9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.Log in to add notes
10Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.Log in to add notes
11I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.Log in to add notes
12I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.Log in to add notes
13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?Log in to add notes
14Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.Log in to add notes
1But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.Log in to add notes
2In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,Log in to add notes
3And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.Log in to add notes
4For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.Log in to add notes
5And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.Log in to add notes
6As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.Log in to add notes
7And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.Log in to add notes
8They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.Log in to add notes
9They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.Log in to add notes
7But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest.Log in to add notes
8For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years.Log in to add notes
9But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.Log in to add notes
10He pleased God, and was beloved of him: so that living among sinners he was translated.Log in to add notes
11Yea speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.Log in to add notes
12For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.Log in to add notes
13He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time:Log in to add notes
14For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.Log in to add notes
15This the people saw, and understood it not, neither laid they up this in their minds, That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect unto his chosen.Log in to add notes
2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.Log in to add notes
3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.Log in to add notes
4And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.Log in to add notes
5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.Log in to add notes
6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?Log in to add notes
7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.Log in to add notes
8Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:Log in to add notes
9But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.Log in to add notes
10And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.Log in to add notes
11And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:Log in to add notes
12For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.Log in to add notes
12:25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.Log in to add notes
13:1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.Log in to add notes
13:2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.Log in to add notes
13:3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.Log in to add notes
13:4So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.Log in to add notes
13:5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.Log in to add notes
13:6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar–jesus:Log in to add notes
13:7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.Log in to add notes
13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.Log in to add notes
13:9Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,Log in to add notes
13:10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?Log in to add notes
13:11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.Log in to add notes
13:12Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.Log in to add notes
1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.Log in to add notes
2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.Log in to add notes
3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)Log in to add notes
4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.Log in to add notes
5Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.Log in to add notes
6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.Log in to add notes
7And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.Log in to add notes
8And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.Log in to add notes
9And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.Log in to add notes
10When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.Log in to add notes
11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.Log in to add notes
51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.Log in to add notes
52Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.Log in to add notes
53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?Log in to add notes
54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:Log in to add notes
55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.Log in to add notes
56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.Log in to add notes
57Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?Log in to add notes
58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.Log in to add notes
59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.Log in to add notes
15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.Log in to add notes
15:18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.Log in to add notes
15:19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.Log in to add notes
15:20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.Log in to add notes
15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.Log in to add notes
15:22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.Log in to add notes
15:23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.Log in to add notes
15:24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.Log in to add notes
15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.Log in to add notes
15:26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:Log in to add notes
15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.Log in to add notes
16:1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.Log in to add notes
16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.Log in to add notes