3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,Log in to add notes
4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,Log in to add notes
5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Log in to add notes
6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:Log in to add notes
7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:Log in to add notes
8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:Log in to add notes
9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.Log in to add notes
13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;Log in to add notes
14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:Log in to add notes
15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;Log in to add notes
16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.Log in to add notes
17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:Log in to add notes
18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;Log in to add notes
19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:Log in to add notes
11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;Log in to add notes
12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.Log in to add notes
13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;Log in to add notes
14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.Log in to add notes
15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:Log in to add notes
16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.Log in to add notes
17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.Log in to add notes
18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.Log in to add notes
19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.Log in to add notes
20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.Log in to add notes
21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:Log in to add notes
22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:Log in to add notes
23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:Log in to add notes
24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.Log in to add notes
15So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.Log in to add notes
16He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.Log in to add notes
17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.Log in to add notes
18Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.Log in to add notes
19This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.Log in to add notes
20Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?Log in to add notes
21Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?Log in to add notes
22Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.Log in to add notes
23Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?Log in to add notes
24This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.Log in to add notes
25And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.Log in to add notes
11:21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.Log in to add notes
11:22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.Log in to add notes
11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.Log in to add notes
11:24Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.Log in to add notes
11:25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;Log in to add notes
11:26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;Log in to add notes
11:27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.Log in to add notes
11:28Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.Log in to add notes
11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?Log in to add notes
11:30If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.Log in to add notes
11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.Log in to add notes
11:32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:Log in to add notes
11:33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.Log in to add notes
12:1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.Log in to add notes
12:2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.Log in to add notes
12:3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)Log in to add notes
12:4How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.Log in to add notes
12:5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.Log in to add notes
12:6For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.Log in to add notes
12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.Log in to add notes
12:8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.Log in to add notes
12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Log in to add notes
13When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?Log in to add notes
14And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.Log in to add notes
15He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?Log in to add notes
16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.Log in to add notes
17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.Log in to add notes
18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.Log in to add notes
19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.Log in to add notes
36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.Log in to add notes
37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;Log in to add notes
38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;Log in to add notes
39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.Log in to add notes
40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.Log in to add notes
41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;Log in to add notes
42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.Log in to add notes
43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.Log in to add notes