, he will obey my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and dwell with him. ²⁴ »He who does not love me does not obey my words. The word you hear is not mine, but comes from the Father who sent me.

³⁰ »I will speak no more with you. The prince of the world comes. He has no hold on me!

⁴ »Remain with me, and I with you. The branch cannot bear fruit by itself. It must remain on the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain with me.

⁷ »If you remain with me, and my words remain with you, ask whatever you will, and it will be done for you.

⁹ »I love you just as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. ¹⁰ »If you obey my commandments you will remain in my love. I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

¹⁴ »You are my friends if you do the things that I command you.

¹⁷ »These things I command you, that you may love one another. ¹⁸ »If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹ »If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world.

²³ »He who hates me hates my Father also.

²⁶ »I will send the helper from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father to bear witness of me.

²⁵ Jesus said: »I am the resurrection and the life. He who puts active faith in me will live, even if he dies. ²⁶ »Whoever lives and puts active faith in me will never die. Do you believe this?«

⁴² »I knew that you always hear me. But because of the crowd that stands here I said it, that they may believe that you did send me.«

¹¹ »And third, of judgment because the prince of this world has been judged.

¹³ »When the Spirit of truth comes it will guide you to all truth for it will not speak from itself. It will speak the things it hears and declare to you the things that are to come.

²⁴ »Until now you have not asked a single thing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

³³ »I spoke to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you have tribulation. Be of good cheer for I have conquered the world!«

² »You have given him authority over all flesh that he may give everlasting life to the ones whom you have given him. ³ »This is everlasting life that they should have *deep, intimate knowledge of you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have commissioned. *(Greek: ginosko: know, perceive, be sure, understand)

³ »This is everlasting life that they should have *deep, intimate knowledge of you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have commissioned. *(Greek: ginosko: know, perceive, be sure, understand)

⁹ »I pray for them. I do not pray for the world. I pray only for those you gave me, for they are yours.

¹⁴ »I gave them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

²⁰ »I pray, not for these alone but for those who will believe in me through their word. ²¹ »May they all be united (in agreement) as one. Just as you, Father, are with me, and I am with you. Help them be united with us! That way the world may believe that you sent me. ²² »I have given them the glory that you gave me in order that they may be one even as we are one. ²³ »I with them, and you with me, that they may accomplish complete unity. That way the world may know that you sent me and that you love them just as you love me.

²⁵ »Righteous Father, the world has not known you. I know you and those you sent me know you.

³⁴ The soldier with the spear pierced his side and suddenly blood and water came out. ³⁵ He who saw testified and his testimony is true. He knows and he speaks truth that you also may believe.

³⁵ He who saw testified and his testimony is true. He knows and he speaks truth that you also may believe.

²⁸ Thomas answered: »My Lord and my God!« (John 1:18; 10:36; 20:17)

³¹ These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. By believing you may have life in his name.

²⁴ This is the disciple that bears witness of these things, and wrote these things. That way we know that his witness is true.

² Suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind. It filled the house where they were sitting. ³ Tongues of fire that sat on each of them appeared. ⁴ They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to speak with different tongues, as the Spirit moved them to speak.

³³ »He is exalted to the right hand of God. He has received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father. So he poured out what you now see and hear.

¹⁶ »This man you see and know was made strong by his faith in the name of Jesus. His faith has given him total healing in your presence.

¹² »There is no salvation in anyone else. For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.«

³⁶ On their way, they came to a body of water and the eunuch said, »See, here is water. What prevents me from getting baptized?«

³² »We are witnesses of these things. The Holy Spirit, which God gave to those who obey him, also witnessed.«

²³ When he arrived he saw the grace of God and was glad. He exhorted them all to remain true to the Lord as their only purpose of heart.

¹⁵ »The words of the prophets agree to this for it is written:

³¹ »He has established a day (time) in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man [Jesus] whom he has ordained. Of that he gives proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.« (John 5:22) (Isaiah 2:4) (Acts 10:42)

²⁸ »Be on guard for yourselves and the flock that the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Feed the Congregation of God that he purchased with the blood of his own [Son].

²⁸ They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, so God gave them over to a reprobate (depraved) mind, to do things that are not fitting. ²⁹ They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers, ³⁰ backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, ³¹ without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, and unmerciful. ³² They know the judgment of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death! And yet, they not only do the same, but also approve of those who do them.

⁹ Are we Jews in any better condition than the people of the nations? Not at all! I have already shown that Jews and the people of the nations are all under the power of sin. ¹⁰ The Scriptures say: »There is no one who is righteous, ¹¹ »There is no one who has insight. No one seeks God! ¹² »All have turned away from God; they have all done wrong. No one does what is right, not even one.« (Psalm 53:3) ¹³ »Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips.« (Psalm 5:9) ¹⁴ »Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.« (Psalm 10:7)

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹² The law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

²² My inner person delights in the law of God.

¹⁵ For you have not received a spirit of bondage again causing fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Father, Father! (Chaldee: Abba, meaning father). ¹⁶ The Spirit itself (Greek:autos ho pneuma) (itself the Spirit) bears witness with our spirit (mind and heart), that we are children of God.

¹⁶ The Spirit itself (Greek:autos ho pneuma) (itself the Spirit) bears witness with our spirit (mind and heart), that we are children of God. ¹⁷ If children, then heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. If indeed we suffer with him we may also be glorified with him.

³⁵ Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ It is written: »For your sake we are put to death all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.« (Psalm 44:22) ³⁷ In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

⁵ The forefathers belong to them from whom came the Christ according to the flesh. God who is over all is blessed forever. Amen.

⁹ If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and have active faith in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart one believes for righteousness. And with the mouth one declares for salvation.

³⁰ It is because of him you are united with Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.

¹⁵ »Their feet are swift to shed blood.« (Proverbs 1:15) ¹⁶ »Destruction and misery are in their ways.« (Isaiah 59:7) ¹⁷ »They have not known the way of peace.« (Isaiah 59:7, 8) ¹⁸ There is no respect (reverence) for God before their eyes. (Psalm 36:1)

²⁵ God displayed Christ publicly as propitiation (atonement) by his blood through faith. It demonstrated his righteousness. It was through the forbearance of God that he passed by the sins that had taken place before.

²⁰ The law came that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased God’s loving kindness increased even more. ²¹ And what for? Just as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

²¹ And what for? Just as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁴ There are different gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵ There are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. ⁶ And there are different operations, but it is the same God who works in all.

¹² This is our pride and testimony of conscience. In holiness and Godly sincerity we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you. It was not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God.

²² He also sealed us, and gave us the guarantee of the Spirit in our hearts.

⁴ The god of this age (world) (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement) has blinded the minds of unbelievers that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.

⁶ God said: Light will shine out of darkness. He shined in our hearts. He gave the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face (presence) ((person) of Jesus Christ.

¹ We know that if our earthly house (human body) (habitation of life) is destroyed; we have a building from God. It is an everlasting house in the heavens, not made with human hands.

¹⁷ If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things have passed away. Behold, they have become new.

¹⁶ And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? We are the temple of the living God. God said: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Leviticus 26:12) (Zechariah 8:8) ¹⁷ Therefore come out from among them and be separate (set off) (severed from them) (excluded from them), said Jehovah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45)

⁷ Do not be idolaters like some of them. It is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.

¹⁴ My dearly beloved, flee (run away) from idolatry.

⁵⁷ But thanks to God, because he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁰ I have been impaled with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh (physical body) I live by faith. This is the faith that is in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself up for me.

⁶ Because you are sons, God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

⁷ In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.

¹⁷ May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit (mental disposition) of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. ¹⁸ Have the eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know the hope of his calling, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the holy ones, ¹⁹ and what the exceeding greatness of his power is toward us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty strength.

² You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience.

¹² We have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

¹⁸ May you be able to comprehend with all the holy ones the breadth and length and height and depth.

²⁵ Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself up for it. ²⁶ This is so he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word. ²⁷ So he will be able to present the congregation to himself as a glorious congregation, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing. It should be holy and without blemish.

⁹ I want to be united with him. I no longer want a righteousness of my own that is gained by obeying the law. The righteousness from God is by faith in Christ.

⁴ We have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you have for all the holy ones.

¹⁴ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the intimate sharing of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

⁴ He (Jesus) gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us out of this present evil age. This is according to the will of our God and Father.

² I do this that they may be filled with courage and be united (knit) together in love. I have the full assurance that only true understanding brings. In this way they will accurately know God’s secret, which is Christ himself. ³ In him is concealed all the hidden treasures of God’s wisdom and knowledge.

³ For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

³ For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, who is our life, will be made known, then you will also be made known with him in glory.

⁹ All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God,

¹² It is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to keep safe until that day what he has entrusted to me.

⁸ But he says to the Son: »God is your throne forever and ever. (Your throne, Oh God-like one, is forever.) A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. (Psalm 45:6, 7)

³ How shall we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first presented by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him. ⁴ God also testified about it with signs, wonders, and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit given according to his will.

⁴ God also testified about it with signs, wonders, and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit given according to his will.

⁶ Christ was faithful as a Son over God’s house. We are His house if we hold on to our courage (confidence) and rejoice (speak boldly) about our hope until the end.

¹² Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you develop a wicked heart lacking faith and turning away (departing) from the living God.

¹⁴ For we have become companions (partners) with Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of our firm trust to the end.

¹⁵ Faithful is the saying, and worthy of acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost. ¹⁶ For this I obtained mercy, which in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might show his long-suffering. This is for an example to those who should later believe in him for eternal life.

¹⁶ For this I obtained mercy, which in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might show his long-suffering. This is for an example to those who should later believe in him for eternal life.

¹⁶ The secret of godliness is great and it is without controversy. ‘He (Jesus Christ) was manifested (revealed) in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, and seen by angels. He preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, and received up in glory.’

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: God will render to him according to his works.

² It is in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal.

¹³ Look for the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of the great God. And look for our Savior, Jesus Christ.

³ For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

⁵ not by works done in righteousness, which we did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration (restoration) (spiritual rebirth) and renewing (renovation) of the Holy Spirit.

¹² The Word of God is alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. (Ephesians 6:17) It separates the physical person from the spiritual person, of both joints and marrow. And it can discern (judge) the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (John 12:48) ¹³ Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. All things are uncovered and laid bare before him. We must account to him. (Romans 2:16; 14:12)

⁴ Those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

⁴ Those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the age to come, ⁶ if they shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance. This is because they personally impale the Son of God again, and expose him to public shame.

¹⁸ God did this to offer encouragement so we may rely on the hope offered to us. We have taken refuge in that hope and it is impossible for God to lie. These two things can never be changed.

¹⁰ »‘This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,’ said Jehovah: ‘I will put my teachings (laws) in their mind, I will write them upon their hearts (deep thought) (understanding). I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Jeremiah 31:32)

⁷ Only the high priest enters the inner room. Once a year he entered with blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people.

¹⁴ The blood of Christ did even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself without blemish to God and cleansed your conscience from dead works. Now we can serve (worship) the living God.

²⁶ If we continue to (practice) (deliberately persist in) sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins. ²⁷ But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fiery indignation, which will devour God’s enemies. ²⁸ He that despised Moses’ Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses. ²⁹ What about those who despise the Son of God? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God’s covenant that purified them from sin? Those who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the punishment they deserve will be!

²⁹ What about those who despise the Son of God? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God’s covenant that purified them from sin? Those who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the punishment they deserve will be! ³⁰ We know who said: »Vengeance is mine; I will repay«; and who also said, »Jehovah will judge his people.« (Deuteronomy 32:35) ³¹ It is a dreadful (terrible) thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³⁵ Do not lose your courage (confidence) (boldness). It brings a great reward with it.

²⁴ You have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks in a better way than the blood of Abel.

¹² Jesus suffered outside the gate that he might sanctify the people through his own blood.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God. He gives to all generously and without reproach and it will be given to him. ⁶ However he must ask in faith, not doubting: for he who doubts is like a surging wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

¹⁵ Then evil desires, when conceived, give birth to sin: and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.

¹⁴ Is any among you sick? Let him call the elders of the congregation. Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of God. ¹⁵ The prayer of faith will save the sick person. God will raise him up; and if he committed sins, it will be forgiven him. ¹⁶ Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man helps much.

² You who are chosen and foreknown by God the Father. You have been sanctified by the Spirit to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood. Grace and peace be greatly increased to you. ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy he gave us a new birth to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

²² You have purified your hearts by obeying the truth. You have genuine affection for the brothers and sisters. So always love one another intensely (extremely) (deeply) from the heart. ²³ You have been given a new birth, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and endures.

²³ You have been given a new birth, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and endures.

¹⁰ Brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election (choosing) sure. If you do (practice) (exercise) (apply) these things, you will never stumble! ¹¹ For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly (abundantly) supplied to you.

¹⁹ We have the word of prophecy made sure (steadfast) (firm)! You do well that you pay attention [to God’s Word] as you would to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar rises, in your hearts.

²⁰ After they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state is worse with them than the first. ²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² It happened to them according to the true proverb: »The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.«

¹ We have heard that which was from the beginning. We have also seen it with our own eyes. We looked at it and touched it with our hands. It is the Word of life.

¹ We have heard that which was from the beginning. We have also seen it with our own eyes. We looked at it and touched it with our hands. It is the Word of life.

¹ We have heard that which was from the beginning. We have also seen it with our own eyes. We looked at it and touched it with our hands. It is the Word of life. ² The life was made known and we have seen and testify about it. We declare the life to you. It is the eternal life, which was with the Father and was shown to us.

² The life was made known and we have seen and testify about it. We declare the life to you. It is the eternal life, which was with the Father and was shown to us. ³ We declare to you what we have seen and heard. This way you may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ! ⁴ We write these things that our joy may be made full (complete).

⁷ If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

¹⁰ If we say we have not sinned we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

¹ My little children, I write you these things that you may not sin. If any man sin, we have an Advocate (intercessor) (comforter) (helper) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous!

¹⁸ Using his own will, he gave us birth through the word of truth. This way we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

²⁷ Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.

³ You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly (with bad motives) that you may spend it on your pleasures. ⁴ Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity (hatred) (hostility) toward God? Whoever would be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

⁷ Be subject to God! Resist [Satan] the Devil and he will flee from you. ⁸ Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded (uncertain) (doubter) (skeptic). ⁹ Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the presence of God, and he will exalt you.

²¹ This was a symbol pointing to baptism, which now saves you. It is not the washing off of bodily dirt, but the promise made to God for a good conscience. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

¹² By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast.

³ We know that we know him, when we obey his commandments.

⁵ Whoever obeys his Word; the love of God is made perfect (complete) (mature) in him. By this we know that we are in union with him. ⁶ He that says he lives in union with him should walk as he walked.

¹⁰ He who loves his brother lives in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling (offence) in him.

¹³ I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

¹³ I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father. ¹⁴ I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

¹⁴ I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one. ¹⁵ Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ The entire world, the desire of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of material wealth, is not from the Father, but is from the world. ¹⁷ The world and its desires (lusts) are passing away; but he who does the will of God lives forever.

²¹ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. ²² Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he who denies the Father and the Son. ²³ Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

²³ Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴ As for you, let that live in you, which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning lives in you, you will also live in the Son, and in the Father.

²⁴ As for you, let that live in you, which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning lives in you, you will also live in the Son, and in the Father. ²⁵ This is the promise he promised us, life eternal. ²⁶ I write you these things concerning those who would lead you astray.

²⁸ Now, my little children dwell (Greek: meno: stay, dwell, be present) with him. If he shall be made known we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming (presence) (being near). ²⁹ If you know that he is righteous you know that every one who practices righteousness is born of him.

³ Everyone who has this hope in him is purified. He is pure. ⁴ Everyone who practices (exercises) sin also commits lawlessness, because sin is lawlessness.

⁹ Whoever is born of God does not practice sin! His seed abides in him and he cannot sin because he has been born of God.

¹² We should not be like Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he murder him? It was because his works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love abides in death.

¹⁷ Whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?

²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us we have confidence toward God. ²² Whatever we ask we receive from Him because we obey His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

²² Whatever we ask we receive from Him because we obey His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. ²³ This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. He gave us this commandment!

²³ This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. He gave us this commandment! ²⁴ The one who obeys God's commandments lives in God, and God lives in (with) Him. We know that He lives in (with) us by the Spirit He gave us.

²⁴ The one who obeys God's commandments lives in God, and God lives in (with) Him. We know that He lives in (with) us by the Spirit He gave us.

² Here is how you know the Spirit of God, every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ came in the flesh is from God.

⁴ You are of God, my little children. You have overcome them because he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world.

⁴ You are of God, my little children. You have overcome them because he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world. ⁵ They are from the world. They speak that which is from the world and the world listens to them. ⁶ We are from God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the vital principle (spirit) of truth, and the principle (spirit) of deception (error).

⁶ We are from God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the vital principle (spirit) of truth, and the principle (spirit) of deception (error). ⁷ Beloved let us love one another, for love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

⁹ The love of God was made known through us. God sent his only-begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation (atonement) (sacrificial payment) for our sins.

¹⁴ We see and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

¹⁴ We see and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. ¹⁵ Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives with him, and he with God.

¹⁵ Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives with him, and he with God.

²¹ Stay in the love of God! Look (wait) for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for everlasting life.

²⁴ Now to him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish with exceeding joy.

² John testified to the word of God, the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all that he saw.

⁴ John, to the seven congregations in Asia: May you have grace and peace from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne; ⁵ And from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood.

⁵ And from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood.

⁷ »'He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations! To him who overcomes I will give the right to eat the fruit of the tree of life that grows in the (Paradise) Garden of God.'

¹¹ »'He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.'

¹³ »'I know where you live and where the throne of Satan is. You cling to my name and have not denied my faith, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness. He was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

¹⁷ »'He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations! To those who overcome in victory I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give each of them a white stone on which is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.'

²⁶ »'To the person who conquers and continues to do my works to the end, I will give power (authority) over the nations.

²⁸ »'I will give him the morning star.

⁵ »'He who overcomes will be clothed in white garments. I will not blot out his name from the book of life. In fact I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

⁷ »To the angel of the congregation in Philadelphia write: He says these things. He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens. ⁸ »'I know your works (deeds) (acts). Pay attention, I set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name. ⁹ »'I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, for they lie; I will make them come and bow down before your feet. They will know that I have loved you. ¹⁰ »'Because you have kept the word of my patience (endurance), I also will keep you from the hour of testing. This will come upon the whole world to test (scrutinize) (discipline) (examine) those who dwell on the earth.

¹² »'I will make the one who overcomes, a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will not go out from it anymore. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the New Jerusalem. This city comes down out of heaven from my God. I will write my new name on him.

¹⁴ »'To the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation says this:

²¹ »'To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

⁹ They sing a new song, saying: »You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you bought persons for God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

¹⁰ They cried with a loud voice, saying: »How long, O Lord, holy and true, before you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?«

⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.

¹¹ They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives when faced with death.

¹⁷ The dragon was furious with the woman and waged war with the remnant of her seed. These are the ones who obey the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

⁷ It was granted to him to wage war with the holy ones, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all tribes, and tongues, and nations. ⁸ All the citizens of earth will worship him, all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life who was slain from the foundation of the world.

¹⁴ And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles he had power to do in the sight of the beast. He says to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast that had the wound by a sword and yet lives. ¹⁵ He had power to give breath to the image of the beast and to make that image of the beast speak. He caused many to be killed, those who would not worship the image of the beast.

¹¹ »The smoke of their torment will ascend forever and ever. They who worship the beast and his image and receive the mark of his name have no rest day or night.

² I saw what looked like a sea of glass mingled with fire. Those who were victorious over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having harps (written Word) of God. ³ They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: »Great and marvelous are your works, Jehovah God, the Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of the ages (Eternal King) (King of the nations) (King of the holy ones). (Deuteronomy 31:30; 32:4) (Exodus 6:3)

¹¹ I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

¹³ He was clothed with a garment dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

³ He hurled him into the bottomless pit, and shut it and sealed it over him. He could not deceive the nations anymore till the thousand years ended. After that he must be let loose for a little while.

⁷ When the thousand years end, Satan will be let loose out of his prison. ⁸ Satan will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle. The number of these is as the sand of the sea (too great to count).

¹ He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

¹⁶ We know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love! He who continues with love lives with God and God lives with him.

²⁰ If a man says, I love God, yet he hates his brother, he is a liar! He who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. ²¹ We have this commandment from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.

¹ Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves him that causes the birth also loves him that is born.

⁴ Everything born from God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world, even our faith. ⁵ Who is the one who conquers (overcomes) (prevails over) the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? ⁶ This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ. He did not come with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. The Spirit gives witness because it is the truth.

⁶ This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ. He did not come with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. The Spirit gives witness because it is the truth. ⁷ There are three that testify: (Latin Vulgate: tres testimonium: three that testify.)

⁷ There are three that testify: (Latin Vulgate: tres testimonium: three that testify.)

⁷ There are three that testify: (Latin Vulgate: tres testimonium: three that testify.) ⁸ The Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are in agreement (accord) (concurrence) (harmony). (Latin Vulgate: Spiritus et aqua et sanguis et tres unum: Spirit, water, and blood are united.)

¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in him. He who does not believe God made him a liar because he does not believe the testimony God gives concerning his Son.

¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in him. He who does not believe God made him a liar because he does not believe the testimony God gives concerning his Son. ¹¹ The testimony is this that God gave us everlasting life and this life is in his Son.

¹¹ The testimony is this that God gave us everlasting life and this life is in his Son. ¹² He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. ¹³ I wrote these things so you who believe in the name of the Son of God may know you have everlasting life.

¹³ I wrote these things so you who believe in the name of the Son of God may know you have everlasting life.

¹⁶ If any man see his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not leading to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I do not say that he should make request concerning this.

¹⁸ We know that no one who is born of God practices sin. He who was born from God watches over himself, and the evil one does not touch him.

¹⁸ We know that no one who is born of God practices sin. He who was born from God watches over himself, and the evil one does not touch him. ¹⁹ We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the (power of the) (under control of the) evil one. ²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding. We know him that is true for we are in him who is true, [and] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and everlasting life.

²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding. We know him that is true for we are in him who is true, [and] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and everlasting life. ²¹ My little children guard (protect) yourselves from idols.

⁶ This is love that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment that you heard from the beginning. You should walk in it.

⁹ Whoever pushes ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ, does not have God! He who dwells in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

¹² Demetrius has the witness of all men, and of the truth itself. Yes, we also testify and you know our witness is true.

¹⁴ I said to him: »Sir, you know.« He said to me: »These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

²⁰ The rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshipping demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.