Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.
Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different "good news";
and there isn't another "good news." Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.
For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ,
This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;
yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"
Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among you as crucified?
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"
that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ.
Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you--
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
So also Christ didn't glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your father."
Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.
that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.
Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, "I am not the Christ."
They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things."
"Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?"
They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."
But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?"
Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."
The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?"
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?
"If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe,
They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"
Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?"
He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.
For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "Of David."
But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.
"Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.
For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"
Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:
Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;
being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;
Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.
For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,
who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;
to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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