ALL THINGS JESUS CHRIST

1  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,  2  who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. 3  Praise be to the God and Father...

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?  2  You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.  3  When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 4  You adultero...

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?  2  You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.  3  When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 4  You adultero...

Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judgedmore strictly.  2  We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check. 3  When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.  4  Or take ships as an example. Although they...

My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.  2  Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in.  3  If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by m...

1  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. 2  Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,  3  because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.  4  Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.  5  If any of you...

1  Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.  2  This is what the ancients were commended for. 3  By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. 4  By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his of...

  Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.  2  A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread;this was called the Holy Place.  3  Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,  4  which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the g...

This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,  2  and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”  3  Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the So...

Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachingsabout Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,  2  instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3  And God permitting, we will do so. 4  It is impossible for those who have once been e...

1  In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophetsat many times and in various ways,  2  but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.  3  The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purificati...

1  In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophetsat many times and in various ways,  2  but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.  3  The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purificati...

1  Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker—  2  also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home: 3  Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4  I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, 5  because I hear about your love for all his holy peo...

1  Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truththat leads to godliness—  2  in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, 3  and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior, 4  To Titus,...

1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, 2  To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3  I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.  4  Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so tha...

1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2  To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3  As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer  4  or to devote themselves to mythsand endl...

1  Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2  Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3  We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 4  Therefore, among God’s churches w...

Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you,  2  for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.  3  While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4  But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should s...

As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.  2  For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3  It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;  4  that each of you should...

So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.  2  We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,  3  so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.  4  In fact, when we were with you, we kept te...

  You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results.  2  We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.  3  For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.  4  On the contrary, we speak as...

1  Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you. 2  We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.  3  We remember before our God and Fatheryour work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4  For we know, brothers...

Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair,because you know that you also have a Master in heaven. 2  Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3  And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.  4  Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.  5  Be wise in the way you act t...

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  2  Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.  3  For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.  4  When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 5  Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your ear...

I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally.  2  My goal is that they may be encouraged in heartand united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,  3  in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.  4  I tell...