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
5:15But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.Log in to add notes
5:16Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord’s hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.Log in to add notes
5:17He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.Log in to add notes
5:18He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.Log in to add notes
5:19He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.Log in to add notes
5:20His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.Log in to add notes
5:21Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.Log in to add notes
5:22And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.Log in to add notes
5:23Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.Log in to add notes
6:1Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.Log in to add notes
6:2Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.Log in to add notes
6:3For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.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
17And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;Log in to add notes
18And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.Log in to add notes
19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.Log in to add notes
20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.Log in to add notes
21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.Log in to add notes
22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.Log in to add notes
23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.Log in to add notes
4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:Log in to add notes
4:13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.Log in to add notes
4:14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.Log in to add notes
4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.Log in to add notes
4:16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.Log in to add notes
4:17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?Log in to add notes
4:18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?Log in to add notes
4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.Log in to add notes
5:1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:Log in to add notes
5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;Log in to add notes
5:3Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.Log in to add notes
5:4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.Log in to add notes
5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.Log in to add notes
6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Log in to add notes
7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.Log in to add notes
8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;Log in to add notes
9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;Log in to add notes
10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.Log in to add notes
11For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.Log in to add notes
12So then death worketh in us, but life in you.Log in to add notes
13We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;Log in to add notes
14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.Log in to add notes
15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.Log in to add notes
38And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,Log in to add notes
39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:Log in to add notes
40Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.Log in to add notes
41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.Log in to add notes
42And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.Log in to add notes
43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:Log in to add notes
44For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.Log in to add notes
27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.Log in to add notes
28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Log in to add notes
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.Log in to add notes
30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.Log in to add notes