John 10 Cross References - WPNT

¹ “Most assuredly I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ And whenever he takes out his own sheep he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. ⁵ But they will not follow a stranger; rather they will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them. ⁷ Then Jesus addressed them again: “Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only in order to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it abundantly. ¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life on behalf of the sheep. ¹² But the hired man, not being the shepherd and not owning the sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep, and runs away; and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them. ¹³ Now the hired man runs away because he is a hired man and it doesn’t matter to him about the sheep. ¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd, and I know my own sheep, and I am known by them. ¹⁵ Just as the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep. ¹⁶ I also have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; and there will be one flock, one shepherd. ¹⁷ “Because of this the Father loves me, in that I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. ¹⁸ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This command I have received from my father.” ¹⁹ Therefore there was another division among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰ Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is raving mad. Why do you listen to him?” ²¹ Others were saying, “These aren’t the sayings of someone who is demonized. A demon can’t open blind people’s eyes, can it?” ²² Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem; and it was winter. ²³ And Jesus was walking about in the temple, in Solomon’s porch. ²⁴ Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” ²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name—these testify concerning me. ²⁶ But you do not believe because you are not among my sheep, just like I told you. ²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they will never ever be wasted; and no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch out of my Father’s hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one.” ³¹ Therefore the Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. ³² Jesus answered them: “Many good works I have shown you from my father. For which one of them are you stoning me?” ³³ The Jews answered Him saying, “It’s not for a good work that we are stoning you, but for blasphemy; precisely because you, being a man, make yourself God!” ³⁴ Jesus answered them: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’? ³⁵ If He called them ‘gods’ to whom the Word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken — ³⁶ do you say ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father sanctified and sent into the world because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? ³⁷ If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me. ³⁸ But if I am doing them, even though you don’t believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in Him.” ³⁹ So they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped from their hand. ⁴⁰ He went away again across the Jordan, to the place where John was baptizing at first; and He remained there. ⁴¹ And many came to Him and said, “Though John didn’t perform any sign, everything John said about this man was true.” ⁴² And many of the people there believed into Him.

¹¹ “I baptize you with water unto repentance, but the One coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with Holy Spirit. ¹² His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

²³ Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every illness among the people. ²⁴ So His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were sick—suffering with various diseases and torments, and being demonized and being moonstruck and paralytics—and He healed them.

²⁴ So His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were sick—suffering with various diseases and torments, and being demonized and being moonstruck and paralytics—and He healed them. ²⁵ So large crowds followed Him—from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan.

¹⁸ For assuredly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota nor one tittle shall pass away from the Law until everything happens.

¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me you practitioners of lawlessness!’

³⁴ But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”

¹⁶ “Now then, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be prudent like snakes and innocent like doves.

²⁵ It is enough for a disciple that he become like his teacher, and a slave like his master. Since they have stigmatized the master of the house as Beelzebub, how much more those of his household!

³⁴ “Do not suppose that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. ³⁵ For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

³ to say to Him, “Are you the Coming One, or do we look for another?”

⁵ blind regain sight and lame walk, lepers are cleansed and deaf hear, dead are raised and the poor are evangelized.

²⁰ Then He began to reproach the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. ²¹ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²² So I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of judgment than for you. ²³ And you, Capernaum, ‘the one having been exalted to heaven’, you will be brought down to Hades! Because if the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ So I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of judgment than for you.”

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 .

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, that seeing they not see and hearing they not hear nor understand. ¹⁴ And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘By hearing you (ye) will hear and not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive.

⁵¹ Jesus says to them, “Did you understand all these things?” They say to Him, “Yes, Lord”.

² and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and therefore the powers are at work in him”.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples: “If anyone desires to come after me, let him really deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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!”

¹⁰ “See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father, who is in the heavens.

²⁸ just like the Son of the Man—He did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

¹³ And He says to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer’, but you have made it ‘a cave of bandits’.”

³⁵ But the farmers took his servants—one they beat, one they killed, one they stoned.

¹³ “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you devour the houses of the widows, while making long prayers as a pretense. Therefore you will receive a greater condemnation.

¹⁶ “Woe to you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated’. ¹⁷ Stupid and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸ And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it is obligated’. ¹⁹ Stupid and blind!! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ Therefore he who swears by the altar swears by it and by all the things on it. ²¹ And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him who used to dwell in it. ²² And he who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it. ²³ “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you pay a tithe of mint and dill and cummin, but have neglected the weightier items of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These it was obligatory to do, while not neglecting those. ²⁴ Blind guides, who strain out a gnat but gulp down a camel! ²⁵ “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!! Because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of plunder and injustice. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and the dish, so that their outside may also be clean. ²⁷ “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!!! Because you resemble whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly but inside are full of dead bones and of all uncleanness. ²⁸ Just so you also outwardly appear to be righteous to the people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

³⁵ —so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel up to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

³⁵ The heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

¹² But in answer he said, ‘Assuredly I say to you, I do not know you’.

⁵³ Do you actually suppose that I cannot call upon my Father right now and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴ But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it has to happen this way?” ⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the crowd: “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a bandit, to arrest me? I used to sit daily with you in the temple, teaching, and you did not seize me. ⁵⁶ But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets should be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and ran away.

⁶³ But Jesus kept silent. So reacting the high priest said to Him, “I put you under oath by the Living God so that you tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God!” ⁶⁴ Jesus says to him: “You said it. Furthermore, I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of the Man sitting at the Power’s right, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” ⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his clothes saying: “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? See, now you have heard His blasphemy! ⁶⁶ What do you think?” So in answer they said, “He deserves death!”

³⁵ Having crucified Him they divided up His clothes by casting lots.

⁴³ “He trusted in God; let Him rescue him now, if He wants him; for he said that he was the Son of God.”

⁵⁴ Now when the centurion and those with him guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened they were scared stiff and said, “This Man really was the Son of God!”

¹⁹ As you go make disciples in all ethnic nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

³⁷ and upon finding Him they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for you”.

²¹ Well upon hearing this His family came to apprehend Him, because they were saying, “He is out of his mind!”

²⁴ Then He said to them: “Pay attention to what you hear. With the same measure you use it will be measured to you in return; and to you who hear, more will be added.

³⁴ He summoned the crowd, along with His disciples, and said to them: “Whoever wants to follow along behind me must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

²¹ Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him: “One thing you lack; go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, take up the cross, and follow me.”

¹⁷ And He kept teaching them by saying: “Is it not written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? but you have made it ‘a den of robbers’!”

²² because false christs and false prophets will be raised up, and they will show signs and wonders so as to even mislead the elect, if that were possible.

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’!

¹⁵ Now as the people were expectant and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he just might be the Messiah,

²⁹ and rising up they drove Him out of the town and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him off the cliff. ³⁰ But He, passing through the middle of them, went on His way.

¹ Now it happened, as He had come along the Lake of Genesaret, that the multitude crowded Him to hear the Word of God;

²⁶ But what did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he about whom it is written: ‘Take note, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you’. ²⁸ Further, I tell you that among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.” ²⁹ (When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

¹⁸ So be careful how you hear: Because whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

²³ Then He said to everyone: “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me.

²¹ In that same hour Jesus exulted in His spirit and said: “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to ‘infants’. Yes, Father, because it pleased you to do so.”

¹ Meanwhile, when a crowd of thousands had converged, so that they were stepping on each other, He began to speak first to His disciples: “Guard yourselves from the ‘yeast’ of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

⁵¹ Do you imagine that I came to provide peace on the earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division. ⁵² Because from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two and two against three. ⁵³ Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

²⁷ But he will say: ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

⁴ “What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not abandon the ninety-nine in the wild and go after the lost one until he finds it? ⁵ And upon finding it he joyfully puts it on his shoulders. ⁶ And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost!’

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the Law to fail.

¹⁰ because the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

³¹ Then the Lord said: “Simon, Simon! Indeed Satan has asked for you (pl) so as to sift you like wheat. ³² But I have prayed for you (sg) so that your faith not fail completely; so you, when you have recovered, strengthen your brothers.”

⁶⁷ “If you are the Messiah, tell us”. But He said to them: “If I tell you, you simply will not believe. ⁶⁸ But if I also question you, you will neither answer nor release me. ⁶⁹ Hereafter the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” ⁷⁰ Then they all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” So He said to them, “You say it because I AM!”

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.

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.

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.” ⁴⁵ Then He opened their understanding so as to comprehend the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ And He said to them: “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . ² He Himself existed in the beginning with God.

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?”

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.’

³³ Now I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me ‘The One upon whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting—this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ So I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

¹¹ This, the first of the miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee and revealed His glory; and His disciples believed into Him.

¹⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it.” ²⁰ So the Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and you will raise it in three days?!” ²¹ But He was speaking about the temple of His body.

²³ Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed into His name, observing the signs that He was doing.

² The same went to Jesus at night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that you have come as a teacher from God, because no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” ³ Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly I say to you, unless someone is begotten from above he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”

¹⁵ so that everyone who believes into Him should not be wasted but should have eternal life. ¹⁶ Because God loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes into Him should not be wasted but should have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world in order to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.

²⁵ Then some of John’s disciples had an argument with a Judean about purification. ²⁶ So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the One who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you have testified—well, here He is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to Him!”

²⁶ So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the One who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you have testified—well, here He is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to Him!” 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.’ ²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and hears him, has great joy at the bridegroom’s voice. So this my joy has been fulfilled.

²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and hears him, has great joy at the bridegroom’s voice. So this my joy has been fulfilled. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease. ³¹ “He who comes from above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all. ³² And to what He has seen and heard He testifies, yet no one receives His testimony. ³³ The one who receives His testimony certifies that God is true. ³⁴ For He whom God sent speaks God’s words, because God does not give the Spirit by measure.

³⁴ For He whom God sent speaks God’s words, because God does not give the Spirit by measure. 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.”

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.”

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.”

³⁹ Now many of the Samaritans from that city believed into Him because of the word of the woman, testifying that “He told me everything I ever did!”

⁴¹ Many more believed through His own word,

¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, “Until now, my Father works, I also work.”

¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, “Until now, my Father works, I also work.”

¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, “Until now, my Father works, I also work.” ¹⁸ So because of this they wanted to kill Him all the more, because He was not only breaking the Sabbath but was even saying that God was His own Father, making Himself equal with God!

¹⁸ So because of this they wanted to kill Him all the more, because He was not only breaking the Sabbath but was even saying that God was His own Father, making Himself equal with God!

¹⁸ So because of this they wanted to kill Him all the more, because He was not only breaking the Sabbath but was even saying that God was His own Father, making Himself equal with God! ¹⁹ Then Jesus answered and said to them: “Most assuredly I say to you, the Son is not able to do anything from Himself, except something He sees the Father doing; because whatever things He does, precisely these the Son also does.

¹⁹ Then Jesus answered and said to them: “Most assuredly I say to you, the Son is not able to do anything from Himself, except something He sees the Father doing; because whatever things He does, precisely these the Son also does. 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.

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. ²¹ Now just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, just so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 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.

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.

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. ²⁵ “Most assuredly I say to you that a time is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live.

²⁵ “Most assuredly I say to you that a time is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live. ²⁶ Because just as the Father has life in Himself just so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; ²⁷ furthermore He gave Him the authority to pass judgment, because He is Son of Man . ²⁸ Do not marvel at this, because a time is coming in which all those in the graves will hear His voice ²⁹ and will come out—those who did good things into the resurrection of life, but those who practiced evil things into the resurrection of condemnation. ³⁰ I am not able to do anything from myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judging is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the Father who sent me.

³⁰ I am not able to do anything from myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judging is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the Father who sent me. ³¹ “If I testify about myself my testimony is not valid.

³¹ “If I testify about myself my testimony is not valid. ³² There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony that He gives about me is true. ³³ You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. ³⁴ Yet I do not accept the testimony from a man; but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ That man was a burning, shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to be glad in his light. ³⁶ But I have a greater testimony than John’s, because the works that the Father gave me to complete—the very works that I am doing—they testify about me that the Father has sent me.

³⁶ But I have a greater testimony than John’s, because the works that the Father gave me to complete—the very works that I am doing—they testify about me that the Father has sent me.

³⁶ But I have a greater testimony than John’s, because the works that the Father gave me to complete—the very works that I am doing—they testify about me that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ “Further, the Father who sent me has Himself testified about me. You have neither heard His voice nor seen His form at any time.

³⁷ “Further, the Father who sent me has Himself testified about me. You have neither heard His voice nor seen His form at any time. ³⁸ Nor do you have His word abiding in you, because you do not believe on the very one whom He sent. ³⁹ You examine the Scriptures because in them you think you have eternal life, yet they are the very ones that testify about me.

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.

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.

²⁷ Do not work for the food that wastes away but for the food that endures into life eternal, which the Son of Man will give you; because on Him God the Father has set His seal.”

³³ For the bread of God is the One coming down out of Heaven and giving life to the world.”

³⁷ All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will not throw out; ³⁸ because it is not to do my own will that I have come down out of Heaven, but the will of the One who sent me. ³⁹ Now this is the will of the Father who sent me, that I should lose nothing out of all that He has given me, but should raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰ Again this is the will of Him who sent me, that everyone who ‘sees’ the Son and believes into Him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

⁴⁴ No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who listens and learns from the Father comes to me.

⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who listens and learns from the Father comes to me. ⁴⁶ (Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God—He has seen the Father.) ⁴⁷ Most assuredly I say to you: the one believing into me has eternal life.

⁵¹ I am the living bread which came down out of Heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. Actually, the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give on behalf of the life of the world.” ⁵² At that the Jews started quarrelling among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?!”

⁵⁷ Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

⁶⁰ Therefore, upon hearing this many from among His disciples said, “This word is hard! Who is able to hear it?”

⁶⁵ And He said, “That is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by my Father.”

⁶⁸ So Simon Peter answered Him: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹ Further, we have come to believe and to know that you are the Christ, the Son of the Living God!”

¹ After these things Jesus continued to move about in Galilee, since He did not wish to move about in Judea because the Jews were wanting to kill Him.

²⁰ The crowd answered and said, “You must have a demon! Who wants to kill you?”

³⁰ So they tried to arrest Him, yet no one laid a hand on Him because His hour had not yet come. ³¹ Now many of the crowd were believing into Him, and they were saying, “Whenever the Christ comes He won’t perform more signs than these which this man has done, will He?”

³⁶ What word is this that he spoke, ‘You will look for me and not find me; also, where I am you cannot come’?”

⁴⁰ So upon hearing this word many from the crowd began to say, “This One really is the Prophet!” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This One is the Christ!” Others were saying, “Surely the Christ isn’t coming out of Galilee, is He? ⁴² Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ comes out of the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?” ⁴³ So there developed a division in the crowd because of Him. ⁴⁴ Further, some of them were wanting to arrest Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

⁴⁶ The operatives answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!” ⁴⁷ So the Pharisees answered: “You haven’t been fooled too, have you? ⁴⁸ None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed into him, have they? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that doesn’t know the law is accursed!” ⁵⁰ Nicodemus (the one who came to Him at night, being one of them) says to them, ⁵¹ “Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing, does it?” 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.”

¹⁷ It is written precisely in your law that the testimony of two men is valid:

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.” ²⁵ So they said to Him, “Who are you?” And Jesus said to them: “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

²⁷ They did not understand that He was speaking to them about the Father.

³⁰ While He was saying these things many believed into Him.

⁴² So Jesus said to them: “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came forth from God and I am here. Further, I have not come on my own, but He sent me. ⁴³ Why don’t you understand what I say?—because you are not able to really hear my word.

⁴⁷ The one who is of God hears God’s words; that’s why you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

⁴⁷ The one who is of God hears God’s words; that’s why you do not hear, because you are not of God.” ⁴⁸ So the Jews answered and said to Him, “We say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon —are we wrong?”

⁵² So the Jews said to Him: “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died and so did the prophets; yet you say, ‘If anyone should keep my word he will never ever taste death’! ⁵³ Surely you aren’t greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets are dead. Who do you make yourself out to be?”

⁵⁵ Yet you have not known Him, but I do know Him. And if I should say that I don’t know Him I would be a liar just like you (pl); but I do know Him and I keep His word.

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM!” ⁵⁹ Then they picked up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus was concealed and went out of the temple, going through the middle of them; yes, that’s how He got away!

⁶ Upon saying these things He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud on the blind man’s eyes.

¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man can’t be from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others were saying, “How can a sinful man do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

²² His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, because the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ he would be barred from the synagogue.

²⁸ They reviled him and said: “You are that fellow’s disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. ²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses; but this fellow—we don’t know where he’s from.”

³² Since time began it was never heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God He wouldn’t be able to do anything.”

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had expelled him, and finding him He said to him, “Do you believe into the Son of God?” ³⁶ He answered and said, “And who is He, Lord, that I may believe into Him?” ³⁷ So Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and He is the One who is speaking with you.”

¹ “Most assuredly I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ And whenever he takes out his own sheep he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

⁴ And whenever he takes out his own sheep he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. ⁵ But they will not follow a stranger; rather they will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

⁷ Then Jesus addressed them again: “Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

⁸ All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only in order to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it abundantly. ¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life on behalf of the sheep.

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life on behalf of the sheep. ¹² But the hired man, not being the shepherd and not owning the sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep, and runs away; and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd, and I know my own sheep, and I am known by them.

¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd, and I know my own sheep, and I am known by them. ¹⁵ Just as the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep.

¹⁵ Just as the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep. ¹⁶ I also have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; and there will be one flock, one shepherd. ¹⁷ “Because of this the Father loves me, in that I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.

¹⁷ “Because of this the Father loves me, in that I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. ¹⁸ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This command I have received from my father.”

¹⁸ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This command I have received from my father.”

²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name—these testify concerning me. ²⁶ But you do not believe because you are not among my sheep, just like I told you. ²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

³⁰ I and the Father are one.”

³⁰ I and the Father are one.” ³¹ Therefore the Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.

³¹ Therefore the Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. ³² Jesus answered them: “Many good works I have shown you from my father. For which one of them are you stoning me?”

³² Jesus answered them: “Many good works I have shown you from my father. For which one of them are you stoning me?” ³³ The Jews answered Him saying, “It’s not for a good work that we are stoning you, but for blasphemy; precisely because you, being a man, make yourself God!”

³⁷ If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me. ³⁸ But if I am doing them, even though you don’t believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in Him.”

⁸ The disciples say to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and you’re going back there?”

²⁵ Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes into me, though he may die, will live;

⁴⁵ So many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed into Him.

⁴⁷ Then the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council and said: “What can we do? Because this man performs many miraculous signs,

⁵² and not only on behalf of the nation, but also to gather into one all the scattered children of God.)

⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus no longer moved about openly among the Jews, but went away from there into the country near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and He stayed there with His disciples.

⁶ (Now he didn’t say this because the poor mattered to him, but because he was a thief and had the money-box; and used to pilfer what was put in it.)

²⁶ If anyone would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, my servant will be too. Further, if anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

³⁴ The people answered Him, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah remains forever; and so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

³⁷ Although He had performed so many signs in their presence, they were not believing into Him;

³⁷ Although He had performed so many signs in their presence, they were not believing into Him; ³⁸ so that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet should be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what we heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD really been revealed?”

³⁸ so that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet should be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what we heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD really been revealed?” ³⁹ Therefore they were unable to believe, in that Isaiah said again:

³⁹ Therefore they were unable to believe, in that Isaiah said again: ⁴⁰ “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes and understand with their hearts and should turn around, and I would heal them.”

⁴² Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed into Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, so they wouldn’t be expelled from the synagogue;

⁴⁷ Also, if someone hears my words and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him; because I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

¹⁵ Because I have given you an example, so that you also should do just as I did to you.

² In my Father’s house are many dwellings (otherwise I would have told you). I am going away to prepare a place for you. ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.

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

⁹ Jesus says to him: “Such a long time I’ve been with you, and you haven’t known me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

⁹ Jesus says to him: “Such a long time I’ve been with you, and you haven’t known me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own; rather it is the Father who dwells in me who does the works.

¹⁰ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own; rather it is the Father who dwells in me who does the works. ¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or else, believe me because of the works themselves.

¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or else, believe me because of the works themselves.

¹⁹ In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live you also will live. ²⁰ In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

²³ Jesus answered and said to him: “If anyone loves me he will keep my word. So my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

²⁸ “You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me you would have been glad that I said, ‘I am going to the Father’, because my Father is greater than I.

³¹ Rather, I habitually do just as the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. “Get up, let’s leave here.

⁹ “Just as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you; abide in my love. ¹⁰ If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

¹⁰ If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

¹³ No one has greater love than this, that someone should lay down his life for his friends.

²⁴ If I hadn’t done among them the works that no one else has done, they would not be having sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ However, this was so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’

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.

²⁵ “I have told you these things using figures of speech, but a time is coming when I will no longer talk to you with figures of speech; rather I will tell you plainly about the Father.

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! ⁶ “I have revealed Your name to the men whom You have given me out of the world. They were Yours and You gave them to me, and they have kept Your word.

⁸ because I have given them the sayings which You have given to me; and they have received and known for sure that I came forth from You, and they have believed that You sent me. ⁹ I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given me, because they are yours. ¹⁰ Actually, all my things are Yours and Yours are mine, and I have been glorified in them. ¹¹ Now I am no longer in the world, yet these are in the world, and I am coming to You.” Holy Father, keep them in Your name which You have given to me, so that they may be one just as we are.

¹¹ Now I am no longer in the world, yet these are in the world, and I am coming to You.” Holy Father, keep them in Your name which You have given to me, so that they may be one just as we are. ¹² While I was with them in the world I kept them in Your name. I protected those whom You gave me, and not one of them was lost except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

¹⁸ Just as You sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

²¹ that they all may be one, just as You, Father, are in me and I in You; that in Us they also may be one, so that the world may believe that You sent me.

²¹ that they all may be one, just as You, Father, are in me and I in You; that in Us they also may be one, so that the world may believe that You sent me. ²² In fact, the glory that You gave to me I have given to them, so that they may be one just as We are one: ²³ I in them and You in me, so that they may be perfected into one; also so that the world may know that You sent me and have loved them just as You have loved me. ²⁴ “Father, those whom You have given to me, I desire that they also may be with me where I am, so that they may observe my glory, which You have given me, because You loved me before the founding of the world. ²⁵ Righteous Father! Indeed the world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent me.

²⁵ Righteous Father! Indeed the world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent me. ²⁶ Yes, I have made Your name known to them and will make it known, so that the love with which You have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

⁵ They answered Him, “Jesus the Natsorean.” Jesus says to them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, His betrayer, was also standing with them.) ⁶ So when He said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground.

⁹ so that the word that He spoke might be fulfilled, “Of those you have given me I did not lose even one.”

³⁷ So Pilate said to Him, “You are a king then?” Jesus answered: “As you say, I am a king; for this I was born. And for this I came into the world, to testify to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth hears my voice.”

⁷ The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he made himself ‘Son of God’!”

¹¹ Jesus answered: “You would have no authority over me at all if it hadn’t been given to you from Above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

²⁸ After this, knowing that everything was now accomplished so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus says, “I’m thirsty!”

³⁶ Because these things happened so that the Scripture should be fulfilled: “Not a bone of His will be broken.” ³⁷ And again another Scripture says: “They will look on Him whom they pierced.”

²⁸ Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

³⁰ Now then, Jesus actually performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of His disciples, that are not written in this book; ³¹ but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life through His Name.

²² Jesus says to him: “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”

¹⁶ “Men, brothers: It was necessary that this Scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by David’s mouth concerning Judas, who was guide to those who arrested Jesus;

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,

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

³² “This Jesus God raised, to which we all are witnesses.

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.

¹⁵ while you killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from among the dead, to which we are witnesses.

²³ It will be that every person who will not listen to that Prophet will be extirpated from among the people.’

⁸ Then Peter, full of Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: ⁹ If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, 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. ¹¹ This is ‘the stone which was despised by you, the builders, which has become the chief cornerstone’. ¹² Also, the salvation does not exist in anyone else, because there is no other name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved.”

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.

³⁶ For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody; with whom about four hundred men joined up; who was killed, and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to nothing.

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;

⁵⁸ and throwing him out of the city they stoned him. (The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.) ⁵⁹ Yes, they stoned Stephen as he called out and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit”.

⁵⁹ Yes, they stoned Stephen as he called out and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit”.

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

⁴ Well the population of the city became divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.

¹⁴ Simeon has described how God first intervened to extract from the Gentiles a people for His name.

¹⁰ because I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

¹⁴ But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: “If there really was some misdeed or wicked crime, O Jews, there would be reason for me to bear with you; ¹⁵ but since it is an issue over a word and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; because I refuse to be a judge of such matters.”

¹⁷ Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was a delay to Gallio.

²⁸ So take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers, to shepherd the congregation of the Lord and God which He purchased with His own blood. ²⁹ Because I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

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.

⁷ When he had said this, an argument started between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. ⁸ (Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel or spirit, but Pharisees confess both.) ⁹ There was a great clamor, and the scribes of the Pharisee party stood up and started arguing vigorously, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; but if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God!” ¹⁰ Well the dissension became such that the commander, fearing that Paul might be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and snatch him out of their midst and bring him into the barracks.

¹⁹ but had certain issues against him about their religion, and about a certain dead Jesus whom Paul affirmed to be living. ²⁰ And since I was at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be judged there concerning these things.

²⁴ Well as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice: “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

³⁰ Upon his saying this, the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them; ³¹ and when they had withdrawn they started talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains”. ³² And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free, if he had not appealed to Caesar”.

⁴ who was established to be God’s powerful Son (according to His spirit of holiness) by resurrection from the dead —Jesus Christ our Lord—

²¹ You, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach not to steal, do you steal?

¹⁰ Just as it is written: “No one is righteous, not even one; ¹¹ there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. ¹² All have turned aside, together they have been made useless; there is no one who shows kindness, no, not so much as one.” ¹³ “Their throat is an opened grave; they habitually deceive with their tongues.” “Viper’s venom is under their lips”; ¹⁴ “whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” ¹⁵ “Their feet are swift to shed blood; ¹⁶ ruin and wretchedness are in their paths, ¹⁷ and the way of peace they have not known.” ¹⁸ “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” ¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world become accountable to God.

¹ Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom also we have had the access, by the Faith, into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

² through whom also we have had the access, by the Faith, into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

⁹ So now that we have been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from the wrath through Him!

¹³ —sin was in the world before the law, to be sure, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. ¹⁴ Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam’s transgression (he is a type of the coming one). ¹⁵ Now the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one, how much more did God’s grace and the bounty by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many! ¹⁶ Again, the gift is not like what came from one man’s having sinned: because the judgment into condemnation followed one offense, while the gracious gift into justification followed many offenses. ¹⁷ Further, if by the offense of the one man death reigned through that man, much more will those who receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ Further, if by the offense of the one man death reigned through that man, much more will those who receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ So then, as through one offense there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is life-giving justification for everyone. ¹⁹ For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the many will be constituted righteous. ²⁰ However, law came on the scene so that the offense might abound; but where the sin abounded, the grace superabounded, ²¹ so that just as sin reigned in the death, so also the grace might reign through righteousness into eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

²¹ so that just as sin reigned in the death, so also the grace might reign through righteousness into eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

²³ Because the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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,

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,

²⁹ Because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

²⁹ Because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰ Further, whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

³⁰ Further, whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

³³ Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? God is He who justifies. ³⁴ Who is he who condemns? Christ is He who died, but even more, was indeed raised, who indeed is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes on our behalf. ³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Will it be affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? ³⁶ (As it is written: “For your sake we are being put to death all day long; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.”) ³⁷ No, in all these things we prevail completely through Him who loved us. ³⁸ Because I am persuaded that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present nor things to come, ³⁹ neither height nor depth nor any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

²³ just in order to make known the riches of His glory on vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, ²⁴ even us whom He called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

¹⁵ And how will they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: “How timely is the arrival of those who bring good news of peace, of those who announce the good things.”

⁷ What then? What Israel is seeking, this it did not obtain; but the election did obtain it, while the rest were dulled. ⁸ Just as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that were not to see and ears that were not to hear, to this very day.”

¹ Let every soul submit to the governing authorities, because there is no authority except under God, and the existing authorities have been placed by God.

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: “For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, O LORD, and will sing psalms to your name.” ¹⁰ And again He says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!” ¹¹ And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and laud Him, all you peoples!” ¹² And again, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, even He who rises up to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will place their hope on Him.” ¹³ Now may the God of the hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in that hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ Because such people do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

¹⁴ Now a soulish man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; indeed, he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

³ because you are still fleshly! For since there is envy, strife and divisions among you, are you not carnal and acting like ordinary people?

³ But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.

¹ Become my imitators, just as I am Christ’s.

¹⁸ Because, to begin, I hear that when you come together in an assembly there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.

²¹ In the law it stands written: “I will speak to this people in foreign languages and with different ‘lips’, but not even then will they listen to me,” says the LORD.

⁹ because a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

¹² Therefore, since we have such a hope, we use great boldness of speech—

³ So where our Gospel has actually been concealed, it has been hidden from those who are being wasted, ⁴ among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

⁶ because the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness is He who shined in our hearts to give the light that comes from the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

¹³ Such men are really false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into ‘apostles’ of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder, because Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. ¹⁵ So it is no great thing if his servants also masquerade as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

⁴ who gave Himself for our sins, so that He might deliver us out of this present malignant age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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” —

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

⁹ But now that you know God—better, are known by God—how can you turn back to those weak, yes decidedly inferior, basic principles, to which you wish to be enslaved all over again?

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the real knowledge of Himself,

¹ He\up6 [F]\up0 raised you up as well, when you were dead in your transgressions and sins, ² in which you once walked, according to the Aeon of this world, the ruler of the domain of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of the disobedience; ³ among whom all of us also used to conduct ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, just like the rest. ⁴ But God—being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in our transgressions—made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have come to be near through the blood of the Christ. ¹⁴ For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one and broken down the barrier of separation—the law with its commandments and ordinances— ¹⁵ having abolished the enmity through His ‘flesh’, so as to mold the two [Jew and Gentile] into one new man in Himself (thus making peace) ¹⁶ and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross (by which He killed the enmity). ¹⁷ He came and proclaimed peace to us, being both far and near, ¹⁸ because through Him we both have access to the Father, by one Spirit.

¹⁸ because through Him we both have access to the Father, by one Spirit.

¹⁹ and \up6 3)\up0 to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge—so that you may be fulfilled into all the fullness of God.

⁸ That is why He says, “When He ascended into the heights He captured the concentration camp, and distributed gifts to men.” ⁹ (What does ‘He ascended’ imply if not that He also first descended into the interior regions of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) ¹¹ Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

¹¹ Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, ¹² for the equipping of the saints into the work of the ministry, so as to build up the body of Christ,

¹² for the equipping of the saints into the work of the ministry, so as to build up the body of Christ, ¹³ until we all attain into the unity of the faith and of the real knowledge of the Son of God, into a complete man, into the resulting full stature of Christ; ¹⁴ so that we no longer be ‘infants’, tossed about as by waves and carried off by every doctrinal fad, through the underhanded dealings of the people who collect the fee for the error; ¹⁵ rather, speaking the truth in love, let us in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, Christ;

¹ Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children, ² and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

⁶ being certain of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

⁵ In fact, let this mindset be in you that was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, existing in God’s form, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

⁶ who, existing in God’s form, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

⁶ who, existing in God’s form, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷ but divested Himself, taking a slave’s form, coming to be in the likeness of men.

⁷ but divested Himself, taking a slave’s form, coming to be in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient to the point of death —even death on a cross!

⁸ And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient to the point of death —even death on a cross! 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.

²⁰ For I have no one else like-minded, who will be genuinely concerned about your welfare

⁸ Yes indeed, in fact I actually consider everything to be a loss for the sake of the excelling thing, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord —for His sake I have already lost everything (and consider it as trash), so that I may gain Christ

³ Yes, I urge you too, loyal Syzygus, help these women who labored with me in the Gospel, and with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

⁶ So then, keep on walking in the Christ, Jesus the Lord, just as you received Him, ⁷ having been rooted and being built up in Him and being established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. ⁸ Be careful that no one captures you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the basic principles of the world and not according to Christ. ⁹ Because all the Fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him in bodily form, ¹⁰ and you are complete in Him who is the head over all rule and authority.

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.

³ at the same time praying for us, that God may open to us a door for the Word, to speak the mystery of Christ (for which I am also in chains),

¹³ Now we are obligated to always give thanks to God about you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you into salvation, through sanctification of spirit and belief in truth,

¹⁵ Here is a trustworthy word, worthy of total acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am chief; ¹⁶ precisely for this reason I was shown mercy, that in me, the ‘chief’, Jesus Christ might display all his forbearance, as an example for those who are going to rely on Him into eternal life.

⁵ For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men—a man! —Jesus Christ, ⁶ who gave Himself as a ransom on behalf of all people (to be testified in its own seasons),

² Now then, it is obligatory for the overseer to be above reproach, a one woman man, temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching, ³ not a drinker, not a bully, not corrupt [financially], but gentle, peaceful, not greedy;

³ not a drinker, not a bully, not corrupt [financially], but gentle, peaceful, not greedy; ⁴ one who rules his own house well, having children who obey him with due respect ⁵ (for if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how can he take care of God’s congregation?); ⁶ not a recent convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same judgment that the devil did. ⁷ Also, it is necessary for him to have a good reputation with those who are outside the congregation, so as not to fall into reproach and the devil’s snare. ⁸ Similarly, deacons must be respectable, not deceitful, not heavy drinkers, not corrupt [financially];

¹⁶ Yes, the mystery of our religion is confessedly great: God was manifested in flesh, was vindicated in spirit, was revealed to angels, was proclaimed among nations, was believed in the world, was received up in glory!

¹⁴ Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the body of elders.

¹² That is why I am suffering these things, yet I am not ashamed because I know in whom I have believed and am certain that He is able to guard my deposit until that Day.

¹⁹ Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His” and “Let everyone who claims the name of the Lord keep away from unrighteousness.”

⁵ wearing a form of godliness while having denied its power! You must avoid such people; ⁶ because they are the sort that press into households and ‘capture’ gullible women loaded down with sins, who are led along by various lusts, ⁷ always learning yet never being able to come to a real knowledge of truth.

³ Because the time will come when they will not tolerate the sound doctrine; rather, they will accumulate for themselves a great many teachers who will tickle their ears according to their lusts

¹⁰ for Demas, loving this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica—Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

⁵ I left you in Crete for this reason, that you should set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every town as I directed you

⁷ Because as an administrator under God the overseer must be blameless; not self-willed, not hotheaded, not given to wine, not a bully, not avaricious;

¹¹ who must be silenced—they are ruining whole households, teaching things that they ought not, and for dishonest gain!

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.

³ Because we ourselves were also foolish at one time, disobedient, being deceived, being enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, hating one another. ⁴ But when the kindness of our Savior God and His love toward mankind manifested itself, ⁵ He saved us—not because of righteous deeds that we ourselves had done but according to His mercy, by means of the bath of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

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.

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.

⁷ Therefore—just as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you would hear His voice,

⁴ Also, no one receives this honor on his own, but upon being called by God, just like Aaron.

⁶ Just as He\up6 [F]\up0 also says in another place, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” ⁷ He\up6 [S]\up0, in the days of His flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications, with a loud cry and tears, to the One who was able to save Him from death, and having been answered because of His godly fear, ⁸ although being SON, He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. ⁹ And having been completed He became the Source of eternal salvation for all those obeying Him,

¹⁷ similarly God, being determined to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchanging nature of His purpose, guaranteed it by an oath,

²⁰ where Forerunner Jesus has entered on our behalf, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

²⁵ Therefore He is able to save absolutely those who come to God through Him, since He always lives and can intercede on their behalf.

⁶ with burnt offerings and sin offerings You were not pleased. ⁷ Then I said, ‘Yes indeed, I have come to do Your will, O God—thus it is written about me in the scroll of the book.’” ⁸ First He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor were You pleased with them” (which are offered according to the Law), ⁹ then He says, “Yes indeed, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He removes the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰ By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers, having courage to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by a new and living way that He inaugurated for us, through the curtain, that is to say, His flesh, ²¹ and having a Great Priest over the house of God, ²² let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts having been sprinkled from an evil conscience and our body having been washed with clean water.

² looking unto Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of the Faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured a cross, scorning its ignominy, and took His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

²⁰ Now may the God of peace—who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep—

⁵ who are being guarded by the power of God through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

¹⁰ Concerning this salvation the prophets, who prophesied about the grace that would come to you, searched and inquired diligently,

¹² It was revealed to them that they were not ministering these things to themselves, but to you; which things have now been announced to you by those who proclaimed the gospel to you, with the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things that angels really desire to look into.

¹ So then, laying aside all malignity —even all deceit and play-actings and envies, yes all malicious speaking— ² crave the pure spiritual ‘milk’, like newborn babies do, so that by it you may grow into salvation, ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is benevolent.

¹⁰ who formerly were not a people but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

²¹ Now you have been called to this, really, because Christ also suffered in our behalf, leaving you an example that you should follow in His footsteps:

²⁴ who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, so that we, having died to those sins, might live for the righteousness; by whose wound you were healed.

²⁴ who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, so that we, having died to those sins, might live for the righteousness; by whose wound you were healed. ²⁵ Yes, you were like straying sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls.

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

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;

¹ Therefore, since Christ suffered on our behalf in flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mentality (for the one who has ‘suffered in flesh’ has been made to cease from sin)

² Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers willingly, not under compulsion; not for dishonest gain but freely; ³ neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. ⁴ And when the Chief Shepherd is revealed you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

¹¹ Because in this way you will be granted the abundant entrance into the unending kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

¹ However, there were also false prophets among the people, just as, indeed, there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Owner who bought them (bringing on themselves swift destruction).

¹ However, there were also false prophets among the people, just as, indeed, there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Owner who bought them (bringing on themselves swift destruction). ² And many will follow their licentious ways, because of which the way of the Truth will be defamed. ³ And in covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; since way back the judgment for such people is not slack, and their destruction will not sleep.

³ And in covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; since way back the judgment for such people is not slack, and their destruction will not sleep.

¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls; having a heart trained in greediness they are children of a curse; ¹⁵ having forsaken the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; ¹⁶ but he got a rebuke for his wrongdoing—a mute donkey speaking with a human voice restrained the insanity of the prophet. ¹⁷ These are waterless springs, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackest of the darkness has been reserved forever. ¹⁸ Because speaking pompous words of emptiness they entice through fleshly lusts, through licentiousness, those who have actually escaped from those who are living in error, ¹⁹ promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.

² also, He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; not concerning ours only but also concerning those of the whole world.

¹⁹ They went out from us but were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us—they left so that they might be exposed, that none of them were of us.

²¹ I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the Truth.

²⁵ This is the promise that He Himself promised us—the eternal life.

¹² —not like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

¹⁶ We know the Love by this: He laid down His life in our behalf; we also are obligated to lay down our lives in behalf of our brothers.

¹ Dear ones, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

⁵ They are of the world; that’s why they speak of the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶ We are of God: he who knows God listens to us; he who is not of God doesn’t listen to us—by this we know the Spirit of the Truth and the spirit of the deception.

⁶ We are of God: he who knows God listens to us; he who is not of God doesn’t listen to us—by this we know the Spirit of the Truth and the spirit of the deception.

⁹ God’s love was made real within us by this: God sent His only begotten Son into the world in order that we might live through Him. ¹⁰ In this is the love, not that we loved God but that He loved us—He even sent His Son as the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹ Dear ones, since God loved us in this way we are obligated to love one another, really. ¹² No one has ever looked at God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is being perfected in us. ¹³ By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. ¹⁴ Yes, we have observed and do testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.

⁷ actually there are three who bear witness

¹¹ And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

¹³ I have written these things to you who believe into the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life, really believing into the name of God’s Son. ¹⁴ Now this is the confidence that we have toward Him: if we should ask anything according to His will, He hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that He hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him. ¹⁶ If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, let him ask, and He will give him life for those who do not sin unto death. There is sin leading to death; I am not saying that he should make request about that. ¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death. ¹⁸ We know that whoever has been begotten by God does not sin; rather the one who was begotten by God preserves himself, and the evil one does not touch him. ¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 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.

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.

¹ Jude, slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called, those who have been sanctified by God the Father and preserved through Jesus Christ:

²¹ keep yourselves in God’s love, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ into eternal life.

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—

²⁰ The mystery of the seven stars which you saw upon my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands that you saw are seven churches.

² ‘I know your works, yes the labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot stand those who are evil. And you have tested those who claim to be apostles and are not, and found them to be liars;

⁹ ‘I know your works and affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those who claim to be Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

¹³ ‘I know your works, and where you live, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold my name fast and did not deny my faith during the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.

¹⁹ ‘I know your works —the love, the faith, the service—and your endurance; in fact your last works are greater than the first.

¹ “And to the messenger of the church in Sardis write: These things says He who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: ‘I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, yet you are dead.

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: ⁸ ‘I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, that no one is able to shut; because you have a little strength and have kept my Word and have not denied my name.

⁸ ‘I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, that no one is able to shut; because you have a little strength and have kept my Word and have not denied my name.

¹⁵ ‘I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.

²⁰ ‘Now then, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone should hear my voice and open the door I really will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

² And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?” ³ And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look at it. ⁴ And I began to really weep, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it. ⁵ So one of the elders says to me, “Stop weeping! Look! The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and its seven seals.” ⁶ And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living beings, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing —as if slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷ And He goes and takes it out of the right hand of the One sitting on the throne! ⁸ And when He took the scroll the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having harps and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints. 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;

¹⁷ because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

⁴ These are the ones not defiled with women, for they are virgins; these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He may go. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, firstfruits for God and for the Lamb;

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