John 2 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹ Two days after this there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there. ² Jesus himself, too, with his disciples, was invited to the wedding. ³ And, when the wine ran short, his mother said to him: "They have no wine left." ⁴ "What do you want with me?" answered Jesus. "My time has not come yet." ⁵ His mother said to the servants: "Do whatever he tells you." ⁶ There were standing there six stone water-jars, in accordance with the Jewish rule of 'purification,' each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ⁷ Jesus said to the servants: "Fill the water-jars with water;" ⁸ And, when they had filled them to the brim, he added: "Now take some out, and carry it to the Master of the Feast." The servants did so. ⁹ And, when the Master of the Feast had tasted the water which had now become wine, not knowing where it had come from--although the servants who had taken out the water knew-- ¹⁰ He called the bridegroom and said to him: "Every one puts good wine on the table first, and inferior wine afterwards, when his guests have drunk freely; but you have kept back the good wine till now!" ¹¹ This, the first sign of his mission, Jesus gave at Cana in Galilee, and by it revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. ¹² After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum--he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; but they stayed there only a few days. ¹³ Then, as the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ In the Temple Courts he found people who were selling bullocks, sheep, and pigeons, and the money-changers at their counters. ¹⁵ So he made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the Temple Courts, and the sheep and bullocks as well; he scattered the money of the money-changers, and overturned their tables, ¹⁶ And said to the pigeon-dealers: "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's House into a market-house." ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that Scripture said--'Zeal for thy House will consume me.' ¹⁸ Upon this the Jews asked Jesus: "What sign are you going to show us, since you act in this way?" ¹⁹ "Destroy this temple," was his answer, "and I will raise it in three days." ²⁰ "This Temple," replied the Jews, "has been forty-six years in building, and are you going to 'raise it in three days'?" ²¹ But Jesus was speaking of his body as a temple. ²² Afterwards, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the passage of Scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken. ²³ While Jesus was in Jerusalem, during the Passover Festival, many came to trust in him, when they saw the signs of his mission that he was giving. ²⁴ But Jesus did not trust himself to them, since he could read every heart, ²⁵ And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.

¹³ Afterwards, leaving Nazareth, he went and settled at Capernaum, which is by the side of the Sea, within the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali;

²⁹ Suddenly they shrieked out: "What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?"

⁴ Knowing their thoughts, Jesus exclaimed: "Why do your cherish such wicked thoughts?

¹⁶ Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as serpents, and as blameless as doves. ¹⁷ Be on your guard against your fellow men, for they will betray you to courts of law, and scourge you in their Synagogues;

⁴⁰ He who welcomes you is welcoming me; and he who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his Messenger. ⁴¹ He who welcomes a Prophet, because he is a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet's reward; and he who welcomes a good man, because he is a good man, shall receive a good man's reward. ⁴² And, if any one gives but a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones because he is a disciple, I tell you that he shall assuredly not lose his reward."

²³ And you, Capernaum! Will you 'exalt yourself to Heaven'? 'You shall go down to the Place of Death.' For, if the miracles which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been standing to this day.

¹⁹ He shall not contend, nor cry aloud, Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets;

³⁸ At this point, some Teachers of the Law and Pharisees interposed. "Teacher," they said, " we want to see some sign from you." ³⁹ "It is a wicked and unfaithful generation," answered Jesus, "that is asking for a sign, and no sign shall be given it except the sign of the Prophet Jonah. ⁴⁰ For, just as 'Jonah was inside the sea-monster three days and three nights,' so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

⁴⁰ For, just as 'Jonah was inside the sea-monster three days and three nights,' so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹ At the Judgment, the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah! ⁴² At the Judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the present generation, and will condemn it, because she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!

⁴⁶ While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers were standing outside, asking to speak to him.

²⁰ By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the man who hears the Message, and at once accepts it joyfully; ²¹ But, as he has no root, he stands for only a short time; and, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, he falls away at once.

⁵⁵ Is not he the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶ And his sisters, too--are not they all living among us? Where, then did he get all this?"

²⁸ "Your faith is great," was his reply to the woman; "it shall be as you wish!" And her daughter was cured that very hour.

¹ Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and, to test Jesus, requested him to show them some sign from the heavens. ² But Jesus answered: [ "In the evening you say 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is as red as fire.' ³ But in the morning you say 'To-day it will be stormy, for the sky is as red as fire and threatening.' You learn to read the sky; yet you are unable to read the signs of the times!] ⁴ A wicked and unfaithful generation is asking for a sign, but no sign shall be given it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and went away.

¹² Jesus went into the Temple Courts, and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of the pigeon-dealers, ¹³ And said to them: "Scripture says—'My House shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it 'a den of robbers.'"

¹³ And said to them: "Scripture says—'My House shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it 'a den of robbers.'"

²³ After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation came up to him as he was teaching, and said: " What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

⁴⁰ And the King will reply 'I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my Brothers, however lowly, you did it to me.'

⁴⁵ And then he will reply 'I tell you, as often as you failed to do it to one of these, however lowly, you failed to do it to me.'

²⁸ For this is my Covenant blood, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

⁶⁰ But they did not find any, although many came forward with false evidence. Later on, however, two men came forward and said: ⁶¹ "This man said 'I am able to destroy the Temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"

⁴⁰ "You who 'destroy the Temple and build one in three days,' save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!"

⁶³ "Sir, we remember that, during his lifetime, that impostor said 'I shall rise after three days.'

⁸ Jesus, at once intuitively aware that they wee debating with themselves in this way, said to them: "Why are you debating in your minds about this?

¹⁶ So, too, those meant by the seed sown on the rocky places are the people who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully; ¹⁷ But, as they have no root, they stand only for a short time; and so, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, they fall away at once.

³ Is not he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters, too, living here among us?" This proved a hindrance to their believing in him;

² They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands 'defiled,' by which they meant unwashed. ³ (For the Pharisees, and indeed all strict Jews, will not eat without first scrupulously washing their hands, holding in this to the traditions of their ancestors. ⁴ When they come from market, they will not eat without first sprinkling themselves; and there are many other customs which they have inherited and hold to, such as the ceremonial washing of cups, and jugs, and copper pans). ⁵ So the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question--"How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?"

¹¹ Here the Pharisees came out, and began to argue with Jesus, asking him for some sign from the heavens, to test him.

³¹ Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo much suffering, and that he must be rejected by the Councillors, and the Chief Priests, and the Teachers of the Law, and be put to death, and rise again after three days.

² "Go to the village facing you," he said; "and, as soon as you get there, you will find a foal tethered, which no one has ever ridden; untie it, and bring it. ³ And, if any one says to you 'Why are you doing that?', say 'The Master wants it, and will be sure to send it back here at once.'" ⁴ The two disciples went, and, finding a foal tethered outside a door in the street, they untied it. ⁵ Some of the by-standers said to them: "What are you doing, untying the foal?" ⁶ And the two disciples answered as Jesus had told them; and they allowed them to go.

¹⁵ They came to Jerusalem. Jesus went into the Temple Courts, and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of the pigeon-dealers,

¹⁷ Then he began to teach. "Does not Scripture say," he asked, "'My House shall be called a House of Prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers.'"

²⁷ They came to Jerusalem again. While Jesus was walking about in the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests, the Teachers of the Law, and the Councillors came up to him. ²⁸ "What authority have you to do these things?" they said. "Who gave you the authority to do them?"

¹² On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened bread, when it was customary to kill the Passover lambs, his disciples said to Jesus: "Where do you wish us to go and make preparations for your eating the Passover?" ¹³ Jesus sent forward two of his disciples and said to them: "Go into the city, and there a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him; ¹⁴ and, wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house 'The Teacher says--Where is my room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?' ¹⁵ He will himself show you a large upstairs room, set out ready; and there make preparations for us." ¹⁶ So the disciples set out and went into the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover. ¹⁷ In the evening he went there with the Twelve,

⁵⁸ "We ourselves heard him say 'I will destroy this Temple made with hands, and in three days build another made without hands.'"

²⁹ The passers-by railed at him, shaking their heads, as they said: "Ah! you who 'destroy the Temple and build one in three days,

⁴¹ Every year the child's parents used to go to Jerusalem at the Passover Festival.

⁴⁹ "What made you search for me?" he answered. "Did not you know that I must be in my Father's House?"

⁵ "We have been hard at work all night, Sir," answered Simon, "and have not caught anything, but, at your bidding, I will throw out the nets." ⁶ They did so, and enclosed such a great shoal of fish that their nets began to break.

⁴⁶ Why do you call me 'Master! Master!' and yet fail to do what I tell you? ⁴⁷ Every one who comes to me and listens to my teaching and acts upon it--I will show you to whom he may be compared. ⁴⁸ He may be compared to a man building a house, who dug, and went deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock. Then, when a flood came, the river swept down upon that house, but had no power to shake it, because it had been built well. ⁴⁹ But those who have listened and not acted upon what they have heard may be compared to a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The river swept down upon it, and the house immediately collapsed; and great was the crash that followed."

³⁴ And now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying 'Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax- gatherers and outcasts.' ³⁵ And yet Wisdom is vindicated by all her children." ³⁶ One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at table. ³⁷ Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having ascertained that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume, ³⁸ And placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.

¹³ By the seed which fell upon the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the Message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.

²⁹ As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak: "This generation is a wicked generation. It is asking a sign, but no sign shall be given it except the sign of Jonah.

²⁵ 'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.

⁴⁵ Jesus went into the Temple Courts and began to drive out those who were selling, ⁴⁶ Saying as he did so: "Scripture says--'My House shall be a House of Prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

¹ On one of these days, when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple Courts and telling the Good News, the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law, joined by the Councillors, confronted him, ² And addressing him, said: "Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who is it that has given you this authority?"

⁷ How he said that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of wicked men, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day." ⁸ Then they remembered the words of Jesus,

⁴⁴ "This is what I told you," he said, "when I was still with you--that everything that had been written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled."

¹⁴ And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.

¹⁷ For the Law was given through Moses, love and truth came through Jesus Christ.

²⁵ And their next question was: "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor yet 'the Prophet'?"

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!

³⁵ The next day, when John was standing with two of his disciples,

⁴⁰ One of the two, who heard what John said and followed Jesus, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. ⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: "We have found the Messiah!" (a word which means 'Christ,' or 'Consecrated'.) ⁴² Then he brought him to Jesus. Fixing his eyes on him, Jesus said: "You are Simon, the son of John; you shall be called Kephas" (which means 'Peter,' or 'Rock').

⁴² Then he brought him to Jesus. Fixing his eyes on him, Jesus said: "You are Simon, the son of John; you shall be called Kephas" (which means 'Peter,' or 'Rock'). ⁴³ The following day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip, and said to him: "Follow me."

⁴³ The following day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip, and said to him: "Follow me." ⁴⁴ Philip was from Bethsaida, and a fellow-townsman of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ He found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and of whom the Prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son!" ⁴⁶ "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" asked Nathanael. "Come and see," replied Philip.

⁴⁶ "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" asked Nathanael. "Come and see," replied Philip. ⁴⁷ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said: "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!"

⁴⁷ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said: "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!" ⁴⁸ "How do you know me?" asked Nathanael. "Even before Philip called you," replied Jesus, "when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." ⁴⁹ "Rabbi," Nathanael exclaimed, "you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!" ⁵⁰ "Do you believe in me," asked Jesus, "because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You shall see greater things than those!

³ And, when the wine ran short, his mother said to him: "They have no wine left."

⁵ His mother said to the servants: "Do whatever he tells you."

⁹ And, when the Master of the Feast had tasted the water which had now become wine, not knowing where it had come from--although the servants who had taken out the water knew--

¹¹ This, the first sign of his mission, Jesus gave at Cana in Galilee, and by it revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

¹³ Then, as the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁷ His disciples remembered that Scripture said--'Zeal for thy House will consume me.'

²³ While Jesus was in Jerusalem, during the Passover Festival, many came to trust in him, when they saw the signs of his mission that he was giving.

² This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: "Rabbi, we know that you are a Teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him."

²⁵ Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew on the subject of 'purification;'

⁴⁶ So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the King's officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.

¹ Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁷ But Jesus replied: "My Father works to this very hour, and I work also."

¹⁹ So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.

²³ So that all men may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son fails to honor the Father who sent him.

⁴² But I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

² A great crowd of people, however, followed him, because they saw the signs of his mission in his work among those who were afflicted.

⁴ It was near the time of the Jewish Festival of the Passover.

¹⁴ When the people saw the signs which Jesus gave, they said: "This is certainly 'the Prophet who was to come' into the world." ¹⁵ But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him King, retired again up the hill, quite alone.

¹⁷ And, getting into a boat, began to cross to Capernaum. By this time darkness had set in, and Jesus had not yet come back to them;

²⁶ "In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "it is not on account of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied.

³⁰ "What sign, then," they asked, "are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing?

⁶¹ But Jesus, aware that his disciples were murmuring about it, said to them:

⁶⁴ Yet there are some of you who do not believe in me." For Jesus knew from the first who they were that did not believe in him, and who it was that would betray him;

³ His brothers said to him: "Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing. ⁴ For no one does a thing privately, if he is seeking to be widely known. Since you do these things, you should show yourself publicly to the world." ⁵ For even his brothers did not believe in him. ⁶ "My time," answered Jesus, "is not come yet, but your time is always here.

¹⁷ If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

³⁰ So they sought to arrest him; but no one touched him, for his time was not come yet. ³¹ Many of the people, however, believed in him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?"

²⁰ These statements Jesus made in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple Courts. Yet no one arrested him, for his time had not then come.

³⁰ While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him. ³¹ So Jesus went on to say to those Jews who had believed him: "If you remain constant to my Message, you are truly my disciples;

⁴⁹ "I am not possessed by a demon," Jesus answered, "but I am showing reverence for my Father; and yet you have no reverence for me.

¹⁷ This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life- -to receive it again. ¹⁸ No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

²⁹ What my Father has entrusted to me is more than all else; and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hands.

³ The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus--'Master, your friend is ill';

¹⁵ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him."

²⁵ "I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus. "He that believes in me shall live, though he die;

⁵⁵ But the Jewish Festival of the Passover was near; and many people had gone up from the country to Jerusalem, for their 'purification,' before the Festival began.

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in Scripture, and that they had done these things for him.

²³ This was his reply-- "The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.

³⁷ But, though Jesus had given so many signs of his mission before their eyes, they still did not believe in him,

⁴¹ Isaiah said this, because he saw Christ's glory; and it was of him that he spoke. ⁴² Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, on account of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, for fear that they should be expelled from their Synagogues; ⁴³ For they valued honor from men more than honor from God.

¹ Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.

¹¹ For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said 'You are not all clean.'

⁹ "Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'? ¹⁰ Do not you believe that I am in union with the Father, and the Father with me? In giving you my teaching I am not speaking on my own authority; but the Father himself, always in union with me, does his own work. ¹¹ Believe me," he said to them all, "when I say that I am in union with the Father and the Father with me, or else believe me on account of the work itself.

¹³ Whatever you ask, in my Name, I will do, that the Father may be honored in the Son.

²⁶ But the Helper--the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my Name--he will teach you all things, and will recall to your minds all that I have said to you.

¹⁴ And you are my friends, if you do what I command you.

⁴ But I have spoken to you of these things that, when the time for them comes, you may remember that I told you about them myself.

³⁰ Now we are sure that you know everything, and need not wait for any one to question you. This makes us believe that you did come from God."

⁶ When Jesus said 'I am he,' they drew back and fell to the ground.

²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved, standing near, he said to his mother: "There is your son." ²⁷ Then he said to that disciple: "There is your mother." And from that very hour the disciple took her to live in his house.

⁸ Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside too, and he saw for himself and was convinced. ⁹ For they did not then understand the passage of Scripture which says that Jesus must rise again from the dead.

¹³ "Why are you weeping?" asked the angels. "They have taken my Master away," she answered, "and I do not know where they have laid him."

¹⁵ "Why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" he asked. Supposing him to be the gardener, Mary answered: "If it was you, Sir, who carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away myself."

¹⁷ "Do not hold me," Jesus said; "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my Brothers, and tell them that I am ascending to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God."

³⁰ There were many other signs of his mission that Jesus gave in presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book; ³¹ But these have been recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God--and that, through your belief in his Name, you may have Life.

² It was in this way:--Simon Peter, Thomas, who was called 'The Twin,' Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, Zebediah's sons, and two other disciples of Jesus, were together, when Simon Peter said:

¹⁷ The third time, Jesus said to him: "Simon, son of John, are you my friend?" Peter was hurt at his third question being 'Are you my friend?'; and exclaimed: "Master, you know everything! You can tell that I am your friend." "Feed my sheep," said Jesus.

¹³ When they reached Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room, where they were staying. There were there Peter, John, James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. ¹⁴ They all united in devoting themselves to Prayer, and so did some women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

²⁴ And they offered this prayer--"O Lord, who reads all hearts, show which of these two men you have chosen

²⁴ But God released him from the pangs of death and raised him to life, it being impossible for death to retain its hold upon him.

³² It was this Jesus, whom God raised to life; and of that we are ourselves all witnesses.

¹⁵ The very Guide to Life you put to death! But God raised him from the dead--and of that we are ourselves witnesses.

²⁶ For you, first, God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways."

⁷ They had Peter and John brought before them, and questioned them. "By what power," they asked, "Or in whose name have men like you done this thing?"

²⁸ "We gave you strict orders," he said, "not to teach in this Name. Yet you have actually flooded Jerusalem with your teaching, and you want to make us responsible for the death of this man."

²⁶ Meanwhile an angel of the Lord had said to Philip: "Set out on a journey southwards, along the road that runs down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (It is now deserted). ²⁷ So Philip set out on a journey; and on his way he came upon an official of high rank, in the service of Candace, Queen of the Abyssinians. He was her treasurer, and had been to Jerusalem to worship, ²⁸ And was now on his way home, sitting in his carriage and reading the Prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ The Spirit said to Philip: "Go up to the carriage yonder and keep close to it." ³⁰ So Philip ran up, and he heard the Abyssinian reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked. ³¹ "How can I," the other answered, "unless some one will explain it to me?" and he invited Philip to get up and sit by his side. ³² The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this--'Like a sheep, he was led away to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in the hands of its shearer, so he refrains from opening his lips. ³³ In his lowly condition justice was denied him. Who will tell the story of his generation? For his life is cut off from earth.' ³⁴ "Now," said the Treasurer, addressing Philip, "tell me, of whom is the Prophet speaking? Of himself, or of some one else?" ³⁵ Then Philip began, and, taking this passage as his text, told him the Good News about Jesus. ³⁶ Presently, as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the Treasurer exclaimed: "Look! here is water; what is to prevent my being baptized?" ³⁷ OMITTED TEXT ³⁸ So he ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water--both Philip and the Treasurer--and Philip baptized him. ³⁹ But, when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the Treasurer saw no more of him; for he continued his journey with a joyful heart. ⁴⁰ But Philip was found at Ashdod, and, as he went on his way, he told the Good News in all the towns through which he passed, till he came to Caesarea.

⁶ "Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

¹⁶ And I recalled the saying of the Master-- 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

²⁴ A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver models of the shrine of Artemis, and so gave a great deal of work to the artisans, ²⁵ Got these men together, as well as the workmen engaged in similar occupations, and said: "Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this work, ²⁶ And you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but in almost the whole of Roman Asia, this Paul has convinced and won over great numbers of people, by his assertion that those Gods which are made by hands are not Gods at all. ²⁷ So that not only is this business of ours likely to fall into discredit, but there is the further danger that the Temple of the great Goddess Artemis will be thought nothing of, and that she herself will be deprived of her splendor--though all Roman Asia and the whole world worship her."

²⁴ But also with reference to us. Our faith, too, will be regarded by God in the same light, if we have faith in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead;

⁴ Consequently, through sharing his death in our baptism, we were buried with him; that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by a manifestation of the Father's power, so we also may live a new Life.

¹¹ And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give Life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.

⁷ In all cases pay what is due from you--tribute where tribute is due, taxes where taxes are due, respect where respect is due, and honor where honor is due.

¹⁶ Do not you know that you are God's Temple, and that God's Spirit has his home in you?

¹⁹ Again, do not you know that your body is a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you-the Spirit which you have from God?

³⁹ A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but, if the husband should pass to his rest, the widow is free to marry any one she wishes, provided he is a believer.

⁵ Have not we a right to take a wife with us, if she is a Christian, as the other Apostles and the Master's brothers and Kephas all do?

³¹ Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honor of God.

³ For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold), ⁴ That he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the Scriptures had foretold),

¹² Now, if it is proclaimed of Christ that he has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?

¹⁸ And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.

⁶ Indeed, the same God who said 'Out of darkness light shall shine,' has shone in upon our hearts, so that we should bring out into the light the knowledge of the glory of God, seen in the face of Christ.

¹⁷ The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory;

¹⁶ For ourselves, then, from this time forward, we refuse to regard any one from the world's standpoint. Even if we once thought of Christ from the standpoint of the world, yet now we do so no longer.

¹⁶ What agreement can thee be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the Living God. That is what God meant when he said--'I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

⁴ The weapons for our warfare are not earthly, but, under God, are powerful enough to pull down strongholds.

¹⁹ I did not, however, see any other Apostle, except James, the Master's brother.

⁵ Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, that the Truth of the Good News might be yours always! ⁶ Of those who are thought somewhat highly of--what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognize human distinctions--those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my Message.

¹⁰ All who rely upon obedience to Law are under a curse, for Scripture says--'Cursed is every one who does not abide by all that is written in the Book of the Law, and do it.' ¹¹ Again, it is evident that no one is pronounced righteous before God through Law, for we read--'Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.' ¹² But the Law is not based on faith; no, its words are--'Those who practice these precepts will find Life through them.' ¹³ Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for Scripture says--'Cursed is any one who is hanged on a tree.'

⁶ If a man is in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.

²⁰ You have been built up upon the foundation laid by the Apostles and Prophets, Christ Jesus himself being 'the corner- stone.' ²¹ United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a Temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord. ²² And, through union in him, you also are being built up together, to be a dwelling-place for God through the Spirit.

¹⁶ And pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul, ¹⁷ So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,

²⁶ To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise;

³⁰ For we are members of his Body. ³¹ 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife shall become one.' ³² In this there is a profound truth--I am speaking of Christ and his Church. ³³ However, for you individually, let each love his wife as if she were himself; and the wife be careful to respect her husband.

⁶ Do not be anxious about anything; but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty joined with thanksgiving, make your needs known to God.

¹⁹ For it pleased the Father that in him the divine nature in all its fulness should dwell,

⁹ For in Christ the Godhead in all its fulness dwells incarnate;

¹² For in baptism you were buried with Christ; and in baptism you were also raised to Life with him, through your faith in the omnipotence of God, who raised him from the dead.

¹⁷ And, whatever you say or do, do everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus; and through him offer thanksgiving to God the father.

¹ But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the Faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons, ² who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These men's consciences are seared, ³ and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the Faith and have attained a full knowledge of the Truth.

⁵ and incessant wrangling on the part of these corrupt-minded people who have lost all hold on the Truth, and who think of religion only as a source of gain.

¹³ There is no created thing that can hide itself from the sight of God. Everything is exposed and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we have to give account.

⁹ and, being made perfect, he became to all those who obey him the source of eternal Salvation,

² teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment.

² where he ministers in the Sanctuary, in that true Tabernacle set up by the Lord and not by man.

¹⁰ the whole system being concerned only with food and drink and various ablutions--external ceremonials imposed until the coming of the New Order.

¹⁹ For, when every command had been announced to all the people by Moses in accordance with the Law, he took the blood of the calves and of the goats, with water, scarlet wool, and a bunch of hyssop, and sprinkled even the Book of the Law, as well as all the people,

²² let us draw near to God in all sincerity of heart and in perfect faith, with our hearts purified by the sprinkled blood from all consciousness of wrong, and with our bodies washed with pure water.

⁸ It was faith that enabled Abraham to obey the Call that he received, and to set out for the place which he was afterwards to obtain as his own; and he set out not knowing where he was going.

⁴ Let marriage be honoured by all and the married life be pure; for God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

¹⁹ It is a part of your Faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought. ²⁰ Now do you really want to understand, you foolish man, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?

⁴ Come to Him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God's eyes choice and precious; ⁵ and, as living stones, form yourselves into a spiritual House, to be a consecrated Priesthood, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ For Christ himself died to atone for sins once for all--the good on behalf of the bad--that he might bring you to God; his body being put to death, but his spirit entering upon new Life.

³ In their covetousness they will try to make you a source of profit by their fabrications; but for a long time past their Sentence has not been standing idle, nor their Ruin slumbering.

¹⁴ They have eyes only for adulteresses, eyes never tired of sin; they entice weak souls; their minds are trained to covet; they live under a curse. ¹⁵ Leaving the straight road, they have gone astray and followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, who set his heart on the reward for wrong-doing,

¹³ I write this to you, that you may realize that you have found Immortal Life--you who believe in the Name of the Son of God.

²³ I will also put her children to death; and all the Churches shall learn that I am he who 'looks into the hearts and souls of men'; and I will give to each one of you what his life deserves.

²⁰ I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will go in, and will feast with him, and he shall feast with me.

¹⁶ Never again shall they be hungry, never again shall they be thirsty, nor shall the sun smite upon them, nor any scorching heat; ¹⁷ for the Lamb that stands in the space before the throne will be their shepherd, and will lead them to life-giving springs of water; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.'