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When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ...
And the Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had chariots of iron.
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ...
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. ...
I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
For there are three that testify:
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. ...
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
Of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—
By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment,
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
By abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.
But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.”
Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,
Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,
Though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
For God shows no partiality.
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
And by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.
For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed’—
Even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen
(Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”
Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”
The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.”
Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.”
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.”
I and the Father are one.”
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.”
Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,
Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.
And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized (for John had not yet been put in prison).
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”
And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.
And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit.
As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!”
And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together,
Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles,
While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.
But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”
And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.