Bible verses about "promises" | MKJV

² If a man vows a vow to Jehovah, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that comes out of his mouth.

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

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

¹⁹ But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

⁴ through which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,

¹ A Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to declare to His servants things which must shortly come to pass. And He signified it by sending His angel to His servant John, ² who bore record of the Word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ and of all the things that he saw. ³ Blessed is the one who reads and hears the Words of this prophecy, and the ones keeping the things written in it, for the time is near. 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 coming; and from the seven spirits which are before His throne; ⁵ even from Jesus Christ the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, ⁶ and made us kings and priests to God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. ⁷ Behold, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, and those who pierced Him will see Him, and all the kindreds of the earth will wail because of Him. Even so, Amen. ⁸ I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. ⁹ I, John, who also am your brother and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island that is called Patmos, for the Word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. ¹⁰ I came to be in the Spirit in the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, I am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last. Also, What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. ¹² And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. ¹³ And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. And in the midst of the seven lampstands I saw One like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and tied around the breast with a golden band. ¹⁴ His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵ And His feet were like burnished brass having been fired in a furnace. And His voice was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁶ And He had seven stars in His right hand, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. And His face was like the sun shining in its strength. ¹⁷ And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying to me, Do not fear, I am the First and the Last, ¹⁸ and the Living One, and I became dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death. ¹⁹ Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be after this, ²⁰ the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.

³ according as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue, ⁴ through which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

²⁰ For all the promises of God in Him are yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God by us.

²³ Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering (for He is faithful who promised),

¹ Then having these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

¹³ No temptation has taken you but what is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation also will make a way to escape, so that you may be able to bear it.

⁹ The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.