Bible verses about "mexicans" | Twentieth_Century

¹⁵ "But you," he said, "who do you say that I am?" ¹⁶ And to this Simon Peter answered: "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." ¹⁷ "Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah," Jesus replied. "For no human being has revealed this to you, but my Father who is in Heaven. ¹⁸ Yes, and I say to you, Your name is 'Peter--a Rock, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the Powers of the Place of Death shall not prevail over it. ¹⁹ I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be held in Heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you allow on earth will be held in Heaven to be allowed."

⁶ But, that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"--then he said to the paralyzed man-- "Get up, take up your bed, and return to your home." ⁷ The man got up and went to his home. ⁸ When the crowd saw this, they were awe-struck, and praised God for giving such power to men.

¹⁹ In the evening of the same day--the first day of the week-- after the doors of the room, in which the disciples were, had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said: "Peace be with you"; ²⁰ After which he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Master. ²¹ Again Jesus said to them: "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me as his Messenger, so I am sending you." ²² After saying this, he breathed on them, and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit; ²³ If you remit any one's sins, they have been remitted; and, if you retain them, they have been retained."

³⁸ "Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized every one of you in the Faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God."

⁶ For 'he will give to every man what his actions deserve.' ⁷ To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life; ⁸ While as to those who are factious, and disobedient to Truth but obedient to Evil, wrath and anger, distress and despair, ⁹ Will fall upon every human being who persists in wrong-doing- -upon the Jew first, but also upon the Greek. ¹⁰ But there will be glory, honor, and peace for every one who does right-for the Jew first, but also for the Greek, ¹¹ Since God shows no partiality.

⁶ For 'he will give to every man what his actions deserve.' ⁷ To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life; ⁸ While as to those who are factious, and disobedient to Truth but obedient to Evil, wrath and anger, distress and despair, ⁹ Will fall upon every human being who persists in wrong-doing- -upon the Jew first, but also upon the Greek. ¹⁰ But there will be glory, honor, and peace for every one who does right-for the Jew first, but also for the Greek, ¹¹ Since God shows no partiality. ¹² All who, when they sin, are without Law will also perish without Law; while all who, when they sin, are under Law, will be judged as being under Law. ¹³ It is not those who hear the words of a Law that are righteous before God, but it is those who obey it that will be pronounced righteous. ¹⁴ When Gentiles, who have no Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they, though they have no Law, are a Law to themselves; ¹⁵ For they show the demands of the Law written upon their hearts; their consciences corroborating it, while in their thoughts they argue either in self-accusation or, it may be, in self- defense-- ¹⁶ On the day when God passes judgment on men's inmost lives, as the Good News that I tell declares that he will do through Christ Jesus.

²⁰ Now do you really want to understand, you foolish man, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing? ²¹ Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar? ²² You see how, in his case, faith and actions went together; that his faith was perfected as the result of his actions; ²³ And that in this way the words of Scripture came true-- "Abraham believed God, and that was regarded by God as righteousness," and "He was called the friend of God." ²⁴ You see, then, that it is as the result of his actions that a man is pronounced righteous, and not of his faith only. ²⁵ Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and hastened them away by a different road? ²⁶ Exactly as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.

¹² Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent. ¹³ Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work.

¹⁰ To those who are married my direction is-yet it is not mine, but the Master's-that a woman is not to leave her husband ¹¹ (If she has done so, let her remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.

⁷ I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God-one in one way, and one in another. ⁸ My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be well for them to remain as I am myself.

³² I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master's Cause, desiring to please him; ³³ While the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife; ³⁴ And so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master's Cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.

¹⁵ Stand firm then, Brothers, and hold fast to the truths that we taught you, whether by word or by letter.

⁶ We urge you, Brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any Brother who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.

¹ Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ. ² I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them upon you.