Matthew Cross References - RYLT

¹ A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. ² Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brethren, ³ and Judah fathered Pharez and Zarah of Tamar, and Pharez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Ram, ⁴ and Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon, ⁵ and Salmon fathered Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed of Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse fathered David the king. And David the king fathered Solomon, of her who had been Uriah's, ⁷ and Solomon fathered Rehoboam, and Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asa, ⁸ and Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah, ⁹ and Uzziah fathered Jotham, and Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah, ¹⁰ and Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, and Manasseh fathered Amon, and Amon fathered Josiah, ¹¹ and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brethren, at the Babylonian removal. ¹² And after the Babylonian removal, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel, ¹³ and Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, and Abiud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor, ¹⁴ and Azor fathered Sadok, and Sadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud, ¹⁵ and Eliud fathered Eleazar, and Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob, ¹⁶ and Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is named Christ. ¹⁷ All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations, and from David unto the Babylonian removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal unto the Christ, fourteen generations. ¹⁸ And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, ¹⁹ and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away. ²⁰ And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, you may not fear to receive Mary your wife, for that which in her was conceived is of the Holy Spirit, ²¹ and she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.' ²² And all this has come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ²³ 'Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted 'With us he is God.' ²⁴ And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife, ²⁵ and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

¹⁸ And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

¹ And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem, ² saying, 'Where is he who was born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'

¹⁶ And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

²⁷ And Jesus passing on from there, two blind men followed him, calling and saying, 'Deal kindly with us, Son of David.'

²² and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, 'Deal kindly with me, Sir -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

⁴² saying, 'What do you think concerning the Christ? Of whom is he son?' They say to him, 'Of David.' ⁴³ He said to them, 'How then does David in the Spirit call him lord, saying, ⁴⁴ The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may make your enemies your footstool? ⁴⁵ If then David does call him lord, how is he his son?'

³¹ and lo, you shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus; ³² he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

⁶⁹ And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant, ⁷⁰ As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

²³ And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph, ²⁴ the son of Eli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, ²⁵ the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Naum, the son of Esli, ²⁶ the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Juda, ²⁷ the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ²⁸ the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, ²⁹ the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, ³⁰ the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Juda, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, ³¹ the son of Melea, the son of Mainan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, ³² the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Booz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, ³³ the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Esrom, the son of Pharez, ³⁴ the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, ³⁵ the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, ³⁶ the son of Salah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, ³⁷ the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, ³⁸ the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

⁴² Did not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem -- the village where David was -- the Christ does come?'

³⁰ a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,

²² and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will. ²³ 'Of this one's seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour -- Jesus,

³ concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

¹³ For not through law is the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

⁵ whose are the fathers, and of whom is the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

¹⁶ and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to thy seed,' which is Christ;

¹⁶ 'I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!

³³ the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Esrom, the son of Pharez, ³⁴ the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

⁸ 'And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob -- the twelve patriarchs;

⁷ nor because they are seed of Abraham are all children, but -- 'in Isaac shall a seed be called to you;' ⁸ that is, the children of the flesh -- these are not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed; ⁹ for the word of promise is this; 'According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.' ¹⁰ And not only so, but also Rebecca, having conceived by one -- Isaac our father -- ¹¹ (for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her -- ¹² 'The greater shall serve the less;' ¹³ according as it has been written, 'Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

¹⁴ for it is evident that out of Judah has arisen our Lord, in regard to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

¹¹ By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;

¹⁷ By faith Abraham has offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises, ¹⁸ of whom it was said -- 'In Isaac shall a seed be called to you;'

⁵ of the tribe of Judah 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad 12 thousand were sealed;

³³ the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Esrom, the son of Pharez,

³² the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Booz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

³¹ by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

²⁵ and in like manner also Rahab the harlot -- was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?

³ for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

²⁷ the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,

¹⁸ And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, ¹⁹ and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away. ²⁰ And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, you may not fear to receive Mary your wife, for that which in her was conceived is of the Holy Spirit, ²¹ and she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.' ²² And all this has come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ²³ 'Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted 'With us he is God.' ²⁴ And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife, ²⁵ and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

¹³ And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord does appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be you there till I may speak to you, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

¹⁷ they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, 'Whom will you I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

²² Pilate said to them, 'What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say to him, 'Let be crucified!'

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' -- and they were being stumbled at him.

²⁷ to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name is Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin is Mary.

³¹ and lo, you shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus; ³² he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father, ³³ and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.' ³⁴ And Mary said unto the messenger, 'How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?' ³⁵ And the messenger answering said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

⁴ and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David, ⁵ to enroll himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

⁷ and she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

¹⁰ And the messenger said to them, 'Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people -- ¹¹ because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David,

⁴⁸ And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, 'Child, why did you thus to us? lo, your father and I, sorrowing, were seeking you.'

²³ And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

²² and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, 'Is not this the son of Joseph?'

²⁵ The woman said to him, 'I have known that Messiah does come, who is called Christ, when that one may come, he will tell us all things;'

¹¹ and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brethren, at the Babylonian removal. ¹² And after the Babylonian removal, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

² And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

⁴¹ this one does first find his own brother Simon, and said to him, 'We have found the Messiah,' (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,)

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

²⁵ 'Thus has the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.'

²⁷ to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name is Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin is Mary. ²⁸ And the messenger having come in unto her, said, 'Hail, favoured one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women;' ²⁹ and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be. ³⁰ And the messenger said to her, 'Fear not, Mary, for you have found favour with God; ³¹ and lo, you shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus; ³² he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father, ³³ and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.' ³⁴ And Mary said unto the messenger, 'How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?' ³⁵ And the messenger answering said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God; ³⁶ and lo, Elizabeth, your kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren; ³⁷ because nothing shall be impossible with God.' ³⁸ And Mary said, 'Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

⁴ and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, ⁵ that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;

²⁶ For such a chief priest did become us -- kind, harmless, undefiled, separate from the sinners, and become higher than the heavens,

⁵ Therefore, coming into the world, he said, 'Sacrifice and offering You did not will, and a body You did prepare for me,

²⁰ for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

⁴ and they said, 'Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

²⁵ And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name is Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,

⁴ they say to him, 'Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery, ⁵ and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; you, therefore, what do you say?'

²² And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for you, to his house, and to hear sayings from you.'

¹⁹ And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream does appear to Joseph in Egypt,

²² and having heard that Archelaus does reign over Judea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there, and having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the parts of Galilee,

⁵ And the messenger answering said to the women, 'Fear not you, for I have known that Jesus, who has been crucified, you seek;

¹⁰ and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume. ¹¹ And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume, ¹² and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him; ¹³ and the messenger said unto him, 'Fear not, Zacharias, for your supplication was heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son to you, and you shall call his name John,

¹⁹ And the messenger answering said to him, 'I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto you, and to proclaim these good news to you,

²⁶ And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which is Nazareth,

⁴ and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

⁸ And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock, ⁹ and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear. ¹⁰ And the messenger said to them, 'Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people -- ¹¹ because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David, ¹² and this is to you the sign: You shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.' ¹³ And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, ¹⁴ 'Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men -- good will.'

¹³ and the messenger said unto him, 'Fear not, Zacharias, for your supplication was heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son to you, and you shall call his name John,

³¹ and lo, you shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

³⁵ And the messenger answering said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God; ³⁶ and lo, Elizabeth, your kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

¹¹ because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David,

²¹ And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.

²⁹ on the morrow John sees Jesus coming unto him, and said, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;

²⁶ to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'

¹² and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that has been given among men, in which it behooves us to be saved.'

³¹ this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, has exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

²³ 'Of this one's seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour -- Jesus,

³⁸ 'Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared, ³⁹ and from all things from which you were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

²⁵ The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, ²⁶ that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the bathing of the water in the saying, ²⁷ that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

²⁰ and through him to reconcile the all things to himself -- having made peace through the blood of his cross -- through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens. ²¹ And you -- once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile, ²² in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself, ²³ if also you remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which you heard, which was preached in all the creation that is under the heaven, of which I became -- I Paul -- a minister.

¹⁴ who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

²⁵ whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God -- ever living to make intercession for them.

⁷ and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light -- we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son does cleanse us from every sin;

¹ My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, ² and he -- he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

⁵ and you have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood, ⁶ and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.

¹⁴ and I have said to him, 'Sir, you have known;' and he said to me, 'These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;

¹⁵ and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 'Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'

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

¹⁷ 'Do not suppose that I came to throw out\'7babolish, annul, demolish, destroy, disunite, put down, take apart, weaken\'7d the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw out\'7babolish, annul, demolish, destroy, disunite, put down, take apart, weaken\'7d, but to fulfill\'7bbring to fulness, complete, fill up, make full\'7d;

¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'

¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

²¹ and he has not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

³⁵ that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

²² because these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all things that have been written.

⁴⁴ and he said to them, 'These are the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it is necessary for to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.'

³⁵ if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

³⁸ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, 'Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord -- to whom was it revealed?' ³⁹ Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said, ⁴⁰ 'He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'

²⁵ but -- that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law -- They hated me without a cause.

¹² when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Your name; those whom You have given to me I did guard, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled.

⁹ that the word might be fulfilled that he said -- 'Those whom You have given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'

³⁶ For these things came to pass, that the Writing may be fulfilled, 'A bone of him shall not be broken;' ³⁷ and again another Writing said, 'They shall look to him whom they did pierce.'

¹⁸ and God, what things before He had declared through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He did thus fulfil;

²⁷ for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read -- having judged him -- did fulfill, ²⁸ and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain, ²⁹ and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken him down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

¹⁷ for God did give into their hearts to do its mind, and to make one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast till the sayings of God may be complete,

²⁰ teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the age.'

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

⁹ And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, 'Be not afraid, but be speaking and you may be not silent;

³ concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴ who is marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the rising again from the dead,) Jesus Christ our Lord;

¹⁹ how that God was in Christ -- a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

¹⁶ and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

¹⁷ and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

²² The Lord Jesus Christ is with your spirit; the grace is with you! Amen.

⁵ His mother said to the ministrants, 'Whatever he may say to you -- do.' ⁶ And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures. ⁷ Jesus said to them, 'Fill the water-jugs with water;' and they filled them -- unto the brim; ⁸ and he said to them, 'Draw out, now, and bear to the director of the apartment;' and they bare.

¹⁴ you are my friends, if you may do whatever I command you;

⁷ By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir. ⁸ By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he does go;

²⁴ by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh, ²⁵ having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season, ²⁶ greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward; ²⁷ by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured; ²⁸ by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them. ²⁹ By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up; ³⁰ by faith the walls of Jericho did fall, having been surrounded for seven days; ³¹ by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

²¹ Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² do you see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected? ²³ and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, 'And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, 'Friend of God' he was called. ²⁴ You see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only; ²⁵ and in like manner also Rahab the harlot -- was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth? ²⁶ for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

²¹ and she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

²⁹ because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;