John 7 Cross References - WPNT

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. ² Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was near. ³ So His brothers said to Him: “Leave here and go up into Judea so your disciples also may see the works that you are doing, ⁴ because no one does anything in secret while he actually wants to be in evidence. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world!” ⁵ For not even His brothers were believing into Him. ⁶ So Jesus says to them: “My time isn’t here yet, but your time is always available. ⁷ The world can’t hate you, but does hate me, because I testify about it that its works are malignant. ⁸ You guys go up to this feast; I’m not going up yet to this feast, because my time has not yet fully come.” ⁹ So upon saying these things to them He stayed on in Galilee. ¹⁰ Now when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He too went up, not openly but in secret like. ¹¹ So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and saying, “Where is he?” ¹² And there was a lot of murmuring about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He is good”; others were saying, “On the contrary, he’s deceiving the people.” ¹³ However, no one was talking openly about Him for fear of the Jews. ¹⁴ Now when the feast was already half over Jesus went up into the temple and started to teach. ¹⁵ And the Jews were marveling saying, “How is this man learned, not having been educated?” ¹⁶ So Jesus answered them and said: “What I teach is not mine, but His who sent me. ¹⁷ If anyone wants to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God or whether I am speaking on my own. 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. ¹⁹ “Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law! Why do you want to kill me?” ²⁰ The crowd answered and said, “You must have a demon! Who wants to kill you?” ²¹ Jesus answered and said to them: “I did one work, and you all marvel. ²² Consider this: Moses gave you circumcision (not that it comes from Moses but from the patriarchs), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 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? ²⁴ Stop judging on the basis of appearances, but judge the righteous judgment.” ²⁵ Now some of the Jerusalemites were saying: “Isn’t this the man they’re wanting to kill? 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.” ²⁸ So Jesus called out in the temple, teaching and saying: “You do know me, and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own, but the One who sent me is true, whom you do not know. ²⁹ I do know Him because I am from Him, and He sent me.” 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?” ³² The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Him, so the Pharisees and the chief priests sent operatives to arrest Him. ³³ Then Jesus said, “For a little while I am still with you, and then I go to the One who sent me. ³⁴ You will look for me and not find me; also, where I am you cannot come.” ³⁵ So the Jews said among themselves: “Where does this fellow intend to go that we won’t find him? He doesn’t intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does 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’?” ³⁷ Now on the last and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood up and called out saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. ³⁸ The one believing into me, just as the Scripture has said, out from his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.” 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.) 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. ⁴⁵ Then the operatives came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why haven’t you brought 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.” ⁵³ So each one went to his own house.

¹ A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

⁵ So they said to him: “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it stands written by the prophet:

⁵ So they said to him: “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it stands written by the prophet: ⁶ ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are not at all the least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a Ruler who will shepherd my people Israel’.”

²³ And upon arriving he settled in a city called Natsareth [Branch-town], so that what was spoken through the prophets should be fulfilled, that He would be called a Natsorean [Branch-man].

³ For this is he who was referred to by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “A voice crying-out, ‘Prepare in the wilderness the way of the LORD, make His paths straight’.”

¹⁵ But in answer Jesus said to him, “Permit it now, because thus it is appropriate to us to fulfill all righteousness”. Then he permitted Him.

⁶ and says to Him, “Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written: ‘He will give orders to His angels about you, and they will lift you up on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone’.”

¹⁵ “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! ¹⁶ The people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and upon those sitting in the place and shadow of death light has dawned.”

¹ “Be careful not to do your charitable giving before the people so as to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in the heavens. ² Therefore, whenever you do charitable giving do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by the people. Assuredly I say to you, they already have their reward.

⁵ And whenever you pray do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, so that they may be seen by the people. Assuredly I say to you that they already have their reward.

⁹ Therefore, you pray like this: ‘Our Father who is in the heavens, let Your name be reverenced;

¹⁶ “Also, whenever you fast do not become gloomy like the hypocrites, because they disfigure their faces so that people will notice that they are fasting. Assuredly I say to you that they already have their reward.

²² “The lamp of the body is the eye. So if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

²⁸ And so it was, when Jesus had ended these words, that the crowds were astonished at His teaching, ²⁹ for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not like the scribes.

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

²³ But whenever they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly I say to you, you will certainly not go through all the cities of Israel before the Son of the Man comes.

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!

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?” ⁴ By way of answer Jesus said to them: “Go and report to John the things that you hear and see: ⁵ blind regain sight and lame walk, lepers are cleansed and deaf hear, dead are raised and the poor are evangelized. ⁶ And, blessed be whoever is not offended at Me!”

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking and they say, ‘He has a demon’; ¹⁹ the Son of the Man came eating and drinking and they say, ‘Just look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Indeed, wisdom is vindicated by her children.”

²⁵ At that time Jesus reacted 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 babes.

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 . ²⁸ Come to me all you who are laboring and are loaded down, and I will give you rest.

² And upon seeing it the Pharisees said to Him, “Hey, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath!”

⁵ Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

¹⁴ But going out the Pharisees plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.

²¹ And in His name Gentiles will trust.”

²³ And all the crowds were amazed and said, “Might this not be the Son of David?”

²³ And all the crowds were amazed and said, “Might this not be the Son of David?” ²⁴ But upon hearing it the Pharisees said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, ruler of the demons.”

²⁴ But upon hearing it the Pharisees said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, ruler of the demons.”

⁴⁶ But then, while He was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.

⁵⁴ And coming into His hometown He began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said: “Where did this man get this wisdom, and the mighty works?

⁵⁴ And coming into His hometown He began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said: “Where did this man get this wisdom, and the mighty works? ⁵⁵ Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joses and Simon and Jude? ⁵⁶ And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” ⁵⁷ So they were offended at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house”.

¹³ When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi He questioned His disciples saying, “Who do people say that I, the Son of the Man, am?” ¹⁴ So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets”.

¹⁴ So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets”. ¹⁵ He says to them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” ¹⁶ So in answer Simon Peter said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God!”

¹¹ And the crowds kept saying, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Natsareth of Galilee.” ¹² Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold the doves.

³⁸ But when the farmers saw the son they said among themselves: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take possession of his inheritance.’

⁴⁶ And although they wanted to seize Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they considered Him as a prophet.

¹⁶ So they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth; and you are not impressed by anyone, for you do not look at people’s faces.

¹⁶ So they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth; and you are not impressed by anyone, for you do not look at people’s faces. ¹⁷ So tell us, what do you think: is it lawful to pay tax to Caesar, or not?”

²² And hearing it they marveled, and leaving Him they went away.

³³ Now as the crowds heard Him they were astonished at His teaching.

² saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees are seated upon Moses’ chair; ³ so whatever they may tell you to observe, you should observe and do; but do not do according to their deeds, for they say and do not do. ⁴ For they package loads that are heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of the people; but they themselves do not want to move them with one of their fingers. ⁵ “Rather, they do all their works in order to be seen by people. They make their phylacteries broad and the tassels on their garments large;

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.

³⁹ For I say to you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD’!”

¹⁸ So He said: “Go into the city to ‘you know who’ and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near, I will do the Passover with my disciples at your place ”’.”

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.

⁶³ saying: “Sir, we remember that that deceiver, while still alive, said, ‘After three days I am going to rise’.

⁴ Then He said to them: “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.

⁶ Then the Pharisees went straight out, and with the Herodians started hatching a plot against Him, how they might destroy Him.

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

²¹ Well upon hearing this His family came to apprehend Him, because they were saying, “He is out of his mind!” ²² Then some scribes who had come down from Jerusalem started saying, “He has Beelzebub”, and “It is by the ruler of the demons that he casts out demons”.

³⁰ —because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit”. ³¹ Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him.

² And when the Sabbath came He began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard were astonished, saying: “Where did this man get these things? What wisdom is this that is given to him? Such mighty works are being performed by his hands! ³ Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they took offense at Him.

³ Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they took offense at Him.

¹⁸ Well the scribes and the chief priests heard it, and kept on looking for a way to destroy Him; because they were afraid of Him, in that all the people were astonished at His teaching.

¹⁹ So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at God’s right.

⁴ So Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of Natsareth town, into Judea to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because he was of David’s ‘house’, that is, line of descent,

¹¹ You see, today, in David’s city, a Savior was born to you, who is Lord Christ!

³² a light for revelation to Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.”

³⁹ When they had completed everything, according to the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to their own town, Natsareth.

⁴⁷ (All who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.)

⁵¹ Then He went down with them and came to Natsareth, and continued subordinating Himself to them; His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

¹⁶ John anticipated them all saying: “I indeed am baptizing you with water, but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal straps I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with Holy Spirit and fire;

²² (All were bearing witness to Him and were marveling at the gracious words that were coming out of His mouth; and they started saying, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”)

²⁶ Woe, when all men speak well of you; for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets!

⁴⁵ The good man produces the good out of the good treasure in his heart, and the malignant man produces the malignant out of the malignant treasure in his heart; because his mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.

¹⁶ Fear took hold of all, and they began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited His people!”

³⁰ But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

¹³ Those on the rock ledge are the ones who, whenever they hear, receive the word with joy; yet these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of testing fall away.

¹⁵ But that on the good ground: these are the ones who having heard the word with a noble and good heart, hold on to it and produce fruit with perseverance.”

¹⁹ Then His mother and brothers came to Him, and they could not get near Him because of the crowd.

²² And turning to the disciples He said: “All things have been entrusted to me by my Father; also, no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and to whomever the Son may choose to reveal Him.”

³⁹ So the Lord said to him: “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but your inside is full of greed and malignancy. ⁴⁰ Fools! Did not He who made the outside also make the inside? ⁴¹ Nevertheless, give what is possible as alms; then indeed all things are clean to you. ⁴² “But woe to you Pharisees! You tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you ignore justice and the love of God. These it was necessary to do, without leaving those undone. ⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seat in the synagogues, and greetings in the marketplaces. ⁴⁴ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like unperceived graves, that people walk on without knowing it.” ⁴⁵ Then one of the lawyers reacted and said to him, “Teacher, by saying these things you insult us also!” ⁴⁶ So He said: “Woe to you lawyers also! You load men down with burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. ⁴⁷ Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets, it being your fathers who killed them. ⁴⁸ Thereby you witness to and approve of the deeds of your fathers; because they indeed killed them, while you build their tombs. ⁴⁹ Also, because of this ‘the wisdom of God’ said: ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute’, ⁵⁰ so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation! ⁵² Woe to you lawyers! You have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering!” ⁵³ Well when He had said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge Him on vehemently and to cross-examine Him about many things, ⁵⁴ lying in wait for Him, trying to catch Him in something He might say, so that they might accuse Him.

⁵¹ Do you imagine that I came to provide peace on the earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division.

²⁴ “Exert yourselves to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will try to enter and not manage it. ²⁵ When once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ and in answer he will say to you, ‘I don’t know you; where are you from?’

³¹ On that same day some Pharisees approached saying to Him, “Get out of here and go away, because Herod wants to kill you”. ³² He said to them: “Go tell that ‘fox’, ‘Take note, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third I will be perfected’. 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! ³⁴ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, she who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! ³⁵ So then, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you that you will definitely not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

²² Then He said to the disciples: “Days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ²³ And they will say to you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Do not go along or follow.

¹⁹ So Jesus said to him: “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.

⁴⁷ And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes, as also the leaders of the people, were trying to destroy Him,

⁴⁷ And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes, as also the leaders of the people, were trying to destroy Him, ⁴⁸ but could not figure out how to do it, because all the people were hanging on His words.

¹⁹ The chief priests and the scribes wanted to lay hands on Him right then, but they were afraid —they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

⁵² Then Jesus said to the chief priests, officers of the temple, and elders who had come against Him: “Have you come out with swords and clubs as against a bandit? ⁵³ When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour; even the authority of the darkness!”

⁵³ When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour; even the authority of the darkness!”

⁴⁷ Well upon seeing what had happened, the centurion glorified God, saying, “Certainly this man was righteous!”

⁵⁰ Now then, there was a man named Joseph, a good and righteous man, a Council member

⁴⁹ Take note, I am sending the Promise of my Father upon you; but you must stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

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 .

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?”

²¹ So they asked him, “What then, are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you ‘the Prophet’?” “No,” he answered.

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.”

²⁵ So they asked him saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor ‘the Prophet’?”

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.’

⁴¹ He first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated ‘Christ’).

⁴⁶ So Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Natsareth ?” Philip says to him, “Come and see!”

⁴⁶ So Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Natsareth ?” Philip says to him, “Come and see!” ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and says about him, “There, a genuine Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸ Nathanael says to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹ In answer Nathanael says to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

⁴⁹ In answer Nathanael says to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

⁴ Jesus says to her, “What’s that to you and me, woman? My time hasn’t come yet.”

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

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. ²⁴ But as for Jesus Himself, He did not entrust Himself to them, because He knew all men

¹ Now there was a man among the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 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.”

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.”

⁴ Nicodemus says to Him, “How can a man be begotten, being old? He can’t enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?”

⁹ Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?”

¹¹ Most assuredly I say to you, we speak what we know and testify to what we have seen, but you (pl) do not receive our testimony.

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.

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.

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. 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.

³³ The one who receives His testimony certifies that God is true.

³ He left Judea and went away into Galilee.

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.”

²⁵ The woman says to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes He will explain everything to us.”

²⁹ “Come see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could this be the Messiah?”

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!”

⁴² and they kept saying to the woman, “It’s not just because of what you said that we believe, because we ourselves have heard Him, and we know that this One is truly the Messiah, the Savior of the world!”

⁵⁴ Again, coming out of Judea into Galilee, Jesus performed this second miraculous sign.

² Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool called Bethesda, in Hebrew, which has five porches. ³ In them a large number of sick people were lying—blind, lame, paralyzed—waiting for the moving of the water; ⁴ because an angel would go down from time to time into the pool and stir up the water —then the first one to get in after the stirring of the water became well of whatever disease that was holding him. ⁵ Now there was a certain man there who had been sick for 38 years. 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?” ⁷ The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to throw me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming another gets in before me.” ⁸ Jesus says to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk!”

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.

⁹ Immediately the man became well and picked up his pallet and started to walk. ¹⁰ But that day was a Sabbath, so the Jews said to the one who had been healed, “It’s the Sabbath! You aren’t allowed to carry the pallet.” ¹¹ He answered them, “The one who made me well—He said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and 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.”

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.” ¹⁵ The man went off and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ¹⁶ So because of this the Jews began persecuting Jesus and trying to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

¹⁶ So because of this the Jews began persecuting Jesus and trying to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

¹⁶ So because of this the Jews began persecuting Jesus and trying to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. 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!

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.

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.

³² There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony that He gives about me is true.

⁴⁰ But you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life. ⁴¹ “I do not accept glory from people.

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.

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.

² And a huge crowd was following Him because they had seen His signs that He kept performing on the sick.

¹⁴ Now then, having seen the miraculous sign that Jesus performed the men said, “This One really is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

¹⁴ Now then, having seen the miraculous sign that Jesus performed the men said, “This One really is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” ¹⁵ So Jesus, perceiving that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew up the mountain again by Himself, alone.

³⁵ So Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of the life. Whoever comes to me will never hunger and whoever believes into me will never thirst.

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.” ⁴¹ Then the Jews started complaining about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down out of Heaven.” ⁴² And they were saying, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? So how can he say, ‘I have come down out of Heaven ’?”

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.

⁴⁶ (Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God—He has seen the Father.)

⁵² At that the Jews started quarrelling among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?!”

⁵⁵ Really, my flesh is genuine food and my blood is genuine drink.

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

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. ² Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was near. ³ So His brothers said to Him: “Leave here and go up into Judea so your disciples also may see the works that you are doing,

⁵ For not even His brothers were believing into Him. ⁶ So Jesus says to them: “My time isn’t here yet, but your time is always available.

⁸ You guys go up to this feast; I’m not going up yet to this feast, because my time has not yet fully come.”

¹⁰ Now when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He too went up, not openly but in secret like.

¹⁰ Now when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He too went up, not openly but in secret like. ¹¹ So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and saying, “Where is he?” ¹² And there was a lot of murmuring about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He is good”; others were saying, “On the contrary, he’s deceiving the people.”

¹⁴ Now when the feast was already half over Jesus went up into the temple and started to teach. ¹⁵ And the Jews were marveling saying, “How is this man learned, not having been educated?”

¹⁹ “Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law! Why do you want to kill me?”

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?

²⁵ Now some of the Jerusalemites were saying: “Isn’t this the man they’re wanting to kill?

²⁵ Now some of the Jerusalemites were saying: “Isn’t this the man they’re wanting to kill? 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?

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.”

²⁷ On the other hand, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ comes nobody knows where He is from.” ²⁸ So Jesus called out in the temple, teaching and saying: “You do know me, and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own, but the One who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

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?” ³² The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Him, so the Pharisees and the chief priests sent operatives to arrest Him.

³⁴ You will look for me and not find me; also, where I am you cannot come.”

³⁷ Now on the last and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood up and called out saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

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?

⁴¹ Others were saying, “This One is the Christ!” Others were saying, “Surely the Christ isn’t coming out of Galilee, is He?

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?”

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. ⁴⁵ Then the operatives came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why haven’t you brought Him?”

⁴⁵ Then the operatives came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why haven’t you brought Him?” ⁴⁶ The operatives answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”

⁴⁶ The operatives answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”

⁴⁶ The operatives answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!” ⁴⁷ So the Pharisees answered: “You haven’t been fooled too, have you?

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?

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,

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.”

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.” ⁵³ So each one went to his own house.

² And at dawn He went again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; so sitting down He started to teach them.

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said to them: “Even though I testify about myself, my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going. ¹⁵ You are judging according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone. ¹⁶ Yet even if I do judge, my judging is valid, in that I am not alone in judging, but I and the Father who sent me are together .

¹⁹ Then they said to Him, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me you would also know my Father.” ²⁰ Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, while teaching in the temple; yet no one arrested Him, because His time had not yet come. ²¹ Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” ²² So the Jews said, “He won’t kill himself, will he, since he says, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?”

²² So the Jews said, “He won’t kill himself, will he, since he says, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?” ²³ He said to them: “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 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.”

²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge about you, but He who sent me is true, and what I myself have heard from Him—these things I say to the world.”

²⁸ Then Jesus said to them: “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am and that I do nothing from myself; but just as my Father has taught me, these things I speak.

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

³⁰ While He was saying these things many believed into Him. ³¹ So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed Him: “If you abide in my word, you really are my disciples; ³² and you will know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free.”

³⁷ I know that you are descendants of Abraham, but you are wanting to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

⁴⁰ but now you are wanting to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. This sort of thing Abraham did not do!

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.” ⁴⁸ So the Jews answered and said to Him, “We say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon —are we wrong?” ⁴⁹ Jesus answered: “I do not have a demon; rather, I honor my Father, while you dishonor me. ⁵⁰ Yet I do not seek my glory; there is One who seeks and judges.

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’!

⁵⁴ Jesus answered: “If I glorify myself my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’.

⁵⁴ Jesus answered: “If I glorify myself my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’. 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.

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.

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!

⁴ I must accomplish the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

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.

²⁷ He answered them: “I already told you and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become His disciples too, do you?” ²⁸ They reviled him and said: “You are that fellow’s disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.

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.”

²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses; but this fellow—we don’t know where he’s from.”

²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses; but this fellow—we don’t know where he’s from.” ³⁰ The man answered and said to them: “Why, this is remarkable—you don’t know where He is from; yet He opened my eyes! ³¹ Now we know that God doesn’t listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, to him He listens. 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.” ³⁴ They answered and said to him, “You were totally born in sins, and you are teaching us ?” And they expelled him.

³⁴ They answered and said to him, “You were totally born in sins, and you are teaching us ?” And they expelled him.

⁴⁰ And some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words and said to Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”

¹⁵ Just as the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep.

¹⁹ Therefore there was another division among the Jews because of these words.

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?”

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?”

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?”

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’?

³⁹ So they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped from their hand.

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.

⁴ Upon hearing it Jesus said, “This sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

⁶ So, when He heard that he was sick He stayed where He was two more days! ⁷ Then after this He says to the disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

⁹ Jesus answered: “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰ But if anyone walks in the night he does stumble, because the light is not in him.”

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,

⁴⁷ Then the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council and said: “What can we do? Because this man performs many miraculous signs, ⁴⁸ if we let him go on like this everybody will believe into him; and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation!”

⁴⁸ if we let him go on like this everybody will believe into him; and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation!” ⁴⁹ But one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them: “You know nothing at all! ⁵⁰ Nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die on behalf of the people, rather than the whole nation perish!” ⁵¹ (Now he did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die on behalf of the nation; ⁵² and not only on behalf of the nation, but also to gather into one all the scattered children of God.) ⁵³ So from that day on they really plotted to kill Him.

⁵³ So from that day on they really plotted to kill Him.

⁵³ So from that day on they really plotted to kill Him. 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.

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.

⁵⁶ So they were looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple they were saying to each other, “What do you think—that he won’t come to the feast at all?” ⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had together issued an edict that if anyone knew where He was he should report it, so they could arrest Him.

¹¹ in that because of him many of the Jews were defecting and believing into Jesus.

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.)

¹⁹ So the Pharisees said among themselves: “You can see that you’re not making any difference! Just look, the world has gone off after Him!” ²⁰ Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

²³ But Jesus answered them saying: “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

²⁸ ‘Father, glorify your name!’” Then a Voice came out of Heaven, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again!”

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?” ³⁵ Then Jesus said to them: “The Light will be with you just a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness doesn’t overtake you; the one who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, believe into the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said these things, and going away He was hidden from 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;

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; ⁴³ for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

⁴⁹ because I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me, He gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

⁴⁹ because I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me, He gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that His command is eternal life. So whatever I say, I say it just like the Father told me.”

¹ Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world He loved them to the end.

³ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God,

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. ³³ “Little children, I am with you just a little longer. You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.

³³ “Little children, I am with you just a little longer. You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ so now I say to you. ³⁴ “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you —that you also love one another. ³⁵ By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” ³⁶ Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but later you will follow me.”

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.

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.

¹³ Further, whatever you (pl) may ask in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

¹⁶ Also, I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper, so that He may stay with you throughout the age ¹⁷ —the Spirit of the Truth, whom the world is unable to receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you do know Him, because He is staying with you and will be in you.

¹⁹ In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live you also will live.

²⁴ The one who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words; further, the word which you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

²⁶ But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things and remind you of everything I said to you.

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.

¹⁸ “When the world hates you, you can be sure that it has hated me first. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would be fond of its own. So because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, that’s why the world hates you.

²³ The one who hates me hates my Father too. 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.’

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

⁵ “Now then, I am going away to Him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

⁷ Nevertheless I am telling you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, because if I don’t go away the Helper will not come to you, but if I do go I will send Him to you.

¹⁰ then about righteousness, because I am going away to my Father and you will no longer see me;

¹⁶ “In just a little you won’t see me, and in another little you will see me, because I am going to the Father.” ¹⁷ Then some of His disciples said among themselves “What is this that He’s telling us, ‘In just a little you won’t see me, and in another little you will see me,’ and because ‘I am going to the Father’?”

¹⁷ Then some of His disciples said among themselves “What is this that He’s telling us, ‘In just a little you won’t see me, and in another little you will see me,’ and because ‘I am going to the Father’?” ¹⁸ So they said: “What is this ‘little’ that He mentions? We don’t know what He’s talking about.”

¹⁸ So they said: “What is this ‘little’ that He mentions? We don’t know what He’s talking about.” ¹⁹ Well Jesus knew that they were wanting to question Him and said to them: “Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, ‘In just a little you won’t see me, and in another little you will see me’? ²⁰ Most assuredly I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will become grieved, but your grief will be turned into joy. ²¹ When a woman gives birth she has pain, because her time has come; but when the child is born she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ²² So in your turn you are now experiencing grief, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

²⁷ because the Father Himself is fond of you, in that you have become fond of me and have believed that I came forth from God. ²⁸ I did come forth from the Father and have come into the world. I am leaving the world again and am going to the Father.”

²⁸ I did come forth from the Father and have come into the world. I am leaving the world again and am going to the Father.”

¹ “Father, the hour has come! Glorify Your Son, so that Your Son also may glorify You,

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!

⁵ So now, Father, You glorify me by Your side with the glory that I had along with You before the world existed!

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.

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.

¹³ But now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made full in them. ¹⁴ “I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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

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.”

³ So Judas, having received the detachment of soldiers and operatives from the chief priests and Pharisees, he arrives there with lanterns, torches and weapons.

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.

²⁰ Jesus answered him: “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogue and temple, where the Jews always congregate, and I have spoken nothing in secret.

³⁸ After these things Joseph, the one from Arimathea (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews), requested Pilate that he might remove the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave permission. So he came and removed Jesus’ body. ³⁹ Now Nicodemus also came (the one who at first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

¹⁹ Then at evening on that first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and He says to them, “Peace to you!”

²² Upon saying this He breathed on them and said: “Receive Holy Spirit!

⁴ And being together He directed them not to go away from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “which you heard from me; ⁵ John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with Holy Spirit not many days from now”. ⁶ Well then, being together they asked Him saying, “Lord, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel at this time?” ⁷ So He said to them: “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has placed within His own authority.

⁷ So He said to them: “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has placed within His own authority. 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.”

⁴ And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages, as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out.

⁴ And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages, as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out. ⁵ Now there were devout men, Jews, from every nation under heaven, dwelling in Jerusalem. 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?

⁷ So they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another: “Hey, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ So how can each of us be hearing our own dialect in which we were born?

⁸ So how can each of us be hearing our own dialect in which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites; those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites; those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; and visitors from Rome—both Jews and proselytes—

¹⁰ in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; and visitors from Rome—both Jews and proselytes— ¹¹ Cretans and Arabians; we hear them declaring the great works of God in our own languages.”

¹¹ Cretans and Arabians; we hear them declaring the great works of God in our own languages.” ¹² Yes they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, “Whatever is going on?”

¹² Yes they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, “Whatever is going on?” ¹³ But different ones were jeering, saying, “They are full of sweet wine!” ¹⁴ So Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and proclaimed to them: “Men—Jews and all who are dwelling in Jerusalem—let this be known to you; indeed, listen to my speech!

¹⁷ ‘It will be in the last days, says God: I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh; your sons and your daughters will prophesy; your young men will see visions; your old men will dream a dream.

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.

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.

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.

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.’

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.” 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.

³¹ Well when they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

²¹ So upon hearing it they entered the temple about daybreak and started to teach. Then the high priest and those with him arrived and convened the Sanhedrin, even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. ²² Well, upon arriving the operatives did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported, ²³ saying: “We certainly found the prison securely locked, and the guards standing in front of the doors, but upon opening them we found no one inside!” ²⁴ Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were really perplexed as to what the implications might be. 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!” ²⁶ Then the captain went with the operatives and brought them without violence, because they were afraid that the people might stone them.

²⁶ Then the captain went with the operatives and brought them without violence, because they were afraid that the people might stone them. ²⁷ So bringing them they set them before the Sanhedrin; and the high priest addressed them ²⁸ saying: “Did we not emphatically command you not to teach in this name? Just look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!” ²⁹ So in answer Peter and the Apostles said: “One must obey God rather than men. 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. ³² And we are witnesses to these statements about Him, as also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those obeying Him.” ³³ Well upon hearing it they became infuriated and started plotting to kill them.

⁷ Well the Word of God kept spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem kept multiplying at a great rate, and a large company of the priests were obeying the faith.

³⁸ This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, who was with the Angel who spoke with him on Mount Sinai and was with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us;

⁵¹ “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always oppose the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so you do. 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; ⁵³ you who received the Law as ‘ordinances of angels’ and haven’t kept it!” ⁵⁴ Well as they heard these things their hearts were being sawed in half, and they started gnashing their teeth at him.

¹³ Even Simon himself believed, and having been baptized he stayed right with Philip; observing miracles and signs occurring, he was amazed.

³³ In His humiliation His justice was removed, and who will recount His generation? Because His life is removed from the earth.”

¹ Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, ² devout and fearing God with all his household, both giving alms generously to the people and praying to God about everything. 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. ⁵ Now send men to Joppa and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter; ⁶ he is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

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

¹³ He then related to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter, ¹⁴ who will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.’

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

²⁴ (for he was a good man, full of Holy Spirit and of faith). And a considerable crowd was added to the Lord.

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’.” ⁴⁸ Now upon hearing this, the Gentiles rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal live believed.

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

¹¹ Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all good-will, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things might be so.

²³ because as I went along and scrutinized the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO UNKNOWN GOD. Now then, the one you worship as ‘unknown’, this is the One I proclaim to you:

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

²¹ but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to our customs.

²¹ And He said to me, ‘Get going, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles’.”

³ Then Paul said to him: “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you command me to be struck contrary to the law!”

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. ¹¹ Now the following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, Paul, because as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome”.

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!”

²³ This night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood by me ²⁴ and said: ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Furthermore, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ ²⁵ So take courage, men, because I believe in God that it will be just as it was told me.

²⁸ So precisely because they determined not to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a debased mind, to do wrong things:

¹² For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law; while as many as have sinned with law will be judged by law. ¹³ For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

¹⁷ Look, you declare yourself a Jew, and rest on the Law, and boast in God, ¹⁸ and know the Will, and approve the superior things, being instructed out of the Law. ¹⁹ Further, you are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and truth. ²¹ You, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach not to steal, do you steal? ²² You who say not to commit adultery, do you adulterate? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? ²³ You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God through the transgression of the Law? ²⁴ For, just as it is written: “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” ²⁵ Now circumcision does have value if you keep the Law, but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. ²⁶ So if the uncircumcised keeps the righteous requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? ²⁷ And will not the physically uncircumcised who fulfills the law judge you, complete with written code and circumcision, who are a transgressor of the Law? ²⁸ Because a person is not a [true] Jew who is only one outwardly, nor is [true] circumcision something outward in the flesh; ²⁹ but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart—in spirit, not letter—whose praise is not from men but from God.

⁴ Of course not! Rather, let God be found true, but every man a liar; just as it is written: “That you may be justified in your words, and may overcome when you are judged.”

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. ²⁰ It follows that no flesh will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because through the law comes the knowledge of sin. ²¹ But now, apart from law, a righteousness from God has been revealed, being attested by the Law and the Prophets, ²² namely, a righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and upon all those who believe. There is no difference: ²³ all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

⁹ Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? Since we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness, ¹⁰ how then was it credited? After he was circumcised or while still uncircumcised? Not circumcised, but uncircumcised! ¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness from his faith while still uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all those who believe while uncircumcised, in order that this righteousness may be credited to them also,

⁷ Now scarcely even for a righteous person will someone offer to die (although on behalf of a good man someone might dare even to die),

⁷ because the mind-set of the flesh represents enmity against God, since it does not submit to God’s law, nor indeed can it.

⁹ You, however, are not ‘in flesh’ but ‘in Spirit’, if indeed God’s Spirit dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

²⁰ Where is the wise one? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²⁰ Where is the wise one? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? ²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its ‘wisdom’ did not get to know God, it pleased God to save the believing ones through the ‘foolishness’ of what was preached— ²² since Jews request a sign while Greeks seek after wisdom, ²³ but we proclaim a crucified Christ: an offense to Jews, foolishness to Greeks. ²⁴ Now to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, ²⁵ because the ‘foolishness’ of God is wiser than men, and the ‘weakness’ of God is stronger than men. ²⁶ Just look at your calling, brothers: not many are wise, not many are powerful, not many are of noble birth, by human standards; ²⁷ but God has chosen the foolish things of the world that He might put the wise to shame, and God has chosen the weak things of the world that He might put the strong things to shame; ²⁸ and God has chosen the lowly things of the world and the despised things—even the ‘nothings’—that He might nullify the ‘somethings’;

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).

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. ¹⁵ But he who is spiritual evaluates everything, while not being himself subject to anyone’s judgment. ¹⁶ For “who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become ‘foolish’ so that he may become wise. ¹⁹ Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness;” ²⁰ and again, “The LORD knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are futile.”

⁴ and drank the same spiritual drink; because they kept drinking from a spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that Rock was the Christ.

²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.

³¹ Therefore, whether you eat or you drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. ³² Give no offense, either to Jews or to Greeks or to the Church of God ³³ —even as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own profit but that of the many, that they may be saved.

²⁵ In the same way, after they had dined, He took the cup, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

¹³ For we also were all baptized into one body by one Spirit—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

¹⁸ As God is faithful, our word to you was not “Yes” and “No”,

⁸ how can the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?

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.

⁸ through glory and dishonor, through defamation and good repute; as ‘deceivers’ and true,

¹² Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision party. ¹³ And the rest of the Jews played the hypocrite with him as well, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

¹⁷ Further, I say this: a covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ cannot be annulled by the law that came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the promise of no effect.

¹⁹ Why then the law? It was added on account of the transgressions, until the Seed should come to whom the inheritance had been promised; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a mediator.

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

¹⁶ Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control—against such things there is no law.

¹² Those who want to make a good showing in the flesh are pressuring you to be circumcised, but only so as not to be persecuted for the cross of Christ. ¹³ For not even those who are circumcised keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

¹³ For not even those who are circumcised keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. ¹⁴ But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

¹³ about whom, to be sure, we had heard the true Word —the Gospel of your salvation; by whom, since you also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴ who is the down payment on our inheritance until the release of the possession, to the praise of His glory.

⁸ To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

³⁰ And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

⁹ (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

¹⁸ And don’t get drunk on wine, which can be harmful and wasteful; rather be filled with the Spirit,

¹⁹ —on my behalf too, that when I open my mouth utterance may be given to me with boldness, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to do.

¹⁴ also, most of the brothers in the Lord have been influenced by my chains to be much bolder, to speak the Word fearlessly.

³ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard one another as being better than yourselves. ⁴ Let each of you look out not only for his own concerns, but also for what concerns others. ⁵ In fact, let this mindset be in you that was also in Christ Jesus,

¹⁴ Do all things without grumbling or arguing,

¹⁵ So then, those of us who are mature should have this mentality, but if on some point you think differently, God will reveal that to you as well. ¹⁶ Only, in what we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.

²⁷ to whom God resolved to make known who is the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the nations, namely Christ in you, the hope of glory;

⁶ or to seek glory from men (whether from you or from others) —as apostles of Christ we could have been ‘heavy’, ⁷ to which ransom I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying—a teacher of nations in faith and truth.

⁷ Because God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of self-control. ⁸ So don’t be ashamed to identify with our Lord or with me His prisoner, but join in suffering for the Gospel according to the power of God

¹¹ to this Gospel I was appointed as a proclaimer, an apostle and a teacher of nations.

⁹ for which I am suffering to the point of being in chains like a criminal, but the Word of God is not chained. ¹⁰ This is why I endure it all: for the sake of the chosen ones, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. ¹¹ This is a trustworthy word: If, indeed, we died together, we will also live together; ¹² if we endure, we will also reign together; if we deny, He will also deny us; ¹³ if we are faithless, He remains faithful—He is incapable of denying Himself.

² in hope of eternal life —which life God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time

³ For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than was Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself ⁴ —every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God— ⁵ also, Moses was indeed faithful as a servant in all His house, providing evidence of those things that would later be spoken,

¹⁸ so that by two unalterable things in which it is impossible for God to lie we should have a strong encouragement, we who have taken refuge by grasping the hope set before us;

¹ James, a slave of God and of Sovereign Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

¹ My brothers, stop holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Glory, with partiality.

⁴ have you not been separated among yourselves and become judges with malignant thoughts?

⁹ but if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

²⁶ For just as the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him exhibit his works in the meekness of wisdom, by his good way of life. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth— ¹⁵ such ‘wisdom’ is not coming down from Above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. ¹⁶ Because where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is unruliness and every foul practice. ¹⁷ In contrast, the wisdom from Above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ Now the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace by those making peace.

⁴ Adulterers and adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? So whoever may want to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,

¹¹ If anyone speaks, let it be as utterances of God. If anyone serves, let it be as from strength as God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion throughout the ages. Amen.

² —oh yes, the Life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and declare to you that eternal Life who was in the presence of the Father and was manifested to us—

³ Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. ⁴ He who says, “I have come to know Him”, yet doesn’t keep His commandments, is a liar and the Truth is not in him.

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. ¹³ My brothers, don’t be surprised if the world hates you.

⁵ They are of the world; that’s why they speak of the world, and the world listens to them.

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.

¹⁴ Yes, we have observed and do testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.

¹⁰ He who believes into the Son of God has the witness within himself; he who doesn’t believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning His Son.

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,

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.

⁵ And if anyone wants to harm them fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies. So if anyone wants to harm them he must be killed in this way. ⁶ They have authority to shut up the sky so that no rain falls during the days of their prophecy; and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they wish. ⁷ When they finish their witness, the Beast of prey that comes up out of the Abyss will make war with them, overcome them and kill them ⁸ —and leave their corpses in the street of the great city! (which is called Sodom and Egypt, spiritually speaking), even where their Lord was crucified. ⁹ And those from the peoples, tribes, languages and ethnic nations look at their corpses three-and-a-half days, and will not allow their corpses to be buried. ¹⁰ And those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will enjoy themselves and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ And after three-and-a-half days the breath from God entered them and they stood on their feet, and a great fear fell on those who were watching them.

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,

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.