Acts 3 Cross References - WPNT

¹ Now Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour (the ninth) of prayer. ² And a certain man, who had actually been lame from his mother’s womb, was being carried (they would lay him daily at the temple gate, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple), ³ who, upon seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, began asking for alms. ⁴ So Peter, with John, fastening his gaze on him said, “Look at us”. ⁵ So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ But Peter said: “I don’t have silver and gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Natsorean, get up and walk!” ⁷ And grasping him by his right hand he lifted him up; immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened. ⁸ So jumping up he stood, and began to walk! And he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. ⁹ Well all the people saw him walking and praising God; ¹⁰ and they recognized him—that he was the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, with a view to alms—and they were filled with wonder and amazement because of what had happened to him. ¹¹ Now as the lame man who had been healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico, the one called ‘Solomon’s’, really wondering. ¹² So upon observing this Peter responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why are you marveling at this, or why are you staring at us as if we have made him walk by our own power or godliness? ¹³ The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up; and you repudiated Him to Pilate’s face, when he was intending to release Him. ¹⁴ Yes you repudiated the holy and righteous One, and you asked that a murderer be granted to you, ¹⁵ while you killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from among the dead, to which we are witnesses. ¹⁶ Well His name, based on faith in His name, made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that is through Him has given him this wholeness in the presence of you all. ¹⁷ “So now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, as also your rulers. ¹⁸ But the things that God foretold through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Messiah would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. ¹⁹ Repent therefore, and turn around, so that your sins may be erased, in order that times of refreshing may come from the Lord’s face ²⁰ and that He may send Jesus, who had been ordained to be your Messiah, ²¹ whom Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which times God spoke long ago by the mouth of all His holy prophets. ²² “For example, Moses said to the fathers: ‘The Lord our God will raise up for you a Prophet, like me, from among your brothers. You must listen to Him, in all that He may say to you. ²³ It will be that every person who will not listen to that Prophet will be extirpated from among the people.’ ²⁴ “Yes and all the prophets, from Samuel on down, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. ²⁵ You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘Yes, in your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed’. ²⁶ God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to you first, to bless you by turning each of you away from your iniquities.”

²¹ And she will give birth to a Son and you will call His name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

⁹ and don’t even think to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father’, for I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ¹⁰ Indeed, already the ax is being laid to the root of the trees. So every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

²² Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many mighty works in Your name?’

²² But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Take courage, daughter; your faith has made you well”. And the woman was healed from that very hour.

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent out, and commanded them saying: “Do not go off into the road of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. ⁶ But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁹ Do not provide gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts,

²⁷ “All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one really knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone really know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son may will to reveal Him .

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²⁷ For the Son of the Man will certainly come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will recompense each according to his performance.

¹ Now after six days Jesus takes Peter, James and his brother John and leads them up on a high mountain, in private.

⁴ Then Peter reacted and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, let us make three booths: one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ⁵ While he was still speaking a brilliant cloud overshadowed them and, double wow, a Voice came out of the cloud saying: “This is my beloved Son in whom I am always well pleased. Hear Him!”

¹¹ In answer Jesus said to them: “Elijah is indeed coming first, and he will restore all things. ¹² But I say to you that ‘Elijah’ has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. Thus also the Son of the Man is about to suffer at their hands.”

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why were we not able to cast it out?” ²⁰ So Jesus said to them: “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed has, you (ye) will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

³ and said: “Assuredly I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of the heavens.

¹⁹ and they will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge and to crucify. And on the third day He will rise!”

²¹ So in answer Jesus said to them: “Assuredly I say to you, if you (pl.) have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and be thrown into the sea’, it will happen. ²² And anything whatever you may ask in the believing prayer, you will receive.”

³² ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not God of dead people but of living.”

³ Now as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to Him privately saying: “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming and of the completion of the age?”

³⁰ And then the sign of the Son of the Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn —they will see the Son of the Man coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And He will send out His angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they will collect His elect from the four winds, from one extreme of the heavens to the other. ³² “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and it puts forth leaves, you know that the summer is near. ³³ So you also, whenever you see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors! ³⁴ Assuredly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen. ³⁵ The heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ³⁶ “But no one knows concerning that day and hour, not even the angels of the heavens, except my Father alone.

³⁷ And taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along He began to be troubled and distressed.

² And having bound Him they went and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate the governor.

¹⁷ So while they were assembled Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Messiah?” ¹⁸ For he knew that they had handed Him over through envy. ¹⁹ Now as he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because I suffered a great deal in a dream today because of Him.” ²⁰ But the chief priests and elders had persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Barabbas, but destroy Jesus. ²¹ So the governor spoke up and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” And they said, “Barabbas!” ²² Pilate says to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Messiah?” They all say to him, “Let Him be crucified!” ²³ So the governor said, “But, what evil did He do?” But they kept yelling all the more saying, “Let Him be crucified!!” ²⁴ When Pilate saw that nothing was being gained but rather a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd saying: “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. It’s your problem!” ²⁵ So in answer all the people said, “His blood be upon us and upon our children!”

² Now then, a big earthquake had occurred, because an angel of the Lord, descending out of heaven, had come and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it! ³ And his appearance was like lightning and his clothing as white as snow. ⁴ So the guards were shaken for fear of him, and became like dead men. ⁵ Now the angel spoke up and said to the women: “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for the Jesus who was crucified.

¹⁸ And approaching Jesus asserted to them saying: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

²⁴ saying: “Hey, what do you want with us, Jesus Natsarene?! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

³¹ So He went and grasping her hand lifted her up; immediately the fever left her and she began to serve them.

¹¹ “To you I say, get up, pick up your pallet and go to your house!” ¹² So forthwith he got up, picked up his pallet and went out in front of them all; so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

⁴¹ And taking the child by the hand He said to her, “Talitha koumi”, which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

⁴ And Elijah appeared to them, along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus. ⁵ Well Peter reacted by saying to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three shelters: one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah”. ⁶ (Because they were terrified, he didn’t know what to say.) ⁷ With that a cloud was covering them and a VOICE came out of the cloud: “This is my Son, the beloved. Listen to Him!”

¹¹ And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” ¹² So in answer He said to them: “Elijah indeed does come first, and restores all things; also how it is written concerning the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt. ¹³ Still, I say to you that ‘Elijah’ has also come, and they did to him as they wished, as it is written about him.”

²⁷ But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stayed on his feet.

²² So in answer Jesus said to them: “Have faith in God. ²³ Because I tell you assuredly, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be picked up and be thrown into the sea’, and does not doubt in his heart but believes that the things he says will happen, he will have whatever he says.

²⁶ And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

³⁰ Assuredly I tell you that this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things happen. ³¹ The heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away. ³² “Now concerning that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels who are in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father. ³³ Watch! Keep alert! Pray! Because you do not know when that time will be. ³⁴ It is like a man off on a journey, having left his house and given the authority to his slaves, and to each his work; and he commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. ³⁵ Therefore be watchful, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming—at evening or at midnight or at cockcrow or early morning— ³⁶ lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. ³⁷ The things I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”

⁸ She did what she could. She has perfumed my body for the burying before the fact.

⁷ Well there was one called Barabbas, who had been bound with his fellow insurrectionists, who in the insurrection had committed murder.

¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; ¹⁸ they will remove ‘snakes’; and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them at all; they will lay hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

¹⁰ and the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense.

¹⁶ And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God;

³⁵ In answer the angel said to her: “Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will hover over you; precisely for this reason the holy One who is to be born will be called ‘Son of God’!

⁷⁰ — just as He spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from antiquity—

⁷² to use mercy with our fathers, even to remember His Holy covenant,

¹⁰ The angel said to them: “Do not be afraid because listen, I am announcing the most joyful news to you, which will be to all the people! ¹¹ You see, today, in David’s city, a Savior was born to you, who is Lord Christ!

²⁰ Then, having rolled up the scroll and returned it to the attendant, He sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on Him,

³⁶ Everyone was taken with amazement and they started conversing together, saying: “What is this word! For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

²³ Rejoice in that day and skip about! Because your reward really is great in Heaven; for that is how their fathers treated the prophets.

³⁸ Now the man from whom the demons had gone out had started begging Him that he might be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

³⁰ And then, two men started talking with Him, who were Moses and Elijah; ³¹ they appeared in glory and were explaining His ‘departure’, that He was about to bring to fruition in Jerusalem. ³² Now Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; but becoming fully awake, they saw His glory, and the two men who stood with Him. ³³ Then it happened: as they were parting from Him, Peter said to Jesus: “Master, it is good for us to be here” and “Should we make three shelters: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah?” —not knowing what he was saying. ³⁴ But as he was saying this a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they became afraid as they entered the cloud. ³⁵ And a Voice came out of the cloud, saying: “This is my beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

⁴³ Everyone was amazed at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, He said to His disciples,

¹³ He placed His hands on her and immediately she was made straight and started glorifying God.

¹⁷ When He said these things all His adversaries were put to shame, while all the crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things that were being done by Him.

³³ Nevertheless I must keep going today and tomorrow and the day following, because it is not credible that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem!

²⁰ And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,

⁵ The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith”. ⁶ So the Lord said: “If you had faith like a mustard seed has, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea’, and it would obey you.

¹⁵ Well one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice; ¹⁶ then he fell on his face at His feet, thanking Him—and he was a Samaritan! ¹⁷ So Jesus reacted by saying: “Were not all ten cleansed? So where are the nine? ¹⁸ None were found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner!”

³⁵ Then it happened, as He approached Jericho, that a certain blind man was sitting alongside the road begging.

⁴³ And immediately he did! and he followed Him, glorifying God. And all who witnessed it gave praise to God.

¹¹ Now as they heard these things, He continued with a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they were supposing that the Kingdom of God was on the verge of being revealed.

²⁷ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

⁸ And He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat”.

⁴ Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man”.

¹⁶ I will therefore flog and release him.” ¹⁷ (It was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast.) ¹⁸ But they all cried out together, saying: “Away with this one! Release to us Barabbas!”—

¹⁸ But they all cried out together, saying: “Away with this one! Release to us Barabbas!”— ¹⁹ who had been thrown into prison for a certain insurrection in the city, and for murder.

¹⁹ who had been thrown into prison for a certain insurrection in the city, and for murder. ²⁰ Then Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again. ²¹ But they just kept shouting: “Crucify! Crucify him!” ²² For the third time he said to them: “But what evil has this man done? I have found no reason for death in him. I will therefore flog and release him.” ²³ But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified! And their voices, especially of the chief priests, prevailed.

²⁵ He released the one who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

³⁴ Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing”; while they were dividing up His clothes by casting a lot.

⁴⁴ Now it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came upon the whole land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁵ Yes, the sun was darkened; also, the veil of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶ Then, after giving a loud shout, Jesus said, “Father, it is into your hands that I will commit my spirit”. And having said this, He breathed His last.

¹⁹ He said to them, “What things?” So they said to Him: “The things concerning Jesus the Natsorean, how the man was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

²⁶ Was it really not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into His glory?” ²⁷ And beginning from Moses, and then all the Prophets, He explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

²⁷ And beginning from Moses, and then all the Prophets, He explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

⁴⁴ Then He said to them, “These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything that is written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.”

⁴⁷ and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

⁵³ and they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

⁴ In Him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.

⁹ the true Light which illumines everyone who comes into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, the world that came into being by Him, yet the world did not know Him. ¹¹ He came to His own things, yet His own people did not receive Him. ¹² But, as many as did receive Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe into His name: ¹³ who were begotten, not by blood, nor by the desire of the flesh, nor by the will of a man, but by God . ¹⁴ So the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we observed His glory, glory of an Only-begotten, from the Father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ John testified about Him and called out saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘The One coming after me is now ahead of me, because He existed before I did’.” ¹⁶ Now we have all received from His fullness, yes, grace upon grace. ¹⁷ Because the Law was given through Moses; the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ Because the Law was given through Moses; the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God. The Only-begotten Son, who exists in the bosom of the Father, He has interpreted Him . ¹⁹ Now this is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” ²⁰ He confessed, he did not deny but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” ²¹ So they asked him, “What then, are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you ‘the Prophet’?” “No,” he answered. ²² So they said to him, “Who are you?—so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” ²³ He said, “I am ‘the voice of one calling out: “Make the LORD’s road straight in the wilderness”,’ just as the prophet Isaiah said.” ²⁴ Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵ So they asked him saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor ‘the Prophet’?” ²⁶ John answered them saying, “I baptize with water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. ²⁷ He is the One coming after me who is now ahead of me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.” ²⁸ These things happened in Bithabara, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day John sees Jesus coming toward him and says, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is now ahead of me, because He existed before I did.’

¹⁸ The one believing into Him is not condemned, but the one not believing has already been condemned, because he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹ “Now this is the basis for the condemning, that the Light has come into the world, but the people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were malignant. ²⁰ For whoever practices evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light so that his deeds may not be exposed.

²⁷ John answered and said: “A person can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’

³⁵ The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. ³⁶ The one believing into the Son has eternal life, but the one disobeying the Son will not see the life, but the wrath of God will remain upon him.”

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is the One saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.”

¹⁴ but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never ever thirst; rather, the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life.”

⁶ Seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been sick a long time, Jesus says to him, “Do you want to get well?”

⁸ Jesus says to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk!” ⁹ Immediately the man became well and picked up his pallet and started to walk.

¹⁴ After these things Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well. Don’t sin any more, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”

²⁰ For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything that He Himself is doing; and He will show Him greater works than these, so that you may marvel.

²² In fact the Father does not judge anyone but has committed all the judging to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. ²⁴ “Most assuredly I say to you that the one listening to my word and believing on Him who sent me has eternal life; he will not go into judging but has moved out of the death into the life.

²⁶ Because just as the Father has life in Himself just so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

³⁹ You examine the Scriptures because in them you think you have eternal life, yet they are the very ones that testify about me. ⁴⁰ But you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life. ⁴¹ “I do not accept glory from people. ⁴² Rather I have come to know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. ⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name and you do not receive me; should another come in his own name, him you will receive. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, who receive glory from men and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵ “Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. Moses is the one who accuses you, on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶ Because if you really believed Moses you would believe me, because he wrote about me. ⁴⁷ But since you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my sayings?”

¹⁸ Someone who speaks on his own is seeking his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

²³ If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses won’t be broken, are you angry at me because I made a whole man well on the Sabbath?

²⁶ Yet look! He’s speaking openly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Could it be true that the rulers know that this is really the Christ? ²⁷ On the other hand, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ comes nobody knows where He is from.”

³⁹ (Now He said this about the Spirit, whom those believing into Him were going to receive, in that the Holy Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

⁵² They answered and said to him: “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Search and see that no prophet has ever arisen out of Galilee.”

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk around in the darkness, but will have the light of the life.”

²⁴ That’s why I told you that you will die in your sins, because if you do not believe that I am, you will die in your sins.”

³ Jesus answered: “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

⁸ Then the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind started saying, “Isn’t this the man who sat begging?”

¹⁸ However the Jews did not believe concerning him that he was blind and received sight until they summoned the parents of the one who had received sight. ¹⁹ And they asked them saying, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” ²⁰ So his parents answered them and said: “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; ²¹ but by what means he now sees we don’t know, or who opened his eyes we don’t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”

²³ And Jesus was walking about in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they will never ever be wasted; and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

²⁵ Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes into me, though he may die, will live; ²⁶ and everyone who both lives and believes into me will never ever die. Do you believe this?”

⁴⁰ Jesus says to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?”

¹⁶ (Now His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him, and they had done them to Him.)

⁴⁶ I, Light, have come into the world so that everyone who believes into me will not remain in the darkness.

⁴⁸ The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken, that’s what will judge him on the last day;

²³ Now one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining beside Jesus’ bosom. ²⁴ So Simon Peter motions to him to inquire whom it might be that He was referring to. ²⁵ And leaning back against Jesus’ breast he says to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

³¹ When he had gone out Jesus says: “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him. ³² Since God has been glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him with Himself, and He will do so presently.

⁶ Jesus says to him: “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one goes to the Father except through me.

¹² “Most assuredly I say to you, the one believing into me, he too will do the works that I do; in fact he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

³ And they will do these things because they haven’t known either the Father or me.

¹⁴ He will glorify me because He will take of what is mine and communicate it to you. ¹⁵ All that the Father has is mine; that’s why I said that He takes from what is mine and will communicate it to you.

¹ “Father, the hour has come! Glorify Your Son, so that Your Son also may glorify You, ² just as You gave Him authority over all humanity, so that He will give eternal life to all those whom You have given Him.

² just as You gave Him authority over all humanity, so that He will give eternal life to all those whom You have given Him. ³ Now eternal life is this: that they may know You, the only true God, and the One whom You sent—Jesus Christ. ⁴ I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work that You have given me to do. ⁵ So now, Father, You glorify me by Your side with the glory that I had along with You before the world existed!

⁴⁰ Then they all cried out saying, “Not this fellow, but Barabbas!” Well, Barabbas was a bandit!

¹² From that moment Pilate really tried to release Him; but the Jews kept shouting, saying: “If you release this fellow you are no friend of Caesar’s! Whoever makes himself a king is opposing Caesar!”

¹⁵ But they shouted, “Out! Out! Crucify him!” Pilate says to them, “Shall I crucify your king ?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

¹⁹ Now Pilate had also written a notice, and put it on the cross; and the inscription was: JESUS THE NATSOREAN THE KING OF THE JEWS.

² So she runs and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they put Him!” ³ So Peter and the other disciple took off, heading for the tomb. ⁴ Well the two started running together, and the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first. ⁵ And stooping to look he sees the linen strips lying there; however he didn’t go in. ⁶ Then following him comes Simon Peter and went into the tomb; and he sees the linen strips lying there, ⁷ and the facecloth that had been on His head not lying with the linen strips, but folded up in a separate place. ⁸ So then the other disciple went in too, the one who got to the tomb first; and he saw and believed. ⁹ (For they did not yet know the Scripture, that He had to rise from among the dead.)

⁷ Then that disciple whom Jesus loved says to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” Upon hearing that it was the Lord, Simon Peter tied on his outer garment (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea.

¹⁸ Most assuredly I say to you, when you were younger you used to get dressed and walk where you wished; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands and another will dress you and carry you where you don’t wish.” ¹⁹ (He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) And upon saying that He says to him, “Follow me!” ²⁰ But turning around Peter sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following (that’s the one who reclined on His chest at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who is betraying you?”). ²¹ Seeing him Peter says to Jesus, “Lord, what about him ?” ²² Jesus says to him: “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”

⁶ Well then, being together they asked Him saying, “Lord, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be witnesses to me —both in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and even to the last part of the earth.”

¹¹ and they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the sky? This very Jesus who is being taken up from you into the sky, He will come again in the precise manner that you observed Him going into the sky.”

²² beginning from the baptism of John until the day when He was taken up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

⁶ So when that roar occurred, the crowd came together, and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking to him in his own dialect. ⁷ So they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another: “Hey, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

¹² Yes they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, “Whatever is going on?”

²² “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Natsorean, a man from God attested to you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in your midst, as you yourselves well know, ²³ Him —being delivered up by the established purpose and foreknowledge of God—you murdered, having taken Him with lawless hands and crucified Him;

²³ Him —being delivered up by the established purpose and foreknowledge of God—you murdered, having taken Him with lawless hands and crucified Him; ²⁴ whom God raised up, ending the labor pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

²⁴ whom God raised up, ending the labor pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

²⁷ because You will not abandon my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see decay.

³² “This Jesus God raised, to which we all are witnesses. ³³ Therefore, having been exalted to God’s right hand, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this that you now see and hear. ³⁴ Further, David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says: ‘The LORD said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand ³⁵ until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.’ ³⁶ Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified!”

³⁶ Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified!”

³⁸ So Peter said to them: “Repent and be baptized, each one of you, upon the name of Jesus Christ, for forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far away —as many, that is, as the Lord our God may call.”

⁴⁶ So day by day they continued steadfastly with one purpose in the temple and broke bread from house to house; they received their share of food with gladness and singleness of heart,

² And a certain man, who had actually been lame from his mother’s womb, was being carried (they would lay him daily at the temple gate, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple),

⁶ But Peter said: “I don’t have silver and gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Natsorean, get up and walk!”

⁸ So jumping up he stood, and began to walk! And he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

¹² So upon observing this Peter responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why are you marveling at this, or why are you staring at us as if we have made him walk by our own power or godliness?

¹⁵ while you killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from among the dead, to which we are witnesses. ¹⁶ Well His name, based on faith in His name, made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that is through Him has given him this wholeness in the presence of you all.

¹⁹ Repent therefore, and turn around, so that your sins may be erased, in order that times of refreshing may come from the Lord’s face ²⁰ and that He may send Jesus, who had been ordained to be your Messiah, ²¹ whom Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which times God spoke long ago by the mouth of all His holy prophets. ²² “For example, Moses said to the fathers: ‘The Lord our God will raise up for you a Prophet, like me, from among your brothers. You must listen to Him, in all that He may say to you.

²⁵ You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘Yes, in your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed’.

⁷ And having placed them in the middle [of the assembly] they started questioning: “By what power, or by what name did you do this?”

¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Natsorean, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.

¹³ Now upon observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving that they were uneducated and unskilled men, they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴ Further, seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. ¹⁵ So ordering them to go out from the council they began to confer among themselves, ¹⁶ saying: “What can we do to these men? Because, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.

¹⁶ saying: “What can we do to these men? Because, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.

²¹ So threatening them some more they released them, not finding any way to punish them, because of the people, since they were all glorifying God over what had happened;

²¹ So threatening them some more they released them, not finding any way to punish them, because of the people, since they were all glorifying God over what had happened; ²² because the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old.

²² because the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old.

²⁷ Well, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with Gentiles and peoples of Israel, were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,

³⁰ while You stretch out Your hand to heal and that signs and wonders may occur through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”

¹² Now many signs and wonders were being performed among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all in Solomon’s Porch with one purpose.

²⁵ But someone came and told them, “Hey, the men whom you put in the jail are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”

³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. ³¹ Him God has exalted to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

³¹ Him God has exalted to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

³² ‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’ Moses started trembling and didn’t dare to look.

³⁷ “This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘The LORD our God will raise up to you a Prophet from among your brothers, like me.’

⁴⁰ saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us; because this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt—we don’t know what has become of him.’

⁵² Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers;

¹⁴ Now when the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

¹⁴ Now when the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, ¹⁵ who upon coming down prayed about them, so that they might receive Holy Spirit, ¹⁶ because He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized into the name of Jesus, the Christ.

³⁴ Peter said to him: “Aeneas, Jesus the Messiah is healing you. Get up and make your bed!” And immediately he stood up!

⁴¹ Then he gave her a hand and lifted her up, and calling the saints and widows he presented her alive.

³ About the ninth hour of the day, in a vision, he saw clearly an angel of God entering his presence and saying to him, “Cornelius!” ⁴ Well, staring at him and being frightened he said, “What is it, Lord?” So he said to him: “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.

²⁵ So when Peter actually arrived, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet and worshipped. ²⁶ But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.”

³⁰ So Cornelius said: “I have been fasting during four days until this very hour; yes, it was the ninth hour, I was praying in my house when wow, a man stood before me in shining clothing ³¹ and said: ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms are remembered before God.

³⁸ Jesus of Natsareth, how God anointed Him with Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and healing all those being oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him

⁴⁰ Him God raised on the third day, and gave Him to become visible, ⁴¹ not to all the people but to witnesses who had been chosen beforehand by God, to us, who ate and drank with Him after He arose out of the dead.

⁴³ To Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes into Him will receive forgiveness of sins.”

⁶ Upon peering into it I observed and distinguished the quadrupeds of the earth—both the wild animals and the reptiles—and the birds of the sky.

¹⁸ Upon hearing these things they acquiesced and started glorifying God, saying, “So then, God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance into life!”

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

²⁰ After these things (it was about four hundred and fifty years), He gave judges until Samuel the prophet.

²⁶ “Men, brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God: to you the word of this salvation has been sent. ²⁷ The Jerusalem dwellers and their rulers, understanding neither Him nor the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him.

²⁷ The Jerusalem dwellers and their rulers, understanding neither Him nor the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him. ²⁸ Though they found no cause for death, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

³⁰ But God raised Him from the dead; ³¹ and for many days He was seen by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people. ³² “Yes we proclaim to you the good news: the promise that was made to the fathers,

³² “Yes we proclaim to you the good news: the promise that was made to the fathers, ³³ God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, when He raised up Jesus; as also it stands written in the second Psalm: ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you’.

³⁸ Therefore, let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you; ³⁹ and by Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰ So take care, lest there come upon you that which has been spoken in the prophets: ⁴¹ ‘Look you despisers, marvel and perish! For I am working a work in your days to which you will not give credence, even if someone were to explain it in detail to you’.”

⁴⁶ But Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly said: “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. But since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, now we are being turned to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ Because that is just how the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have set you to be a light for ethnic nations, that you should be for salvation up to the last place on earth’.”

⁸ Well in Lystra a certain man with helpless feet was sitting (lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked). ⁹ This man was listening to Paul speaking; who looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

⁹ This man was listening to Paul speaking; who looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed, ¹⁰ said with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk!

¹⁰ said with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk! ¹¹ Now when the crowd saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

¹¹ Now when the crowd saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” ¹² And Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³ Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates, intending to make a sacrifice, along with the crowd. ¹⁴ But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, crying out ¹⁵ and saying: “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, giving you good news, telling you to turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them;

³ So being sent on their way by the congregation, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brothers.

¹⁸ She kept this up for many days! So Paul, becoming increasingly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out that very hour.

² So Paul, as was his custom, went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, ³ explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that “this Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah”.

²⁶ And from one blood He made every ethnic nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

³¹ because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

⁴ Every Sabbath in the synagogue he would reason with both Jews and Greeks, trying to persuade them. ⁵ But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the Spirit, solemnly insisting to the Jews: Jesus is the Christ. ⁶ But since they kept contradicting and blaspheming, he shook his clothes and said to them: “Your blood be upon your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

¹³ Well some among the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits saying, “We adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches”.

¹³ Well some among the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits saying, “We adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches”. ¹⁴ In fact there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who were doing this.

¹⁴ In fact there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who were doing this. ¹⁵ But a particular wicked spirit reacted and said, “Jesus I know, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”

¹⁵ But a particular wicked spirit reacted and said, “Jesus I know, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?” ¹⁶ And the man in whom the wicked spirit was jumped on them and overpowered them; he was so much stronger that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.

¹⁶ And the man in whom the wicked spirit was jumped on them and overpowered them; he was so much stronger that they ran out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷ Now this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being exalted.

¹⁴ Then he said: ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from His mouth.

⁹ “However, I myself thought that I had to perpetrate many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Natsorean;

¹⁸ to open their eyes, so as to bring them back from darkness into light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified, by faith into me.’ ¹⁹ Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision ²⁰ —first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to all the region of Judea and to the ethnic nations, I still preach: ‘repent and turn back to God, doing works worthy of repentance’.

²⁰ —first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to all the region of Judea and to the ethnic nations, I still preach: ‘repent and turn back to God, doing works worthy of repentance’.

²² So then, having experienced the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what both the prophets and Moses said would happen ²³ —that the Messiah would suffer; that as the first to rise from the dead He would proclaim light to both ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations.”

²³ So arranging a day with him, even more people came to him at his lodging, to whom he kept expounding from morning until evening: solemnly testifying about the Kingdom of God and trying to convince them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

²³ So arranging a day with him, even more people came to him at his lodging, to whom he kept expounding from morning until evening: solemnly testifying about the Kingdom of God and trying to convince them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets. ²⁴ Well some were persuaded by what had been said, and some kept refusing to believe. ²⁵ So being in disagreement among themselves they started to leave, after Paul had said this one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke correctly to our fathers through Isaiah the prophet, ²⁶ saying: ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but never understand; you will keep on seeing, but never perceive”; ²⁷ because the heart of this people has become sluggish, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; in order that they not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their heart, nor turn back, so I could heal them.’

²⁷ because the heart of this people has become sluggish, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; in order that they not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their heart, nor turn back, so I could heal them.’ ²⁸ Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

¹⁶ I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for the salvation of each one who believes (for the Jew first, then the Greek);

⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon every human soul who works at the evil, whether Jew (first) or Greek; ¹⁰ but glory, honor and peace to everyone who works the good, whether Jew (first) or Greek.

²¹ But now, apart from law, a righteousness from God has been revealed, being attested by the Law and the Prophets,

¹³ Now the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or his seed, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹ Now then, there is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit, ² because the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of the sin and the death. ³ Further, what the law could not do, in that it was weak due to the flesh, God has done by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned the sin in the flesh,

²¹ that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the freedom of the glory of God’s children.

⁴ the Israelites. To them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.

⁴ the Israelites. To them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises. ⁵ The patriarchs are theirs, and from them came the Christ (the physical part), who is over all, God forever blessed. Amen.

⁵ The patriarchs are theirs, and from them came the Christ (the physical part), who is over all, God forever blessed. Amen.

¹ So now I say, God did not reject His people, did He? Of course not! Why I myself am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin! ² God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel saying:

²⁵ Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant of this ‘mystery’ (so that you not be conceited): hardening has come upon Israel in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

⁸ Now I say that Christ Jesus has become a minister to the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, in order to confirm the promises to the fathers;

²⁹ And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Gospel of the Christ.

⁸ that none of the rulers of this age have understood (because if they had understood, they would not have crucified the Lord of the glory).

¹¹ To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty; we are poorly dressed, brutally treated, and wander homeless;

² And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

³ Because I transmitted to you at first that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

⁴⁵ So also it is written: “The first man, Adam, became a living being;” the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

⁵ not that we are competent of ourselves to reckon anything as being from ourselves, but our competence is from God —

¹⁴ But, it was their minds that were closed, because to this day that very veil remains in place when the Old Testament is read, since only in Christ is it taken away.

²¹ Because He made the One who did not know sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become God’s righteousness.

¹⁰ as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing everything!)

⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

¹² (because when the intention is presented, it is acceptable according to what one may have, not what he doesn’t have).

⁹ and upon perceiving the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, while they to the Jews.

⁸ Further, the Scripture, foreseeing that “God justifies the nations by faith”, proclaimed the Gospel in advance to Abraham: “All the nations will be blessed through you”. ⁹ So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the faithful. ¹⁰ Now as many as are ‘by the works of the law’ are under a curse; because it stands written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the Book of the Law, to do them”. ¹¹ Further, it is evident that no one is justified by the law before God, because “the righteous will live by faith”. ¹² While the law is not of faith but, “the man who does them will live by them”. ¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse in our place—because it stands written, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree” — ¹⁴ so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

¹⁶ But to Abraham were spoken the promises, and to his Seed. He doesn’t say “and to seeds”, as about many, but “and to your seed”, as about one, who is Christ.

²⁹ so if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

⁴ But at just the right time God sent out His Son, born of a woman, born under law,

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;

²⁰ which He exercised in the Christ when He raised Him\up6 [S]\up0 from among the dead and seated Him at His\up6 [F]\up0 right, in the heavenly realms,

²⁰ which He exercised in the Christ when He raised Him\up6 [S]\up0 from among the dead and seated Him at His\up6 [F]\up0 right, in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above every ruler and authority and power and dominion —even every name that can be named, not only in this age but also in the next. ²² In short, He\up6 [F]\up0 placed everything under His\up6 [S]\up0 feet and appointed Him to be Head over everything in the Church, ²³ which is His body, the complement of Him who fills everything in every way.

²⁶ in order that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of the water: in a word, ²⁷ that He might present her—the splendid Church—to Himself, not having a blemish or a wrinkle or any such thing, but that she be holy and blameless.

²² Now if I am to live on in the flesh it will mean fruitful labor for me, so I don’t know what to choose.

⁹ Indeed, that is why God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow—of those in heaven, those on earth and those under the earth— ¹¹ and every tongue will acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father.

³ because you died and your life has been hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ Whenever Christ, our life, is revealed then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

⁷ and rest (along with us) to you who are being afflicted, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels in blazing fire,

⁷ and rest (along with us) to you who are being afflicted, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels in blazing fire, ⁸ inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁹ who will pay a penalty: everlasting ruin, away from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might, ¹⁰ whenever He comes to be glorified by His saints, yes to be marveled at by all who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed); in that Day.

² not to be quickly shaken from your conviction or disturbed, whether by a spirit or a word or a letter as from us, as though the day of Christ has come.

⁸ And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and abolish by the splendor of His coming;

¹³ I, who was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and arrogant; but I was shown mercy, because being ignorant I did it in unbelief;

²⁵ correcting courteously those who oppose him, in hopes that God may grant them repentance leading to a real knowledge of Truth

¹¹ For the saving grace of God has appeared for all men, ¹² teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live prudently, righteously and godly in this present age, ¹³ looking for the blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave Himself for us, so that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.

¹ God, having spoken to the fathers through the prophets in many parts and in various ways, in the past, ² has at the end of these days spoken to us by Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the ages;

¹ So then, we really must pay the utmost attention to the things we have heard, so that we not drift away.

³ how shall we escape if we are careless about that tremendous salvation?—it received its beginning through the Lord’s declaration and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him\up6 [S]\up0,

⁹ But we do see Jesus, who ‘was made lower than the angels, for a little while’ (in order to suffer death), ‘crowned with glory and honor’—this, by the grace of God, so that He\up6 [S]\up0 might taste death on behalf of everyone.

⁹ But we do see Jesus, who ‘was made lower than the angels, for a little while’ (in order to suffer death), ‘crowned with glory and honor’—this, by the grace of God, so that He\up6 [S]\up0 might taste death on behalf of everyone. ¹⁰ Because it was appropriate to Him\up6 [F]\up0, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons into glory, to perfect the Author of their salvation through sufferings.

¹⁰ Because it was appropriate to Him\up6 [F]\up0, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons into glory, to perfect the Author of their salvation through sufferings. ¹¹ For both He\up6 [S]\up0 who is sanctifying and those who are being sanctified are all from One, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them ‘brothers’, ¹² saying, “I will declare Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing praise to You.” ¹³ And again, “I will put my trust in Him\up6 [F]\up0 ”; and again, “Here am I and the children whom God has given me.” ¹⁴ Since, then, the children have flesh and blood as their share, He\up6 [S]\up0 Himself likewise partook of the same, in order that through His death He might abolish the one who had the power of death—that is, the devil— ¹⁵ and set free these [the children] who during their whole lifetime were subject to slavery through fear of death. ¹⁶ (Now surely He does not assist angels, but He does assist Abraham’s seed.) ¹⁷ That is why He was obliged to become like those ‘brothers’ in all respects, so that He could be a merciful and faithful high priest, in what concerns God, with a view to making propitiation for the sins of the people.

⁹ And having been completed He became the Source of eternal salvation for all those obeying Him,

²⁸ so the Christ also, having been offered once for all to bear the sins of many—He will appear a second time to those who are eagerly waiting for Him, apart from sin, into salvation.

²⁸ Anyone who rejected Moses’ law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be deemed worthy who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has regarded as unholy the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him who said, “‘Vengeance is up to me’, says the Lord, ‘I will repay’.” And again, “The LORD will judge His people.”

³⁹ But we are not of those who back away into ruin, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

⁹ By faith he migrated into the land of promise as into a foreign country, dwelling in tents, along with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise; ¹⁰ for he was waiting expectantly for the city with the real foundations, whose designer and builder is God. ¹¹ By faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the normal age, since she judged Him faithful who had promised. ¹² And so, from one man, actually an impotent, were begotten descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and as countless as the sand on the seashore. ¹³ These all died believing—not having received the promises, but having seen and welcomed them from a distance, thus confessing that they were aliens and sojourners on the earth. ¹⁴ Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. ¹⁵ If they were actually remembering that land from which they had departed, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ Instead they are aspiring to a better home—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; in fact He has prepared a city for them.

²⁵ See to it that you not refuse Him who speaks. Because if they did not escape who refused Him who gave divine warning on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from Him who warns from Heaven!

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those loving Him?

⁷ Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. ⁸ Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Sinners, cleanse your hands! Double-minded, purify your hearts! ⁹ Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into dejection. ¹⁰ Humble yourself before the Lord and He will exalt you.

⁶ You condemned, you murdered the righteous—he offers you no resistance.

¹⁹ Brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth, and someone should turn him back, ²⁰ let him know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will deliver a soul from death and will remove from sight a multitude of sins.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has given us another birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

¹⁰ Concerning this salvation the prophets, who prophesied about the grace that would come to you, searched and inquired diligently, ¹¹ investigating into whom, or what sort of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating as He testified beforehand the sufferings that would be inflicted on Christ and the glories that would follow them.

²⁵ Yes, you were like straying sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls.

⁹ not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this so that you may inherit a blessing.

¹⁸ Because Christ also suffered on account of sins, once for all, the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God; having been put to death, to be sure, in flesh but having been made alive in spirit;

¹⁰ As each has received a gift, minister it to one another as good administrators of God’s varied grace.

²¹ for no Prophecy ever came by the will of man, rather holy men of God spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

² so that you remember the words that were spoken before by the holy prophets and the command of the Lord and Savior, through your apostles.

⁸ But dear ones, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

¹ My dear children, I am writing these things to you so that you not sin; if someone does sin, we have an Advocate in the Father’s presence, righteous Jesus Christ—

⁵ And you know that He was revealed in order to remove our sins—in Him there is no sin. ⁶ Whoever is abiding in Him does not sin; indeed, whoever is sinning has neither seen Him nor known Him. ⁷ Dear children, let no one mislead you; he who keeps doing righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. ⁸ He who keeps doing sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was manifested for this purpose: to undo the devil’s works.

¹¹ And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. ¹² He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the genuine God, and the Life eternal.

²⁴ Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling and to present them before His glorious presence without fault and with exultation—

¹ Jesus Christ’s revelation, which God gave Him to show to His slaves —the things that must occur shortly. And He communicated it, sending it by His angel to His slave John,

⁵ and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins with His own blood

⁷ Take note, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will beat their breasts [in dismay] because of Him. Yea, verily!

¹⁸ even the Living One—I became dead, to be sure, and now I am living for ever and ever! Oh yes!! And I have the keys of Death and of Hades!

⁷ “And to the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says the Holy, the True, He who has the key of David, who opens and no one can shut it, except He who opens, and no one can open:

⁹ And they sing a new song saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals; because You were slaughtered, and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every tribe and language and people and ethnic nation;

⁴ And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: ⁵ From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, ⁶ from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, ⁷ from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, ⁸ from the tribe of Zebulon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed. ⁹ After these things I looked, and wow, a great multitude that no one could number, from all ethnic nations and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the Throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palm branches in their hands.

⁹ After these things I looked, and wow, a great multitude that no one could number, from all ethnic nations and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the Throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palm branches in their hands.

⁸ All who dwell on the earth will do obeisance to him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slaughtered from the foundation of the world.

⁶ And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having an everlasting gospel to be proclaimed to those who reside on the earth—to every ethnic nation and tribe and language and people—

²⁰ “Rejoice over her, O heaven, yes you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment against her!”

¹⁰ And I fell at his feet to worship him, but he says to me, “Don’t! I am your fellow slave and among your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” ¹¹ I saw the heaven opened, and wow, a white horse! And the One who sits on it, called Faithful and True, both judges and makes war with righteousness. ¹² Now His eyes were a flame of fire and on His head were many diadems, having names written, besides a written name that no one knows except Himself; ¹³ and He was clothed with a robe that had been dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white, clean, followed Him on white horses. ¹⁵ And out of His mouth goes a sharp, two-edged sword, so that with it He may strike the nations. And He Himself will shepherd them with a rod of iron. And He Himself treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God, the Almighty. ¹⁶ And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh, King of kings and Lord of lords!

¹⁵ And if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life he was thrown into the Lake of Fire.

⁴ And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there will be no more death nor sorrow nor crying nor pain —they will exist no more because the first things have gone.”

⁶ Then He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the one who thirsts I will give of the spring of the water of Life freely.

¹ And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

⁶ Then he says to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent His angel to show to His slaves the things that must shortly take place.

¹⁷ Both the Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come!’ And let whoever hears say, ‘Come!’ And let whoever thirsts come; whoever wants to, let him take the water of life free of charge.