Bible verses about "promises" | ABU

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

¹⁷ So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, all things have become new.

¹⁹ But my God will supply all your need, according to his riches in glory, in Christ Jesus.

⁴ through which he has given us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world through lust;

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, that he may forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹³ For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

¹ THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants what things must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John; ² who testified of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, of whatever things he saw. ³ Happy he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep the things written therein; for the time is at hand. ⁴ John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven spirits that are before his throne; ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, ⁶ and made us a kingdom, priests to God and his Father, to him be the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever. Amen. ⁷ Behold, he comes amidst the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. ⁸ I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. ⁹ I, John, your brother, and partner with you in the affliction, and kingdom, and patient endurance in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day; and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying: What thou seest, write in a book, and send to the seven churches; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. ¹² And I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands; ¹³ and in the midst of the lamp-stands one like to the Son of Man, clothed with a garment falling down to the feet, and girded round at the breasts with a golden girdle. ¹⁴ But his head and his hairs were white, as white wool, as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; ¹⁵ and his feet were like to burnished brass, as if burning in a furnace; and his voice was as the sound of many waters. ¹⁶ And he had in his hand seven stars; and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword; and his countenance was as the sun shining in his strength. ¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying: Fear not: I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the living one; and I became dead, and behold I am alive forevermore; and I have the keys of death and of the underworld. ¹⁹ Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the things which shall be after these; ²⁰ the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest on my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven lamp-stands are the seven churches.

³ Seeing that his divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and might; ⁴ through which he has given us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world through lust;

²⁰ For however many are the promises of God, in him is the yea, and in him the Amen, to the glory of God through us.

²³ let us hold fast the profession of the hope without wavering, for he is faithful who promised;

¹ HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

¹³ There has no temptation taken you but such as belongs to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

⁹ The Lord is not tardy in respect to the promise, as some account tardiness; but is long-suffering toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.