John 21 Cross References - Riverside

¹ AFTER this, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the Lake of Tiberias. He showed himself in this way. ² There were together Simon Peter and Thomas, called Didymus (the Twin), and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee and two other disciples. ³ Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said, "We will go along with you." They went out and got into a boat, but that night they caught nothing. ⁴ When day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach. The disciples, however, did not recognize that it was Jesus. ⁵ Jesus said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?" They answered him, "No." ⁶ He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." They cast, and now they could not draw it in for the multitude of fishes. ⁷ That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Master!" Simon Peter, on hearing that it was the Master, girded around him his blouse, for he was naked, and threw himself into the lake. ⁸ The other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from land — about a hundred yards — dragging the netful of fish. ⁹ When they had gotten out on land, they saw a fire of coals and fish laid on it and bread. ¹⁰ Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." ¹¹ Simon Peter got into the boat and drew the net to land full of big fishes — a hundred and fifty-three — and though there were so many the net was not torn. ¹² Jesus said, "Come, take break-fast." No one of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, knowing that it was the Master. ¹³ Jesus came and took bread and gave to them, and fish in the same manner. ¹⁴ This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead. ¹⁵ When they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." ¹⁶ He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Shepherd my sheep." ¹⁷ He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Master, you know all things. You know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. ¹⁸ Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked about wherever you wished. When you are old, you will stretch out your hands and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish." ¹⁹ This he said, indicating the kind of death by which he would glorify God. After saying this he said to him, "Follow me." ²⁰ Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved, following. (It was he who at the supper had leaned on Jesus' breast and said, "Lord, who is it that will betray you? ") ²¹ Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, "Master, what shall this man do?" ²² Jesus said to him, "If I choose to have him stay until I come, what is that to you? You must follow me." ²³ So the report went out among the brethren that that disciple was not to die. But Jesus did not say to Peter that he would not die, but, "If I choose to have him stay until I come, what is that to you?" ²⁴ This is the disciple who witnesses to these things and who wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. ²⁵ There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these are written, every one, I do not think that the world itself will have room for the books when written.

⁶ 'And thou, Bethlehem, land of Judah, art by no means least among the leaders of Judah; for from thee will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.' "

¹¹ Then the Devil left him, and angels came and waited upon him.

¹⁸ As he was walking along the shore of the lake of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen; ¹⁹ and he said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." ²⁰ They at once left the nets and followed him. ²¹ Going on from there, he saw two other brothers — James the son of Zebedee and John his brother — in their boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. ²² They at once left the boat and their father and followed him.

²⁷ And the rain descended and the rivers rose and the winds blew, and they struck upon that house and it fell, and great was the ruin of it."

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ Whoever does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

⁵ Blind men recover sight, lame men walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf men hear, dead men are raised, and poor men have the good news proclaimed to them.

²⁸ Peter answered, "Sir, if it is you, bid me to come to you on the water." ²⁹ Jesus said, "Come." Then Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus.

¹⁷ Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood have not revealed it to you, but my Father in heaven.

²¹ From that time Jesus began to make plain to his disciples that he had to go away to Jerusalem, and suffer greatly from the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. ²² Peter took him and began to reprove him, saying, "Please God, Sir; this shall not happen to you." ²³ But he, turning, said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan; you are a snare to me, for you are not thinking God's thoughts, but men's." ²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If any one chooses to come after me, let him disown self and take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵ For whoever chooses to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

²⁷ For the Son of Man will soon come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will repay each in full according to his actions. ²⁸ I tell you truly there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste of death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

¹⁰ See to it that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you, in heaven their angels continually behold the face of my Father in heaven.

²⁴ Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven."

²⁸ Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you who have followed me, in the rebirth, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you also will sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³ While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us when these things will be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?"

³ While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us when these things will be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?" ⁴ Jesus answered them, "Make sure that no one misleads you.

²⁷ For as the lightning comes out of the east and shines across to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

⁴⁴ Therefore be you also ready, for in an hour that you do not think the Son of Man is coming.

³¹ "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne ³² and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will divide them one from another as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats.

³⁴ Then will the King say to those on his right hand, 'Come, you who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world! ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; ³⁶ naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you cared for me. I was in prison and you came to me.' ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?' ⁴⁰ The King will answer, 'I tell you truly, inasmuch as you did it to one of these my brothers — even the least — you did it to me.'

⁴⁰ The King will answer, 'I tell you truly, inasmuch as you did it to one of these my brothers — even the least — you did it to me.' ⁴¹ Then he will say to those on his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the fire eternal prepared for the Devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not take me in; naked and you did not clothe me; sick and in prison and you did not care for me.' ⁴⁴ Then they too will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not serve you?' ⁴⁵ He will answer them, 'I tell you truly inasmuch as you did not do it to one of these least, you did not do it to me.'

³² But after I am raised, I will precede you to Galilee." ³³ Peter answered him, "Though all stumble and fail you, I never will stumble and fail."

³⁵ Peter said to him, "Even if I have to die with you, I will not disown you." And so said all of the disciples.

⁷² Then again he denied with an oath, "I do not know the man." ⁷³ After a little those who were standing there came up and said to Peter, "Truly you are one of them, for your accent proves it." ⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man." Immediately the cock crew, and ⁷⁵ Peter remembered what Jesus had said, "Before the cock crows you will disown me three times," and he went out and wept bitterly.

⁷ Go quickly and tell his disciples that he has been raised from the dead. He will precede you to Galilee. There you will see him. See, I have told you."

¹⁶ The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed to meet them,

³ If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way. Some of them are from a long way off."

³³ He turned and looked at his disciples and reproved Peter with the words, "Get behind me, Satan. You are not thinking God's thoughts, but men's thoughts." ³⁴ Then he called the crowd along with his disciples and said to them, "If any one wishes to come after me, let him disown himself and take up his cross and follow me. ³⁵ Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the good news will save it. ³⁶ What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? ³⁷ For what could a man give to buy back his soul? ³⁸ Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with his holy angels."

¹ HE said further to them, "I tell you truly that there are some of those who are standing here, who will not taste of death until they see the kingdom of God already here in power."

³² But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to question him.

³ If anybody asks, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Master has need of him,' and at once he will send him."

²⁹ Peter said to him, "Though all should fail, yet I will not."

⁷² Immediately, for the second time, the cock crew and Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me three times," and when he thought of it he wept aloud.

⁷ But go tell his disciples and Peter, He has gone before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he told you."

¹² After this he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking into the country.

¹¹ for there was born for you to-day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.

⁴ When he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, "Push out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch." ⁵ Simon answered, "Master, we have worked all night and caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets."

⁵ Simon answered, "Master, we have worked all night and caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets." ⁶ When they had done this, they enclosed a great mass of fishes and their nets began to break.

⁶ When they had done this, they enclosed a great mass of fishes and their nets began to break. ⁷ They beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and take hold with them. They came, and both the boats were filled so that they began to sink.

⁷ They beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and take hold with them. They came, and both the boats were filled so that they began to sink. ⁸ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down on his knees before Jesus and said, "Leave my boat and me, Sir, for I am a sinful man."

¹⁰ It was just the same with James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. But Jesus said to Simon, "Never fear; from now on you will be catching men."

¹⁰ It was just the same with James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. But Jesus said to Simon, "Never fear; from now on you will be catching men." ¹¹ Then they brought their boats to land and left all and followed him.

⁴⁷ For this reason I tell you her sins, many as they are, have been forgiven, for she loved much. For he to whom little is forgiven loves little."

²² telling them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and high priests and be killed, and on the third day be raised. ²³ He said to all: "If any one chooses to come after me, let him disown himself and take up his cross every day and follow me. ²⁴ He who chooses to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. ²⁵ For what will it profit a man to gain the whole world if he has lost or forfeited himself? ²⁶ Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and that of his Father and of the holy angels.

⁴⁵ But they did not understand this remark, and it was hidden from them so that they did not take it in, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

²⁹ Do not seek after something to eat and something to drink, and do not be agitated by cares. ³⁰ For these things all the nations of the world are seeking after. ³¹ But strive for his kingdom and these things will be provided for you. ³² Never fear, little flock! For it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

²³ A man said to him, "Master, are there few that are saved?" He said to them, ²⁴ "Try hard to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

³ He gave them this illustration: ⁴ "What man of you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he has found it? ⁵ And when he has found it he lays it on his shoulders with joy, ⁶ and when he comes home he calls together his friends and neighbors and says, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost!' ⁷ I tell you there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner whose heart is changed than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need to change.

¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

³² But I have prayed for thee that thy faith may not fail. And when you come back to yourself, strengthen your brothers."

⁶¹ and the Master turned and looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Master, how he had said to him, "Before the cock crows to-day you will disown me three times." ⁶² And he went out and wept bitterly.

¹⁵ It happened as they talked and discussed that Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were restrained from recognizing him.

³¹ And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; but he vanished from their sight.

⁴¹ While they still were doubting for joy and wondering, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" ⁴² They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ and he took it and ate before them.

⁴² He led him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You shall be called Cephas" (which is in Greek, Peter, that is, Rock).

⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law and of whom the prophets wrote — Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth."

⁵ His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it."

¹¹ This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana in Galilee and displayed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

²⁴ but Jesus did not trust himself to them because he knew all men ²⁵ and had no need for any one to inform him about man, for he knew what was in man.

²⁷ Upon this came his disciples, and they wondered that he was talking with a woman. But no one said, "What do you want?" or, "Why are you talking with her?"

⁴⁶ He came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. A certain royal officer was there whose son was sick in Capernaum.

¹ AFTER this Jesus went away beyond the Lake of Galilee (the Lake of Tiberias).

²³ (yet boats did come from Tiberias near to the place where they had eaten bread after the Master had given thanks) —

⁴² Jesus said to them, "If God were your father you would love me; for I came forth from God and am now here. For I have not come of myself, but he sent me.

¹¹ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹² The hireling, who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, looks on as the wolf comes and leaves the sheep and runs away — and the wolf seizes them and scatters them — ¹³ because he is a hireling and does not care for the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶ But I have other sheep which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

²⁶ But you do not believe because you are not of my sheep. ²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice and I know them and they follow me,

¹⁶ Thomas, who is called Didymus (the Twin), said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go too to die with him."

⁸ The poor you always have with you, but me you have not.

²⁶ If any one is serving me, let him follow me and where I am there my servant shall be. If any one is serving me, him my Father will honor. ²⁷ Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this I have come to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify thy name!" There came a voice from heaven, "I have glorified it and will again glorify it."

³³ This he said indicating by what death he was to die.

²³ One of his disciples was leaning on Jesus' breast — the one Jesus loved.

²³ One of his disciples was leaning on Jesus' breast — the one Jesus loved. ²⁴ Simon Peter nodded to him and said, "Say who it is that he is speaking of." ²⁵ He, leaning back on the breast of Jesus, said to him, "Master, who is it?" ²⁶ Jesus answered, "I will dip a piece of bread and give it to one. That is the man." When he had dipped the bread, he took it and gave it to Judas the son of Simon Iscariot.

³⁶ Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now; but you will follow me later."

³⁶ Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now; but you will follow me later." ³⁷ Peter said to him, "Master, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

³⁷ Peter said to him, "Master, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." ³⁸ Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I tell you, the cock will not crow before you have disowned me three times."

¹⁵ "If you love me, you will keep my commands,

¹⁵ "If you love me, you will keep my commands, ¹⁶ and I will ask the Father and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever — ¹⁷ the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot accept because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him because he abides with you and will be in you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. ¹⁹ After a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I am living you too will live. ²⁰ On that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. ²¹ He who has my commands and keeps them — he is the one that loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will show myself to him." ²² Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Master, what has happened that you are going to show yourself to us and not to the world?" ²³ Jesus answered him, "If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and abide with him. ²⁴ He who loves me not does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine, but is the word of the Father who sent me.

¹⁰ If you keep my commands, you will abide in my love as I have kept my Father's commands and abide in his love.

²⁷ And you are witnesses because you have been with me from the beginning."

¹⁹ Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, "Are you discussing with one another about this that I said, 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me'?

²⁷ for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came forth from the Father's presence.

³⁰ Now we know that you know all things and that you have no need to have any one question you. From this we believe that you have come forth from God."

⁴ Jesus, knowing all things that were coming upon him, came forward and said to them, "Whom are you seeking?"

¹⁷ The girl at the door said to Peter, "You are not one of this man's disciples, too, are you?" He said, "I am not." ¹⁸ The servants and policemen were standing there. They had made a fire, for it was cold, and were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.

²⁵ Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, "Are not you also one of his disciples?" He denied it and said, "I am not."

²⁷ Again Peter denied, and immediately a cock crowed.

³² They said this that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled — the word he had spoken indicating by what death he was to die.

²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, there is your son."

³⁵ He who saw it has borne witness and his witness is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth in order that you may believe.

² She ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Master from the tomb and we do not know where they have laid him."

¹⁴ After saying this, she turned and saw Jesus standing, but did not recognize that it was Jesus.

¹⁹ In the evening of that day, the first day of the week, when the doors had been closed where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them, "Peace be with you."

¹⁹ In the evening of that day, the first day of the week, when the doors had been closed where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them, "Peace be with you." ²⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy on seeing the Master.

²⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy on seeing the Master. ²¹ He said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me forth so I am sending you." ²² When he had said this, he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained." ²⁴ Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus (the Twin), was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ The other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Master." But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it." ²⁶ After eight days the disciples were again within and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood in the midst and said, "Peace be with you."

²⁶ After eight days the disciples were again within and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood in the midst and said, "Peace be with you." ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here. Here are my hands. Reach your hand and put it into my side, and become not faithless, but believing." ²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" ²⁹ Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." ³⁰ Jesus did before the disciples many other signs which are not written in this book. ³¹ But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life through his name.

⁷ That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Master!" Simon Peter, on hearing that it was the Master, girded around him his blouse, for he was naked, and threw himself into the lake.

⁹ When they had gotten out on land, they saw a fire of coals and fish laid on it and bread. ¹⁰ Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught."

¹² Jesus said, "Come, take break-fast." No one of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, knowing that it was the Master. ¹³ Jesus came and took bread and gave to them, and fish in the same manner. ¹⁴ This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead. ¹⁵ When they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

¹⁵ When they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." ¹⁶ He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Shepherd my sheep."

¹⁶ He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Shepherd my sheep." ¹⁷ He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Master, you know all things. You know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.

¹⁹ This he said, indicating the kind of death by which he would glorify God. After saying this he said to him, "Follow me." ²⁰ Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved, following. (It was he who at the supper had leaned on Jesus' breast and said, "Lord, who is it that will betray you? ")

²² Jesus said to him, "If I choose to have him stay until I come, what is that to you? You must follow me."

²⁴ This is the disciple who witnesses to these things and who wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

⁶ When they came together, they asked him, "Master, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" ⁷ He said to them, "It is not yours to know the times and seasons which the Father has put under his own authority.

¹⁵ In those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren (the company numbered about a hundred and twenty) and said:

²⁴ In prayer they said, "O Lord, thou who knowest the hearts of all, show which one of these two thou has chosen

³⁶ Let all the house of Israel know surely that this Jesus, whom you crucified, God has made both Lord and Christ."

⁴¹ Those who accepted his message were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls.

⁴ But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of the men grew to be about five thousand.

³⁶ As to the message which he sent to the children of Israel telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ — who is Lord of all —

³⁸ You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were harassed by the Devil, for God was with him.

⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses previously chosen by God, namely, to us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead.

³ Seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. ⁴ He seized him and put him in prison, committing him to four guards of four soldiers each for safe keeping, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

⁸ And God, who knows all hearts, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.

³ and because he was of the same trade stayed with them and they worked together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

²⁸ "Be watchful of yourselves and of all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers. Shepherd the church of God which he bought with his own blood.

³⁴ You yourselves know that these hands provided for my needs and the needs of my companions. ³⁵ In all things I showed you that so laboring we ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

¹¹ He came to see us, and took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'So will the Jews in Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.' "

¹ WELCOME him who is weak in the faith, but not in order to decide disputed questions.

¹ WE who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

¹ AND I myself, brethren, could not speak to you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as babes in Christ. ² I fed you with milk, not solid food. For you were not able to take it. Nor are you yet able, for you are still fleshly. ³ For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and living in man's way?

⁷ So then neither is he who planted anything nor he who watered, but God who makes the seed grow.

⁵ So do not judge anything before the time, before the Lord comes. He will throw light on the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the purposes of hearts. Then each one will have his praise from God.

¹¹ Thus the weak man is ruined by your knowledge — the brother for whom Christ died.

⁶ Or am I only, and Barnabas, without the right not to do manual labor?

²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup you proclaim the Lord's death, until he comes.

⁴⁷ The first man was from the earth, earthly; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

²¹ Here is the greeting of me, Paul, by my own hand. ²² If any one does not love the Lord, let him be accursed! Maran atha!

¹² For this is what we boast of, the witness of our conscience that in holiness, and sincerity before God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have lived in the world and especially toward you.

⁴ For out of great distress and pain of heart I am writing with many tears, not that you may be grieved, but that you may know the love that I have beyond measure for you. ⁵ But if any one has caused grief, he has grieved not me, but to some extent — not to be too severe — all of you. ⁶ Sufficient for such a one is this punishment by the majority, ⁷ so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and encourage him, that such a one may not be swallowed up in excessive grief.

⁴ For while we are in this tent we sigh being burdened, not that we wish to be unclothed, but to put on the other, that what is mortal may be swallowed up in life.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ impels us, convinced of this, that if one died for all, then all died,

¹⁴ For the love of Christ impels us, convinced of this, that if one died for all, then all died, ¹⁵ and he died for all that the living may no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised again.

⁸ For if I grieved you in my letter I do not regret it, though I did regret it, seeing that that letter grieved you even for a time, ⁹ but I am glad now, not that you were grieved, but that your grief led to a change of heart. You were grieved as God approves so that you should in nothing suffer loss from us. ¹⁰ For such grief as God approves works a change of heart leading to salvation and is never to be regretted. But the grief of the world results in death. ¹¹ Notice this very grieving as God approves, how great earnestness resulted from it in your case, what effort to defend yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what just punishment! In everything you showed yourselves blameless in the matter.

⁸ I speak not by way of command, but testing the genuineness of your love by the earnestness of others. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich yet for your sake he became poor, that you by his poverty might become rich.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither has circumcision any value nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

¹⁴ Then we shall be no longer children tossed and borne about by every wind of teaching through the trickery of men and craftiness in the devices of deceit,

³⁰ Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

²⁴ Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with undying love!

²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope that I may be put to shame in nothing, but with all courage, as always, so now Christ may be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death.

¹¹ Not that I am speaking because of want; for I have learned how to be content in whatever circumstances I am. ¹² I know how to live humbly and I know how to enjoy abundance. In each and every situation I have been initiated into the secret both of being well fed and of going hungry, both of having abundance and of bearing want. ¹³ I can do all things through him who gives me strength.

¹⁹ My God will supply every need of yours according to his wealth in glory in Christ Jesus.

⁹ For you remember, brethren, our toil and labor as we worked night and day so as not to burden any one of you while we proclaimed to you the good news of God.

⁷ For you yourselves know that you should imitate us, for we were not disorderly when among you, ⁸ nor did we eat bread with any one without paying, but with labor and toil night and day we worked in order not to burden any one of you. ⁹ Not that we have not the authority, but in order to give you ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

¹⁵ Be careful about these things, be fully occupied with them, that your progress may be plain to all. ¹⁶ Be thoughtful about yourself and your teaching. Persevere in this; for in doing so you will save yourself and those who hear you.

⁶ But somewhere one says, "What is man that thou rememberest him? Or the son of man that thou carest for him? ⁷ Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels. With glory and honor thou hast crowned him. ⁸ All things thou hast put under his feet." When he put all things under him he left nothing that was not put under him. We do not yet see all things put under him, ⁹ but we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death that by the grace of God he might taste of death for every man, now crowned with glory and honor.

¹³ There is not a creature invisible to him, but all things are naked and defenseless before the eyes of him to whom we must account.

³² And what shall I say further? Time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, and of David and Samuel and the prophets;

¹² So raise the relaxed hands and straighten the unstrung knees ¹³ and make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame limb may not be put out of joint but rather cured.

⁵ Let your lives be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have. For he has said, "I will not fail you nor will I forsake you."

²⁰ May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of an eternal covenant,

¹ MY brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality for persons.

⁷ Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient over it until he receives the early and the late rains.

⁶ In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you are sorrowful in trials of many kinds,

⁸ whom you love though you have not seen him; in whom you have faith though now you do not see him, and you rejoice with unspeakable and glorious joy

² and, like new-born babes, long for the reasonable pure milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation,

²⁵ For you were going astray like sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

¹¹ If any one speaks, let it be as uttering the oracles of God. If any one serves, let it be from the strength that God supplies. Thus in all things let God be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him be glory and strength for the ages of the ages! Amen. ¹² Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery fury that is among you, which has come to try you, as if some strange thing were happening to you. ¹³ But rejoice since to this extent you are sharing the sufferings of Christ, that when his glory is revealed you may rejoice and exult. ¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ you are blessed, for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

¹ THE elders among you I beg — I who am a fellow elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ and a sharer in the glory soon to be revealed — ² I beg you to shepherd the flock of God that is among you, not because you must, but willingly, not for base gain, but eagerly,

² I beg you to shepherd the flock of God that is among you, not because you must, but willingly, not for base gain, but eagerly, ³ not lording it over your charges, but becoming examples to the flock. ⁴ Then when the chief Shepherd appears you will be repaid with the never-fading crown of glory.

¹² For this reason I shall always keep reminding you of these things, although you know them and are steadfast in the truth that you have. ¹³ I think it right so long as I am in this tent to arouse you by reminding you, ¹⁴ since I know that the laying aside of my tent will come soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made plain to me.

¹⁴ since I know that the laying aside of my tent will come soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made plain to me. ¹⁵ I will endeavor also on every occasion to make it so that after my going you shall have these things in memory.

¹ THIS second letter, beloved, I am writing you. In both I have tried, by awakening your memory,

¹ WHAT was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and our hands touched — it is about the Word of Life ² (the Life appeared and we saw and testify to it and tell you of the Life eternal which was with the Father and appeared to us) —

¹³ I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the Evil One. I have written to you, little children, because you have come to know the Father.

¹⁸ Little children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that Antichrist is coming, even now many Antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the last hour.

¹⁶ By this we have come to know love — that Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ¹⁷ But if any one has this world's goods and sees his brother in need and shuts away his sympathies from him, how can the love of God remain in him? ¹⁸ Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. ¹⁹ By this we shall know that we are of the truth and shall give confidence to our hearts in his presence, ²⁰ because if our hearts condemn us God is greater than our hearts and knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us we have confidence toward God, ²² and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight. ²³ And this is his command — to believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another as he has given us command. ²⁴ He who keeps his commands remains in God and God remains in him. By this we know that God remains in us — by the Spirit which he has given to us.

¹⁹ We love because he first loved us.

¹ EVERY one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and every one who loves the father who gave him life loves every one who has received life from that father.

⁶ This is he who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ. Not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

⁷ For it was for the Name that they came out, taking nothing from the Gentiles. ⁸ We ought to help such men so as to be fellow workers with the truth.

¹² Testimony has been borne to Demetrius by all and by the truth itself. We too bear testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

⁷ He is coming with clouds and every eye will see him, even of those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will beat their breasts because of him. Yes, Amen.

²³ and her children I will surely kill. All the churches shall know that I am he who searches hearts and will give to each of you according to your deeds.

²⁵ But hold fast what you have until I come.

¹¹ I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may take your crown.

¹⁹ All that I love I rebuke and discipline. Be earnest, then, and repent.

¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the center before the throne will be their shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

⁷ I am coming soon. Blessed is he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this book."

²⁰ He who bears this testimony says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen, come, Lord Jesus.