# bible_fts_content

c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, {asking no questions}Literally "questioning nothing" for the sake of the conscience,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 26
c3content:
for "the earth is the Lord's, and its fullness."A quotation from Ps 24:1, and an allusion to Ps 50:12; 89:11


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 27
c3content:
If any of the unbelievers invites you, and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, {asking no questions}Literally "questioning nothing" for the sake of the conscience.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 28
c3content:
But if someone says to you, "This is offered to idols," do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and the conscience.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Now I am not speaking about your own conscience, but the conscience of the other person. For why is my freedom judged by another's conscience?


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 33
c3content:
just as I also please all people in all things, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of the many, in order that they may be saved. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Now I praise you that you remember me in all things, and just as I handed over to you the traditions, you hold fast to them.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and the head of Christ is God.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Every man who prays or prophesies while*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("having") which is understood as temporal having something*Here the direct object must be supplied from context, but the exact nature of the object is not clear from the context, so "something" is used in the English translation on his head dishonors his head,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 5
c3content:
but every woman who prays or prophesies with uncovered head dishonors her head, for she is one and the same with the one whose head is shaved.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 6
c3content:
For if a woman does not cover herself, let her hair be shorn off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her headLiterally "to be" shorn or shaved, let her cover her head.Literally "herself"


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For indeed a man ought not to cover his head, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as causal is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Because of this, the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, on account of the angels.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Nevertheless, neither is woman anything apart from man, nor is man anything apart from woman in the Lord.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For just as the woman is from the man, thus also the man is through the woman. But all things are from God.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 13
c3content:
You judge {for yourselves}Literally "in you yourselves": is it fitting for a woman to pray to God with her head*Here the words "with her head" have been supplied as a necessary clarification uncovered?


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is givenSome manuscripts have "is given to her" for a covering.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 17
c3content:
But in giving this instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 18
c3content:
For in the first place, when you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("come together") come together as a church, I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 19
c3content:
For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Therefore, when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("come together") you come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 21
c3content:
For when you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal infinitive ("eat") eat it, each one of you goes ahead to take his own supper, and one is hungry and another is drunk.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 22
c3content:
For do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who do not have anything? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you! 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 23
c3content:
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 24
c3content:
and after he*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had given thanks") which is understood as temporal had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Likewise also the cup, after they had eaten, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 26
c3content:
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 27
c3content:
So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 28
c3content:
But let a person examine himself, and in this way let him eat from the bread and let him drink from the cup.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 29
c3content:
For the one who eats and drinks, if he*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("recognize") which is understood as conditional does not recognize the body, eats and drinks judgment against himself.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 30
c3content:
Because of this, many are weak and sick among you, and quite a few {have died}Literally "have fallen asleep".


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 32
c3content:
But if we*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are judged") which is understood as conditional are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined, in order that we will not be condemned with the world. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 33
c3content:
So then, my brothers, when you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("come together") which is understood as temporal come together in order to eat the Lord's supper,*Here the direct object ("the Lord's supper") is supplied from context in the English translation wait for one another.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 34
c3content:
If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will give directions about the remaining matters whenever I come. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now concerning spiritual gifts,Or "spiritual things"; possibly "those who possess spiritual gifts" brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 2
c3content:
You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the speechless idols, however you were led.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed," and no one is able to say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 8
c3content:
For to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 9
c3content:
to another faith by the same Spirit, to anotherSome manuscripts have "and to another" gifts of healing by the one Spirit,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 10
c3content:
to anotherSome manuscripts have "and to another" {miraculous powers}Literally "activities of power", to anotherSome manuscripts have "and to another" prophecy, to anotherSome manuscripts have "and to another" distinguishing of spirits, to another kinds of tongues, to anotherSome manuscripts have "and to another" interpretation of tongues.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 11
c3content:
But in all these things one and the same Spirit is at work, distributing to each one individually just as he wishes. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, although they*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as concessive are many, are one body, thus also Christ.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For byOr "in" one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free persons, and all were made to drink one Spirit.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 15
c3content:
If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," not because of this is it not a part of the body.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body, not because of this is it not a part of the body.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 17
c3content:
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Now the eye is not able to say to the hand, "I do not have need of you," or again, the head to the feet, "I do not have need of you."


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 23
c3content:
and the parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, these we clothe with more abundant honor, and our unpresentable parts come to have more abundant presentability,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 24
c3content:
but our presentable parts do not have need of this. Yet God composed the body by giving more abundant honor to the part which lacked it,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 25
c3content:
in order that there not be a division in the body, but the members would have the same concern for one another.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And if one member suffers, all the members suffer together; if a memberSome manuscripts have "one member" is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 28
c3content:
and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Not all are apostles, are they?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here Not all are prophets, are they?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here Not all are teachers, are they?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here Not all are workers of miracles, are they?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 30
c3content:
Not all have gifts of healing, do they?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here Not all speak with tongues, do they?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here Not all interpret, do they?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 31
c3content:
But striveOr "you are striving" (some understand the form of this verb to be indicative mood rather than imperative mood) for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 1
c3content:
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a ringing brass gong or a clashing cymbal.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And if I have the gift of prophecy and I know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned,Some manuscripts have "in order that I may boast" but do not have love, it benefits me nothing. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, it does not boast, it does not become conceited,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 5
c3content:
it does not behave dishonorably, it {is not selfish}Literally "does not seek the things of itself", it does not become angry, it does not keep a record of wrongs,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will pass away. If there are tongues, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 11
c3content:
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside the things of a child.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}Literally "in an indirect image", but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 2
c3content:
For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands, but by the SpiritOr "in the Spirit"; or "in his spirit" he speaks mysteries.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Now I want you all to speak with tongues, but even more that you may prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, in order that the church may receive edification. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, how do I benefit you, unless I speak to you either with a revelation or with knowledge or with a prophecy or with a teaching?


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Likewise, the inanimate things which produce a sound, whether flute or lyre, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the lyre?


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And so you through the tongue, unless you produce a clear message, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a barbarian to the one who is speaking, and the one who is speaking will be a barbarian in my judgment.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 12
c3content:
In this way also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek for the edification of the church, in order that you may abound. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 15
c3content:
{Therefore what should I do}Literally "what therefore is it"? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 16
c3content:
For otherwise, if you praise in your spirit, how will the one who fills the place of the outsider say the "amen" at your thanksgiving, because he does not know what you are saying?


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 19
c3content:
but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other people, than ten thousand words in a tongue. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Brothers, do not become children in your understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in your understanding be mature.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 22
c3content:
So then, tongues are for a sign not to those who believe, but to unbelievers, but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Therefore, if the whole church comes together at the same time and all speak with tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 24
c3content:
But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 25
c3content:
the secret things of his heart become evident, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God, proclaiming, "God is truly among you!" 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 26
c3content:
{Therefore what should you do}Literally "what therefore is it", brothers? Whenever you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All things must be done for edification.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 27
c3content:
If anyone speaks in a tongue, it must be on one occasion two or at most three, and {one after the other}Literally "in turn", and one must interpret.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 28
c3content:
But if there is no interpreter, he must be silent in the church, but let him speak to himself and to God.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 31
c3content:
For you are all able to prophesy {in turn}Literally "one at a time, in order that all may learn and all may be encouraged,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 34
c3content:
the women must be silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be in submission, just as the law also says.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 35
c3content:
But if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 37
c3content:
If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual,Or "or one who possesses the Spirit" he should recognize that the things which I am writing to you are of the Lord.Some manuscripts have "are a command of the Lord"


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed to you, which you have also received, in which you also stand,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 2
c3content:
by which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the message I proclaimed to you, unless you believed to no purpose.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For I passed on to you {as of first importance}Literally "among the first things" what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 6
c3content:
then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, the majority of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 9
c3content:
For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now if Christ is preached as raised up from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But if Christ has not been raised, thenSome manuscripts have "then both" our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And also we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if after all, then, the dead are not raised.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 19
c3content:
If {we have put our hope}Literally "we are having put our hope" in Christ in this life only, we are of all people most pitiable. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 24
c3content:
then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 27
c3content:
For "he subjected all things under his feet."A quotation from Ps 8:6 But when it says "all things" are subjected, it is clear that the one who subjected all things to him is not included.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 28
c3content:
But whenever all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjectedSome manuscripts have "also will be subjected" to the one who subjected all things to him, in order that God may be all in all. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Otherwise, why do they do it, those who are being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why indeed are they being baptized on behalf of them?


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 31
c3content:
I die every day--yes indeed, by my boasting in you,Some manuscripts have "in you, brothers," which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord!


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 32
c3content:
If according to a human perspective I fought wild beasts at Ephesus, what benefit is it to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.An allusion to Isa 22:13; 56:12


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 33
c3content:
Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."A quotation from the Greek poet Menander's comedy Thais, 218


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 34
c3content:
Sober up correctly and {stop sinning}Literally "do not sin", for some have no knowledge of God--I say this to your shame. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 37
c3content:
And what you sow is not the body which it will become, but you sow the bare seed, whether perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 39
c3content:
Not all flesh is the same, but there is one flesh of human beings, and another flesh of animals, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 40
c3content:
and heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly bodies is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly bodies is of another kind.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 41
c3content:
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 42
c3content:
Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 44
c3content:
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 45
c3content:
Thus also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul";A quotation from Gen 2:7 the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 48
c3content:
As the one who is made of earth, so also are those who are made of earth, and as the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 49
c3content:
And just as we have borne the image of the one who is made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 50
c3content:
But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 52
c3content:
in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 53
c3content:
For it is necessary for this perishable body to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal body to put on immortality.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 54
c3content:
But whenever this perishable body puts on incorruptibility and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 58
c3content:
So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now concerning the collection for the saints: just as I gave directions about it to the churches of Galatia, so you do also.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 2
c3content:
On the first day of the week, each one of you {put aside}Literally "put from himself" something, saving up {to whatever extent he has prospered}Literally "whatever if anything he has been prospered", in order that whenever I come, at that time collections do not take place.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And whenever I arrive, whomever you approve by letters, I will send these to take your gift to Jerusalem.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 6
c3content:
and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For I do not want to see you now in passing, for I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows it.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to fear, for he is carrying out the Lord's work, as I also am.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Therefore do not let anyone disdain him, but send him on his way in peace in order that he may come to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now concerning Apollos our brother, I urged him many times that he should come to you with the brothers, and he was not at all willing that he should come now, but he will come whenever he has an opportunity. 


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Now I urge you, brothers--you know about the household of Stephanas, that they are the first fruits of Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the ministry for the saints--


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Now I rejoice over the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these make up for your absence,


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 19
c3content:
The churches of the province of AsiaThat is, the Roman province of Asia, known today as Asia Minor greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you in the Lord many times, together with the church in their house.


c0book: 1Cor
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 22
c3content:
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. O Lord, come!The Aramaic expression marana tha ("O Lord, come!") can also be rendered maran atha ("our Lord has come"); it is used here by Paul without explanation 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, together with all the saints who are in all Achaia.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in all affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, thus through Christ our comfort overflows also.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that is at work in the patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And our hope for you is firm, because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as causal know that as you are sharers in the sufferings, so also you will be sharers in the comfort. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that happened in the province of Asia,A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor) that we were burdened to an extraordinary degree, beyond our strength, so that we were in despair even of living.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not be putting confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
who delivered us from so great a risk of death, and will deliver us, in whom we have put our hope that he will also deliver us again,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
while*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("join in helping") you also join in helping {on our behalf}Literally "on behalf of us" by prayer, so that thanks may be given {on our behalf}Literally "on behalf of us" by many persons for this gracious gift given to us through the help of many. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holinessSome manuscripts have "sincerity" and purity of motive from God, notSome manuscripts have "and not" in merely human wisdom, but by the grace of God.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For we are not writing anything else to you except what you can read or also understand. But I hope that you will understand {completely}Literally "to the end",


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
just as you have also understood us in part, that we are your reason for boasting, just as you are also ours in the day of our Lord Jesus. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And with this confidence, I was wanting to come to you previously, in order that you may have a second proof of my goodwill,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
and through you to go to Macedonia, and to come to you again from Macedonia, and to be sent on my way by you to Judea.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Therefore, when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was wanting") which is understood as temporal was wanting to do this, perhaps then was I making use of vacillation? Or was I deciding what I was deciding according to the flesh, in order that with me my "yes" may be "yes" and my "no" may be "no" at the same time?*The words "at the same time" are supplied for clarity


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, did not become "yes" and "no," but has become "yes" in him.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For as many as are the promises of God, in him they are "yes"; therefore also through him is the "amen" to the glory of God through us.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 23
c3content:
But I call upon God as witness against my life, that in order to*Here "in order to" is supplied as a component of the participle ("spare") which is understood as purpose spare you, I did not come again to Corinth.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And I wrote this very thing in order that when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal came, I would not experience sorrow from those who ought to have made me glad, because I*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have confidence") which is understood as causal have confidence about you all, that my joy {belongs to all of you}Literally "is of all of you".


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not so that you may be caused to be sad, but so that you may know the love that I have especially for you. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused me sorrow, but {to some degree}Literally "in part"--{in order not to say too much}Literally "in order not to burden"--to all of you.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Because for this reason also I wrote, in order that I could know your proven character, whether you are obedient in everything.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Now to whomever you forgive anything, I also do; for indeed, whatever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is {for your sake}Literally "for the sake of you" in the presence of Christ,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrived") which is understood as temporal arrived in Troas for the gospel of Christ and a door was opened for me by the Lord,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
I did not experience rest in my spirit, becauseThis infinitive ("find") is understood as causal I did not find Titus my brother, but saying farewell to them, I departed for Macedonia.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and who reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of him through us in every place.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
to those on the one hand an odor from death to death, and to those on the other hand a fragrance from life to life. And who is qualified for these things?


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives--but as from God--we speak before God in Christ. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we, like some, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
who also makes us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, by much more will the ministry of righteousness overflow with glory.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For indeed what had been glorified has not been glorified in this case, on account of the glory that surpasses it.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Therefore, because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal have such a hope, we use much boldness,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
and not as Moses used to place a veil over his face, in order that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was transitory.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But their minds were hardened. For until this very day, the same veil remains upon the reading of the old covenant, not being uncovered, because it is done away with in Christ.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And we all, with unveiled face, reflectingOr "contemplating" the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Because of this, since we*Here "since" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal have this ministry, just as we have been shown mercy, we do not lose heart,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
but we have renounced shameful hidden things, not behaving with craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but with the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person's conscience before God.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ JesusSome manuscripts have "Jesus Christ" as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness,"An allusion to Gen 1:3 is the one who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.Some manuscripts have "in the face of Jesus Christ" 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of the power may be from God and not from us.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
always carrying around the death of Jesus in our body, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
For we who are alive are continually being handed over to death because of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal have the same spirit of faith in accordance with what is written, "I believed, therefore I spoke,"A quotation from Ps 116:10 we also believe, therefore we also speak,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that the one who raised JesusSome manuscripts have "the Lord Jesus" will also raise us together with Jesus and present us together with you.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
For all these things {are for your sake}Literally "for the sake of you", in order that the grace that is increasing through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outer person is being destroyed, yet our inner person is being renewed day after day.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory {beyond all measure and proportion}Literally "according to an extraordinary degree to an extraordinary degree",


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
because*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("looking at") we are not looking at what is seen, but what is not seen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is not seen is eternal. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 1
c3content:
For we know that if our earthly house, the tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 2
c3content:
For indeed, in this house we groan, because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("desire") which is understood as causal desire to put on our dwelling from heaven,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
if indeed, even after we*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have taken off") which is understood as temporal have taken it off,A number of important early manuscripts read "have put it on" here we will not be found naked.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 4
c3content:
For indeed we who are in this tent groan, being burdened {for this reason, that}Literally "in that" we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Now the one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the down payment, the Spirit. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Therefore, although we are*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("confident") which is understood as concessive always confident and know that while we*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are at home") which is understood as temporal are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord--


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home in the body or absent from the body, to be acceptable to him.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive back the things through the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Therefore, because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know the fear of the Lord, we are attempting to persuade people, but we are revealed to God, and I hope to be revealed in your consciences.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
We are not commending ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to boast about us, in order that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For the love of Christ controls us, because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have concluded") which is understood as causal have concluded this: that one died for all; as a result all died.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And he died for all, in order that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 16
c3content:
So then, from now on we know no one {from a human point of view}Literally "according to the flesh", if indeed we have known Christ {from a human point of view}Literally "according to the flesh", but now we know him this way no longer.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And all these things are from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 19
c3content:
namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Therefore we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as if*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were imploring") which is understood as conditional God were imploring you through us. We beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 21
c3content:
He made the one who did not know sin to be sin on our behalf, in order that we could become the righteousness of God in him. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are fellow workers") which is understood as causal are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 3
c3content:
We are giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found with it,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 4
c3content:
but commending ourselves as servants of God in every way, in much endurance, in afflictions, in distresses, in difficulties,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 7
c3content:
in the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and left hand,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 8
c3content:
through glory and dishonor, through slander and good repute, regarded as deceivers and yet truthful,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 9
c3content:
as unknown and yet known completely, as dying, and behold, we go on living, as disciplined, and yet not put to death,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 10
c3content:
as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 11
c3content:
{We have spoken freely and openly}Literally "the mouth of us has opened" to you, Corinthians; our heart is open wide.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what share does a believer have with an unbeliever?


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Therefore "come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord, "and do not touch what is unclean,A quotation from Isa 52:11 and I will welcome you,A paraphrased quotation from Ezek 20:41


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 18
c3content:
and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,"A paraphrased quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 and Isa 43:6 says the all-powerful Lord.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore since we*Here "since" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, accomplishing holiness in the fear of God.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 2
c3content:
{Make room for us in your hearts}Literally "make room for us". We have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have defrauded no one.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 3
c3content:
I do not say this {to condemn you}Literally "for condemnation", because I have already said that you are in our hearts, so that we die together and we live together.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Great is my confidence toward you; great is my boasting on your behalf; I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 5
c3content:
For even when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("arrived") we arrived in Macedonia, our body had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way--quarrels outside, fears within.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 7
c3content:
and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted among you, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("reported") which is understood as causal reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 8
c3content:
For if indeed I grieved you by my letter, I do not regret it. Even if I did regret it (I seeSome manuscripts have "for I see" that that letter grieved you, even though for {a short time}Literally "an hour"),


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 9
c3content:
now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved according to the will of God, so that you suffered loss in no way through us.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For grief according to the will of God brings about a repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but worldly grief brings about death.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 11
c3content:
For behold how much diligence this very thing, being grieved according to the will of God, has brought about in you: what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! In everything you have demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in this matter.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Consequently, even if I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong or because of the one who had been wronged, but in order that your diligence {on our behalf}Literally "on behalf of us" might be revealed to you before God.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Because of this we have been encouraged, and in addition to our encouragement, we rejoiced much more over the joy of Titus, because his spirit had been refreshed by all of you.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I have not been put to shame, but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, thus also our boasting to Titus {has proven to be true}Literally "has become truth".


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And his affection for you is all the more when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remembers") which is understood as temporal remembers the obedience of all of you as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now we make known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 2
c3content:
that with a great ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extreme depth of their poverty have overflowed to the wealth of their generosity.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 3
c3content:
I testify that they gave*The words "they gave" are not in the Greek text, but are implied according to their ability, and beyond their ability, by their own choice,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 5
c3content:
and not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, by the will of God.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 6
c3content:
So we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun it, thus he would also complete for you this act of grace.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But just as you excel in everything--in faith and in speaking and in knowledge and with all diligence and in the love from us that is in you--so may you excel in this grace also.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 8
c3content:
I am not saying this as a command, but proving the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 9
c3content:
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as concessive was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And I am giving an opinion in this matter, because this is profitable for you who not only began previously, a year ago, to do something, but also to want to do it.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 11
c3content:
So now also complete the doing of it, in order that just as you have the eagerness to want to do it, thus also you may complete it from what you have.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For if the eagerness is present {according to what one has}Literally "to the degree that if he might have", it is acceptable not {according to what one does not have}Literally "to the degree that he might not have".


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For this is not that for others there may be relief, and for you difficult circumstances, but as a matter of equality.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 14
c3content:
At the present time your abundance will be for their need, in order that their abundance may also be for your need, so that there may be equality,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 15
c3content:
just as it is written, "The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little."A quotation from Exod 16:18 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 16
c3content:
But thanks be to God, who has put in the heart of Titus the same devotion {on your behalf}Literally "on behalf of you",


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 17
c3content:
because he not only welcomed our request, but being very earnest, by his own choice he went out*Or "he is going out" (if this verb is understood as an epistolary aorist) to you.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And we have sent at the same time with him the brother whose praise in the gospel has become known throughout all the churches.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And not only this, but he was also chosen by the churches as our traveling companion together with this gift that is being administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 20
c3content:
We are trying to avoid this, lest anyone should find fault with us in this abundant gift that is being administered by us.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 21
c3content:
For we are taking into consideration what is honorable not only before the Lord, but also before people.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 22
c3content:
And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times in many things that he is diligent, but now much more diligent because of his great confidence in you.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 23
c3content:
If there is a question concerning Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. If there is a question concerning our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Therefore show to them the proof of your love and our boasting about you {openly before}Literally "to the face of" the churches. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 2
c3content:
because I know your readiness to help, concerning which I keep on boasting to the Macedonians about you, that Achaia has been ready to help since last year, and your zeal has stirred up the majority of them.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you would not prove to be empty in this case, so that you may be prepared just as I was saying,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 4
c3content:
lest somehow if Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared, we--{not to speak of you}Literally "so that we do not speak about you"; some manuscripts have "so that I do not speak about you"--would be humiliated in connection with this project.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers that they should go on ahead to you and make arrangements in advance for your generous gift that was promised previously, so this would be prepared as a generous gift and not as grudgingly granted. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Now the point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Each one should give as he has decided in his heart, not {reluctantly}Literally "out of sorrow" or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And God is able to cause all grace to abound to you, so that in everything at all times, because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal have enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed, and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 12
c3content:
because the service of this ministry is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but also is overflowing through many expressions of thanksgiving to God.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Through the proven character of this service they will glorify God because of the submission of your confession to the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your participation toward them and toward everyone,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 14
c3content:
and they are longing for you in their prayers for you, because of the surpassing grace of God to you.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now I, Paul, appeal to you myself by the humility and gentleness of Christ, who {when I am present in person}Literally "to the face" am humble among you, but when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am absent") which is understood as temporal am absent am bold toward you--


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 2
c3content:
now I ask when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am present") which is understood as temporal am present that I will not need to be bold with the confidence with which I propose to show boldness toward some who consider us as behaving according to the flesh.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For although we*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are living") which is understood as concessive are living in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 4
c3content:
for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 5
c3content:
and all pride that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And {we are ready}Literally "having with ready" to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is completed. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 7
c3content:
You are looking at things according to appearance. If anyone is convinced he himself is Christ's, he should consider this concerning himself again: that just as Christ himself is, so also are we.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 8
c3content:
For even if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us {for building you up and not for tearing you down}Literally "for building up and not for tearing down of you", I will not be put to shame,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 10
c3content:
because it is said, "His letters are severe and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech is of no account."


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Let such a person consider this: that what we are in word by letters when we*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are absent") which is understood as temporal are absent, we will also be in {actions}Literally "deed" when we*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are present") which is understood as temporal are present. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For we do not dare to classify or to compare ourselves with some who commend themselves, but they themselves, when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, do not understand.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But we will not boast {beyond limits}Literally "to the things immeasurable", but according to the measure of the assignment that God has assigned to us as a measure to reach even as far as you.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("reached") which is understood as conditional had not reached you, because we have reached even as far as you with the gospel of Christ,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 15
c3content:
not boasting {beyond limits}Literally "to the things immeasurable" in the labors of others, but having hope that as your faith is growing to be enlarged greatly by you according to our assignment,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 16
c3content:
so that we may proclaim the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast in the things accomplished in the area assigned to someone else.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 1
c3content:
I wish that you would put up with me {in something a little foolish}Literally "a little something of foolishness"--but indeed you are putting up with me.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 2
c3content:
For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But I am afraid lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be led astray from the sincerity and the purity of devotion to Christ.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 4
c3content:
For if the one who comes proclaims another Jesus whom we have not proclaimed, or you receive a different spirit which you did not receive, or a different gospel which you did not accept, you put up with it well enough!


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 5
c3content:
For I consider myself in no way to be inferior to the preeminent apostles.Some interpreters take this to refer to the original apostles in Jerusalem; others take Paul to be referring sarcastically to his opponents in Corinth.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; certainly in everything we have made this clear to you in every way.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Or did I commit a sin by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("humbling") which is understood as means humbling myself in order that you may be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you without payment?


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 8
c3content:
I robbed other churches by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("accepting") which is understood as means accepting support from them for the ministry to you.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was present") which is understood as temporal was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself from being a burden.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 10
c3content:
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting {of mine}Literally "to me" will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 12
c3content:
But what I am doing, I will also do, in order that I may remove the opportunity of those who want an opportunity, that they may be found just as also we are in what they are boasting about.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Therefore it is not a great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Again I say, do not let anyone think I am foolish. But indeed, if you do, accept me even as foolish, in order that I also may boast a little.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 17
c3content:
What I am saying in this project of boasting, I am not saying as the Lord would say, but as in foolishness.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 19
c3content:
For because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal are wise, you put up with foolish people gladly!


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For you put up with it if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone is presumptious toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Are they Hebrews? I am also! Are they Israelites? I am also! Are they descendants of Abraham? I am also!


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Are they servants of Christ?--I am speaking as though I were beside myself--I am more so, with far greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with beatings to a much greater degree, in danger of death many times.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked. A day and a night I have spent in the deep water.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 26
c3content:
I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers because of false brothers,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 27
c3content:
with toil and hardship, often in sleepless nights, with hunger and thirst, often going hungry, in cold and poorly clothed.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 28
c3content:
Apart from these external things, there is the pressure on me every day of the anxiety about all the churches.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 30
c3content:
If it is necessary to boast, I will boast about {the things related to my weakness}Literally "the things of my weakness".


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 31
c3content:
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed {forever}Literally "to the ages", knows that I am not lying.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 32
c3content:
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to take me into custody,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 1
c3content:
It is necessary to boast; it is not profitable, but I will proceed to visions and revelations of the Lord.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 2
c3content:
I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or outside the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 4
c3content:
that he was caught up to paradise and heard words not to be spoken, which it is not permitted for a person to speak.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 5
c3content:
On behalf of such a person I will boast, but on behalf of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 6
c3content:
For if I want to boast, I will not be foolish, because I will be telling the truth, but I am refraining, so that no one can credit to me more than what he sees in me or hears anything from me,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 7
c3content:
even because of the extraordinary degree of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, in order that it would torment me so that I would not exalt myself.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, because theA majority of later manuscripts read "my" power is perfected in weakness." Therefore rather I will boast most gladly in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may reside in me.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 11
c3content:
I have become a fool! You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the preeminent apostles,Some interpreters take this to refer to the original apostles in Jerusalem; others take Paul to be referring sarcastically to his opponents in Corinth. even if I am nothing.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Indeed, the signs of an apostle have been done among you with all patient endurance, both signs and wonders and deeds of power.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 13
c3content:
{For in what respect are you made worse off}Literally "for what is it with respect to which you are made worse off" more than the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you. For I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But I will spend and be expended most gladly for your lives. If I love you much more, am I to be loved less?


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 16
c3content:
But let it be. I have not been a burden to you, but because I*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as causal was crafty, I took you by cunning.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 17
c3content:
I have not taken advantage of you {through anyone whom I sent to you}Literally "anyone whom I sent to you, through him", have I?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 18
c3content:
I urged Titus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a positive answer here Did we not walk in the same footsteps?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a positive answer here


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Have you been thinking all this time that we are defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and all these things, dear friends, are for your edification.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For I am afraid lest somehow when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrive") which is understood as temporal arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. I am afraid*The words "I am afraid" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause lest somehow there will be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 21
c3content:
I am afraid lest when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("come") which is understood as temporal come again my God will humiliate me {in your presence}Literally "with you", and I will grieve over many of those who sinned previously and have not repented because of their impurity and sexual immorality and licentiousness that they have practiced. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 1
c3content:
This is the third time I am coming to you. {By the testimony}Literally "from the mouth" of two or three witnesses every wordOr "matter" will be established.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 2
c3content:
I have already said when I was present the second time, and although I*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am absent") which is understood as concessive am absent now I also say in advance to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 3
c3content:
since you are demanding proof that Christ, who is not weak toward you, but is powerful among you, is speaking in me.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 4
c3content:
For indeed, he was crucified because of weakness, but he lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him because of the power of God toward you. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are unqualified?


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Now we pray to God that you not do wrong in any way, not that we are seen as approved, but that you do what is good, even though we are seen as though unqualified.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Because of this, I am writing these things although I*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am absent") which is understood as concessive am absent, in order that when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am present") which is understood as temporal am present I may not have to act severely according to the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down. 


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Finally, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be encouraged, {be in agreement}Literally "think the same thing", be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.


c0book: 2Cor
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 13
c3content:
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul, an apostle not from men nor by men but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,Some manuscripts have "God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ"


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
I am astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
not that there is a different gospel, except there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim a gospel to you contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed!


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
As we said before, and now I say again, if anyone is proclaiming a gospel to you contrary to what you have received, let him be accursed!


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For am I now making an appeal to people or to God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
For I make known to you, brothers, the gospel that has been proclaimed by me, that it is not {of human origin}Literally "according to man".


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
and was progressing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my nation, because*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as causal I was a far more zealous adherent of the traditions handed down by my forefathers. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But when the one who set me apartSome manuscripts have "when God who set me apart" from my mother's womb and called me by his grace was pleased


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
to reveal his Son in me in order that I would proclaim the gospel about him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not consult with flesh and blood,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and I returned again to Damascus.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 23
c3content:
and they were only hearing, "The one formerly persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith that formerly he was attempting to destroy,"


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Now I went up there because of a revelation and laid out to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, but in private to the influential people, lest somehow I was running, or had run, in vain.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But not even Titus who was with me, although*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as concessive he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Now this was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order that they might enslave us,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
to whom not even for an hour did we yield in subjection, in order that the truth of the gospel might remain continually with you.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But from those {who were influential}Literally "who were thought to be something" (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me, {God does not show partiality}Literally "God does not receive the face of man")--for those who were influential added nothing to me.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But these, when they*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcision, just as Peter to the circumcision


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
(for the one who was at work through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcision was at work also through me for the Gentiles),


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
and when James and Cephas and John--those thought to be pillars--acknowledged the grace given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, in order that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcision.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For before certain people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was afraid of") which is understood as causal was afraid of those who were of the circumcision,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
and the rest of the Jews also joined in this hypocrisy with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with them in their hypocrisy.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But when I saw that they were not being straightforward with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of them all, "If you, although you*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as concessive are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?" 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
but knowing that a person is not justified by the works of the law, if not by faith in Jesus Christ,Or "by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ" and we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we may be justified by faith in ChristOr "by the faithfulness of Christ" and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law {no human being will be justified}Literally "all flesh will not be justified".


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
But if while seeking to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also have been found to be sinners, then is Christ an agent of sin? May it never be!


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
For through the law I died to the law, in order that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
I do not declare invalid the grace of God, for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died to no purpose. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as having been crucified?


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
I want only to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to be made complete by the flesh?


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Therefore does the one who gives you the Spirit and who works miracles among you do so by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: "In you all the nationsOr "Gentiles"; the same Greek word can be translated "nations" or "Gentiles" depending on the context will be blessed."A quotation from Gen 12:3; 18:18


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things that are written in the book of the law to do them."A quotation from Deut 27:26


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Now it is clear that no one is justified in the sight of God by the law, because "the one who is righteous will live by faith."Or "the one who is righteous by faith will live," a quotation from Hab 2:4


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
But the law is not from faith, but "the one who does these things will live by them."A quotation from Lev 18:5 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("becoming") which is understood as means becoming a curse for us, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"A quotation from Deut 21:23


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
in order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Brothers, I am speaking according to a human perspective. Nevertheless, when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has been ratified") which is understood as temporal the covenant of a man has been ratified, no one declares it invalid or adds additional provisions to it.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Now to Abraham and to his descendant the promises were spoken. It does not say, "and to descendants," as concerning many, but as concerning one, "and to your descendant,"A quotation from Gen 12:7; 13:15; 17:7; 24:7 who is Christ.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Now I am saying this: the law, that came after four hundred and thirty years, does not revoke a covenant previously ratified by God, in order to nullify the promise.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
For if the inheritance is from the law, it is no longer from the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Why then the law? It was added on account of transgressions, until the descendant should come to whom it had been promised, having been ordered through angels by the hand of a mediator.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Therefore is the law opposed to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, certainly righteousness would have been from the law.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 22
c3content:
But the scripture imprisoned all under sin, in order that the promise could be given by faithOr "through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ" in Jesus Christ to those who believe. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 23
c3content:
But before faith came, we were detained under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 25
c3content:
But after*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has come") which is understood as temporal faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 26
c3content:
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,Or "For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith"


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 28
c3content:
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now I say, for as long a time as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as concessive is master of everything,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba!"Abba" is Aramaic for "father" (Father!),"


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But at that time when you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as temporal did not know God, you were enslaved to the things which by nature are not gods.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But now, because you have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental spirits? Do you want to be enslaved to themLiterally "to whom" all over again?


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also have become like you. You have done me no wrong! 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And you did not despise or disdain what was a trial for you in my flesh, but you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
So where is your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me!


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
So then, have I become your enemy by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being truthful") which is understood as means being truthful to you?


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
They zealously seek you, not commendably, but they want to exclude you, in order that you may seek them zealously.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
But it is good to be sought zealously in good at all times, and not only when I am present with you.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 20
c3content:
But I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone because I am perplexed about you. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 23
c3content:
But the one by the female slave was born according to human descent, and the one by the free woman through the promise,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 24
c3content:
which things are spoken allegorically, for these women are two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery, who is Hagar.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is a slave with her children.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 29
c3content:
But just as at that time the child born according to human descent persecuted the child born according to the Spirit, so also now.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 30
c3content:
But what does the scripture say? "Drive out the female slave and her son, for the son of the female slave will never inherit with the son"A quotation from Gen 21:10, which does not include the words "of the free woman" of the free woman.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 1
c3content:
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And again I testify to every man who becomes circumcised, that he is under obligation to keep the whole law.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 4
c3content:
You are estranged from Christ, you who are attempting to be justified*The present tense has been translated as conative here ("are attempting") by the law; you have fallen from grace.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 10
c3content:
I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will think nothing different, but the one who is confusing you {will pay the penalty}Literally "will bear the = his condemnation", whoever he may be.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
I wish that the ones who are disturbing you would also {castrate themselves}Literally "cut themselves off"! 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."A quotation from Lev 19:18


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 17
c3content:
For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, for these are in opposition to one another, so that whatever you want, you may not do these things.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 20
c3content:
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions,


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 21
c3content:
envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, things which I am telling you in advance, just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Now those {who belong to Christ}Literally "of Christ"Some manuscripts have "Christ Jesus" have crucified the flesh together with its feelings and its desires. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Brothers, even if a person is caught in some trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of humility, looking out for yourself, lest you also be tempted.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For if anyone thinks he is something although he*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as concessive is nothing, he is deceiving himself.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 4
c3content:
But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have a reason for boasting in himself alone, and not in someone else.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 8
c3content:
because the one who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("give up") which is understood as conditional do not give up.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 10
c3content:
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the household of faith. 


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 12
c3content:
As many as are wanting to make a good showing in the flesh, these are attempting to compel*The present tense has been translated as conative here ("are attempting") you to be circumcised, only so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For not even those who are circumcised observe the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised in order that they may boast in your flesh.


c0book: Gal
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But as for me, may it never be that I boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in EphesusA number of the earliest and most important manuscripts omit "in Ephesus," though it is hard to make sense of the line without this phrase (cf. rsv, "to the saints who are also faithful") and faithful in Christ Jesus:


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Blessed isOr "blessed be" the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,Or "before him, having predestined us in love" (the phrase "in love" could go either with v. 4 or v. 5)


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
for the administration of the fullness of times, to bring together all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of his will,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
in whom also you, when you heard*This participle ("hearing") and the following one ("believing") are understood as temporal the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also when you believed you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Because of this I also, hearing of {your faith}Literally "the according to you faith" in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, {the glorious Father}Literally "the Father of glory",*Here "glorious" is an attributive genitive may give you a spirit of wisdom*Or "spiritual wisdom" (with "wisdom" is an attributive genitive) and revelation in the knowledge of him


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
(the eyes of your hearts having been enlightened), so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
and what is the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
which he has workedSome manuscripts have "he worked" in Christ, raising*These participles are either means ("by raising ... and seating") or temporal ("when he raised ... and seated") him from the dead and seating him*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation at his right hand in the heavenly places,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this age but also in the coming one,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 22
c3content:
and he subjected all things under his feetAn allusion to Ps 8:6 and gave him as head over all things to the church,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And you, {although you were dead}Literally "and you being dead"*Here the participle ("being") is understood as concessive in your trespasses and sins,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the willOr "desires" of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrathThis phrase is a Semitic idiom which can mean either (1) "children characterized by wrath" or (2) "children destined for wrath" by nature, as also the rest of them were. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
in order that he might show in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, the so-called uncircumcision by the so-called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But now in Christ Jesus you, the ones who once were far away, have become near by the blood of Christ.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
invalidating the law of commandments in ordinances, in order that he might create the two in himself into one new man, thus*Here "thus" is supplied as a component of the participle ("making") which is understood as result making peace,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in himself.Or "by it" (referring to the cross)


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And coming, he proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to the ones who were near,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,Or perhaps "capstone"


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.Or "are built up together in spirit = spiritually into a dwelling place of God" (cf. nrsv) 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
According toSome manuscripts have "given to me for you, that according to" revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
so that you may be able when you readOr "by reading" to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
(which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God's grace given to me, according to the working of his power. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
and to enlighten everyone as to what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages by God, who created all things,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
in order that the many-sided wisdom of God might be made known now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places through the church,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in him.Or "through his i.e., Christ's faithfulness"


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Therefore I ask you*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation not to be discouraged at my afflictions on behalf of you, which are your glory. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
that he may grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
in order that you may be strong enough to grasp together with all the saints what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 19
c3content:
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Now "he ascended," what is it, except that he also descendedSome secondary manuscripts add "first" to the lower regions of the earth?


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
The one who descended himself is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order that he might fill all things. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And he himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
until we all reach the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to a measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him with reference to all things, who is the head, Christ,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every supporting ligament, according to the working by measure of each single part, the growth of the body makes for the building up of itself in love. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk: in the futility of their mind,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 19
c3content:
who, becoming callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness, for the pursuit of all uncleanness in greediness. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 22
c3content:
that you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 24
c3content:
and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor,An allusion to Zech 8:16 because we are members of one another.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 28
c3content:
The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands what is good, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 29
c3content:
{No rotten word must proceed}Literally "Every rotten word must not proceed" from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 31
c3content:
All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 32
c3content:
BecomeSome manuscripts have "But become" kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.Or "a fragrant offering"


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 5
c3content:
For this you know {for certain}Literally "for this you know, knowing", that every sexually immoral person, or unclean person, or greedy person (who is an idolater), does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 19
c3content:
speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and singing praise in your heart to the Lord,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 23
c3content:
because the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (he himself being the Savior of the body).


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 24
c3content:
But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives should be subject*The words "should be subject" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause to their husbands in everything. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 26
c3content:
in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing her*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation with the washing of water by the word;


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 27
c3content:
in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she may be holy and blameless.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 28
c3content:
Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 29
c3content:
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 31
c3content:
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."A quotation from Gen 2:24


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 33
c3content:
Only you also, each one of you, must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect}Literally "that she fear" her husband. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 2
c3content:
"Honor your father and mother" (which is the firstOr "is a very important" commandment with a promise),


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 3
c3content:
"in order that it may be well with you, and you may {live a long time}Literally "be long-lived" on the earth."A quotation from Exod 20:12 and/or Deut 5:16


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 6
c3content:
not {while being watched}Literally "with eye service", as people pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 8
c3content:
because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that each one of you, whatever good he should do,Some manuscripts have "if he should do anything good" this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And masters, do the same things to them, giving up threats, knowing that both their Lord and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 12
c3content:
because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Because of this, take up the full armor of God, in order that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 16
c3content:
in everything taking up the shield of faith, with which you are able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 18
c3content:
with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this end being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 19
c3content:
and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 20
c3content:
for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that {in them}Literally "in it" since "chain" is singular in the Greek text I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak. 


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Now, so that you also may know {my circumstances}Literally "the things with me", what I am doing, Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things,


c0book: Eph
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 22
c3content:
whom I have sentOr "whom I am sending" to you for this very reason, that you may know {our circumstances}Literally "the things concerning us", and he may encourage your hearts. 


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
convinced of this same thing, that the one who began a good work in you will finish it*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation until the day of Christ Jesus,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since*Here "since" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you are sharers of grace with me.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
so that you may approve what is superior, in order that you may be sincere and blameless inOr "for," or "until" the day of Christ,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. 


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now I want you to know, brothers, that {my circumstances}Literally "the things with me" have happened instead for the progress of the gospel,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
so that my imprisonment in Christ has become known in the whole praetoriumOr "praetorian guard," or "imperial guard" and to all the rest,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
and most of the brothers, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, dare even more to speak the word without fear.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction in my imprisonment.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
{What is the result?}Literally "for what" Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. But also I will rejoice,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
for I know that this will turn out to me for deliverance through your prayer and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will be put to shame in nothing, but with all boldness, even now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether through life or through death.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 22
c3content:
But if it is to live in the flesh, this is fruitful work for me, and which I will prefer I do not know.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 23
c3content:
But I am hard pressed {between the two options}Literally "by the two", having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}Literally "for this is more better by much".


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And because I am*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("convinced") which is understood as causal convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 26
c3content:
so that what you can be proud of may increase in Christ Jesus because of me through my return again to you. 


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}Literally "the things concerning you", that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 28
c3content:
and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 29
c3content:
because to you has been graciously granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on behalf of him,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
complete my joy, so that {you are in agreement}Literally "you think the same thing, having the same love, united in spirit, {having one purpose}Literally "thinking the one thing".


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Do nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
each of youSome manuscripts have "each one of you" not looking out for {your own interests}Literally "the things of yourselves", but also each of you for {the interests}Literally "the things" of others. 


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
but emptied himself by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("taking") which is understood as means taking the form of a slave, by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("becoming") which is understood as means becoming in the likeness of people. And being found in appearance like a man,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
he humbled himself by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("becoming") which is understood as means becoming obedient to the point of death, that is, death on a cross.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven and of those on earth and of those under the earth,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Therefore my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without faultOr "blameless" in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,Or possibly "in the universe"


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
holding fast to the word of life, for a source of prideOr "for a cause of boasting" to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and rejoice with all of you.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I also may be encouraged when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as temporal know {your circumstances}Literally "the things concerning you".


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For I have no one like-minded who will sincerely be concerned about {your circumstances}Literally "the things concerning you".


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
For they all seek {their own interests}Literally "the things of themselves", not those of Jesus Christ.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
But you know his proven character, that like a child with a father he served with me for the gospel.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see {my circumstances}Literally "the things concerning me".


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 25
c3content:
But I considered it*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, but your messenger and servant of my need,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 27
c3content:
For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not on him only, but also on me, so that I would not have grief upon grief.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 28
c3content:
Therefore I am sending him with special urgency, in order that when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("see") which is understood as temporal you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 30
c3content:
because on account of the work of Christ he came near to the point of death, risking his life in order that {he might make up for your inability to serve me}Literally "he might fill up your lack of service to me". 


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me, but is a safeguard for you.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the mutilation.This term is a wordplay on the Greek word "circumcision"


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For we are the circumcision, the ones who worshipOr "who serve" by the SpiritOr "in the Spirit" of God and boast in Christ Jesus and do not put confidence in the flesh,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
{circumcised on the eighth day}Literally "with respect to circumcision it was on the eighth day", from the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born from Hebrews, according to the law a Pharisee,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
{More than that}Literally "but on the contrary", I even consider all things to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation dung, in order that I may gain Christ


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
and may be found in him, not having my righteousness which is from the law, but which is through faith in Christ,Or "through Christ's faithfulness" the righteousness from God on the basis of faith,Or "on the basis of his faithfulness"


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
so that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Not that I have already received this,*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation or have already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.Some manuscripts have "Christ Jesus"


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of it.*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation But I do one thing, forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Therefore as many as are perfect, {let us hold this opinion}Literally "let us think this", and if you think anything differently, God will reveal this also to you.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Become fellow imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who walk in this way, just as you have us as an example.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
For many live, of whom I spoke about to you many times, but now speak about even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 19
c3content:
whose end is destruction, whose God is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For our commonwealth exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 21
c3content:
who will transform our humble body to be conformed to his glorious body, in accordance with the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. 


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
So then, my beloved and greatly desired brothers, my joy and crown, thus stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
I appeal to Euodia and I appeal to Syntyche {to be in agreement}Literally "to think the same thing" in the Lord.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Yes, I ask also you, true yokefellow, help them, who struggled along with me in the gospel with both Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the book of life. 


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your mindsOr "thoughts" in Christ Jesus.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are pleasing, whatever things are commendable, if there is any excellence of character and if anything praiseworthy, think about these things.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And the things which you have learned and received and heard about and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. 


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last {you have renewed your concern for me}Literally "you have revived to think on behalf of me", for whom also you were thinking, but you had no opportunity to express it.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
I know how both {to make do with little}Literally "to be humbled" and I know how {to have an abundance}Literally "to abound". In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both {to have an abundance}Literally "to abound" and to go without.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Nevertheless you have done well by sharing*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sharing") which is understood as means with me in my affliction.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Now you also know, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone,


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
because even in Thessalonica {on more than one occasion}Literally "both once and twice" you sent for my need.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; {I am well supplied}Literally "I have been made full" because*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("received") which is understood as causal I received from Epaphroditus {what you had sent}Literally "the things from you", a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.


c0book: Phil
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Now to our God and Father be the glory {forever and ever}Literally "to the ages of the ages". Amen. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ in Colossae. Grace to you and peace from God our Father. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
We give thanks always to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("pray") which is understood as temporal pray for you,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
since we*Here "since" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard about") which is understood as causal heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, which you have heard about beforehand in the word of truth, the gospel,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day you heard about and understood the grace of God in truth,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
just as you learned it*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,Some manuscripts have "on your behalf"


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Because of this also we, from the day we heard about it,*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, {to please him in all respects}Literally "to all pleasing", bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
who has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation to the kingdom of the Son {he loves}Literally "of his love",


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all*Translated as a genitive of subordination (Wallace, GGBB, 104) creation,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
because all things in the heavens and on the earth were created by him, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers, all things were created through him and for him,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("making peace") which is understood as means making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And {although you were formerly alienated}Literally "and you formerly being alienated"*Here the participle ("being") is understood as concessive and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 22
c3content:
but now you have been reconciledSome manuscripts have "he has reconciled you" by {his physical body}Literally "the body of his flesh" through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 23
c3content:
if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 25
c3content:
of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 26
c3content:
the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been revealed to his saints,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 27
c3content:
to whom God wanted to make known what is the glorious wealth of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 28
c3content:
whom we proclaim, by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("admonishing") which is understood as means admonishing every personLiterally "man," used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender and teaching every personLiterally "man," used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender with all wisdom, in order that we may present every personLiterally "man," used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender mature in Christ,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 29
c3content:
for which purpose also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face {in person}Literally "in the flesh",


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
so that their hearts may be encouraged, united in love and into all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Beware lest {anyone take you captive}Literally "anyone be the one who takes captive you" through philosophy and empty deceit, according to {human tradition}Literally "the tradition of men", according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And {although you were dead}Literally "and you being dead"*Here the participle ("being") is understood as concessive in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("nailing") which is understood as means nailing it to the cross.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
When he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had disarmed") which is understood as temporal had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a display of them in public, triumphing over them by it.Or "in him" 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Therefore do not let anyone judge you with reference to eating orSome manuscripts have "and" drinking or participation in a feast or a new moon or a Sabbath,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about the things which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as if living in the world?


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
which things are all meant for destruction by consuming according to human commandments and teachings,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
which things {although they have}Literally "having",*Here the participle ("having") is understood as concessive to be sure, an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and unsparing treatment of the body, {do not have any value}Literally "are not with any value" against the indulgence of the flesh. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore, if you have been raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}Literally "the members on the earth": sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
in which also you once lived, when you used to live in them.Or "among them" (the pronoun may refer either to people or to sins)


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But now you also lay aside all these things: anger, rage, wickedness, slander, abusive language from your mouth.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Do not lie to one another, because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have taken off") which is understood as causal have taken off the old man together with his deeds,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and have put on the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created him,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all, and in all. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and dearly loved, put on affection, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
putting up with one another and forgiving one another. If anyone should have a complaint against anyone, just as also the Lord forgave you, thus also you do the same.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
and everything {whatever}Literally "if anything that" you do in word or in deed, giving thanks for all things in the name of the Lord Jesus to God the Father through him. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Slaves, obey your {human}Literally "according to the flesh" masters in everything, not {while being watched}Literally "with eye-service", as people pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 24
c3content:
because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. ServeOr "You serve"; the same Greek verb form can be understood as either imperative ("serve") or indicative ("you serve"), so that commentators and Bible translations differ the Lord Christ.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 25
c3content:
For the one who does wrong will receive back whatever wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also {I am a prisoner}Literally "I have been bound",


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how it is necessary for you to answer each one. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you all {my circumstances}Literally "the things according to me",


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
whom I have sent to you for this very reason, in order that you may know {our circumstances}Literally "the things concerning us" and he may encourage your hearts,


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
together with Onesimus, my faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all {the circumstances}Literally "the things" here. 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions--if he should come to you, welcome him),


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only ones who are fellow workers for the kingdom of God from the circumcision, who have been a comfort to me.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Epaphras, who is one of you, greets you, a slave of ChristSome manuscripts have "of Christ Jesus" always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assuredOr "and filled" in all the will of God.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For I testify to him that {he is working hard}Literally "he has much labor" on behalf of you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in herSome manuscripts, including the majority of Byzantine minuscules, read the masculine form of the pronoun here ("his"), understanding the form of the name "Nympha" earlier in the verse to be masculine house.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And whenever this letter is read among you, {see to it}Literally "cause" that it is read also among the Laodicean church, and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And tell Archippus, "Direct your attention to the ministry that you received in the Lord, in order that you may complete it." 


c0book: Col
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
The greeting is by my hand, Paul's. Remember my {imprisonment}Literally "bonds". Grace be with you. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remember") which is understood as causal remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
because our gospel did not come to you with word only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, just as you know what sort of people we became among you for your sake.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
for from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia,Some manuscripts have "and in Achaia" but in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
For they themselves report about us, what sort of welcome we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, the one who delivers us from the coming wrath. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, just as you know, we had the courage in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
{For never}Literally "for neither ever" did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God is witness),


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
{Although we could have insisted on our own importance}Literally "being able to be with a claim of importance"*Here the participle ("being able") is understood as concessive as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we became to you who believe,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that when you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("received") which is understood as temporal received God's word {that you heard}Literally "of hearing" from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you also suffered the same things at the hands of your own people, just as they themselves did also at the hands of the Jews,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who persecuted us, and who are not pleasing to God and are opposed to all people,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that they always fill up their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the end.Or "has come upon them at last" 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
But when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were made orphans by separation") which is understood as temporal we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for {a short time}Literally "the time of an hour" (in face, not in heart), we were even more eager with great desire to see your face,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
because we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, {on more than one occasion}Literally "both once and twice"--and Satan hindered us.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore when we*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("could bear") which is understood as temporal could bear it no longer, we determined to be left behind in Athens alone,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you about your faith,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed for this,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Because of this, I also, when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("could endure") which is understood as temporal could endure it no longer, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow the tempter tempted you and our labor should be in vain. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But now, because*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has come") which is understood as causal Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that {you always think kindly of us}Literally "that you have kindly remembrance of us always", desiring to see us just as also we desire to see you,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
because of this, brothers, we have been comforted because of you in all our distress and affliction through your faith,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
For what thanks can we repay to God concerning you, because of all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
night and day praying beyond all measure that we may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith? 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
and may the Lord cause you to increase and to abound in love for one another and for all, just as also we do for you,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
so that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.Some manuscripts have "his saints. Amen." 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to you in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
not to transgress and to exploit his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the one who avenges concerning all these things, just as also we told you beforehand and testified solemnly.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Therefore the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But concerning brotherly love, I do not have need to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
for indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to progress even more,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business},Literally "your own things" and to work with your hands,Some manuscripts have "your own hands" just as we commanded you,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, thus also God will bring those who have fallen asleep through Jesus together with him.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain until the Lord's coming, will not possibly precede those who have fallen asleep.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Then we who are alive, who remain, will be snatched away at the same time together with them in the clouds for a meeting with the Lord in the air, and thus we will be together with the Lord always.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need of anything to be written to you,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 2
c3content:
for you yourselves well know that the day of the Lord is coming in the same way as a thief in the night.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Whenever they say "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of {a pregnant woman}Literally "one who has in the belly", and they will not possibly escape.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But becauseHere "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal we are of the day, we must be sober, byHere "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("putting on") which is understood as means putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 9
c3content:
because God did not appoint us for wrath, but for the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Therefore encourage one another and build up {each other}Literally "one the one," i.e., "one the other", just as indeed you are doing. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 13
c3content:
and to esteem them beyond all measure in love, because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all people.


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 15
c3content:
See to it that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue good towardSome manuscripts have "both toward" one another and toward all people. 


c0book: 1Thess
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Grace to you and peace from God the FatherSome manuscripts have "God our Father" and the Lord Jesus Christ. 


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
a proof of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which also you are suffering,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
and to you who are being afflicted, rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
with burning flameSome manuscripts have "with flaming fire" giving punishment to those who do not know God and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
who will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
whenever he should come to be glorified on that day by his saints and to be marveled at by all who believe, because our testimony was believed among you,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
for which purpose we also pray always for you, that you may be considered worthy of the calling of our God, and he might fulfill every desire for goodness and work of faith with power,Or "by his power"


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
that you not be easily shaken from your composure, nor be troubled either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter {alleged to be from us}Literally "as if by us", to the effect that the day of the Lord has arrived.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God. 


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Do you not remember that whileHere "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were") which is understood as temporal we were still with you, we were saying these things to you?


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For the mystery of lawlessness is at work already; only the one who now restrainsOr "restrains it" (referring to the "mystery of lawlessness"; or "restrains him" (referring to the "man of lawlessness" in v. 3) will do so until he is out of the way,Literally "out of the midst"


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and wipe out by the appearance of his coming,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and with every unrighteous deception against those who are perishing, in place of which they did not accept the love of the truth, so that they would be saved.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And because of this, God sends them {a powerful delusion}Literally "a working of deceit" so that they will believe the lie,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but delighted in unrighteousness. 


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But we ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as first fruits for salvation by the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
for which purpose he calledSome manuscripts have "he also called" you through our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
So then, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions which you were taught, whether by spoken word or by letter from us.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may progress and be honored, just as also it was with you,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and that we may be delivered from evil and wicked people, {for not all have the faith}Literally "for not of all is the faith".


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are both doing and you will do the things that we are commanding.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and toward the patient endurance of Christ. 


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who lives irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For you yourselves know how it is necessary to imitate us, that we did not behave irresponsibly among you,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but with toil and labor, we were working night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you,


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
not that we do not have the right, but so that we may give ourselves as an example to you, so that you may imitate us.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For even when we were with you, we used to command this to you: that if anyone does not want to work, neither should he eat.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now we command and we exhort such people in the Lord Jesus Christ that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But as for you, brothers, do not be discouraged while*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("doing what is right") which is understood as temporal doing what is right.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note not to associate with him, in order that he may be put to shame.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Now may the Lord of peace himself grant you peace through everything in every way. May the Lord be with all of you.


c0book: 2Thess
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
The greeting is by my hand, Paul's, which is {a sign of genuineness}Literally "a sign" in every letter: {this is how I write}Literally "in this way I write".


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
to Timothy, my true child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Just as I urged you when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("traveled") which is understood as temporal traveled to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus, so that you may instruct certain people not to teach other doctrine,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause useless speculations rather than God's plan that is by faith.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a faith without hypocrisy,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
wanting to be teachers of the law, although they*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("understand") which is understood as concessive do not understand either the things which they are saying or the things concerning which they are speaking confidently. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
knowing this, that the law is not given for a righteous person but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and totally worldly, for the one who kills his father and the one who kills his mother, for murderers,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
sexually immoral people, homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and {whatever}Literally "if anything" else is opposed to sound teaching,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
{I give thanks}Literally "I have thankfulness" to the one who strengthens me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful, placing me into ministry,Or "service"


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
although I*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as concessive was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
The saying is trustworthy and worthy of all acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
But because of this I was shown mercy, in order that in me foremost, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his total patience, for an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Now to the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, to the only God, be honor and glory {forever and ever}Literally "to the ages of the ages". Amen. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy my child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
having faith and a good conscience, which some, because they*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have rejected") which is understood as causal have rejected these, have suffered shipwreck concerning their faith,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, in order that they may be taught not to blaspheme. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore, I urge first of all that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am speaking the truth, I am not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Likewise also the women should adorn themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothing,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but {to remain quiet}Literally "to be in quietness".


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was deceived") which is understood as causal was deceived, came into transgression.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But she will be saved through the bearing of children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But he must also have a good testimony from those outside, in order that he may not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and these also must be tested first; then let them serve if they*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as conditional are above reproach.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
The wivesOr "The women" likewise must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in all things.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For those who have served well acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But if I am delayed, I am writing*The words "I am writing" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstayOr "basis"; or "support" of the truth.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
who forbid marrying and insist on abstaining from foods that God created for sharing in with thankfulness by those who believe and who know the truth,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
because everything created by God is good and nothing is to be rejected if it is*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("received") which is understood as conditional received with thankfulness,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
By*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("teaching") which is understood as means teaching these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}Literally "worthless and characteristic of an elderly woman myths", and train yourself for godliness.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
For the training of the body is {somewhat}Literally "for a little" profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, because it*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("holds") which is understood as causal holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For to this end we labor and suffer reproach,Some manuscripts have "and strive" because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Until I come, pay attention to the public reading,Many English translations supply "of scripture" here to clarify what is to be read aloud to exhortation, to teaching.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Practice these things. Be diligentLiterally "be in these things," though most English versions supply a predicate here in these things, in order that your progress may be evident to everyone.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Fix your attention on yourself and on your teaching. Continue in them, for by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("doing") which is understood as means doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 4
c3content:
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 5
c3content:
But the widow who is one truly, and is left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in her petitions and prayers night and day.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But the one who lives for sensual pleasure is dead even though she*Here "even though" is supplied as a component of the participle ("lives") which is understood as concessive lives.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But if someone does not provide for his own relatives, and especially the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Let a widow be put on the list if she*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as conditional is not less than sixty years old, the wife of one husband,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 10
c3content:
being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
But refuse younger widows, for whenever their physical desires lead them away from Christ, they want to marry,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And at the same time also, going around from house to house, they learn to be idle, and not only idle, but also gossipy and busybodies, saying the things that are not necessary.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Therefore I want younger widows to marry, to bear children, to manage a household, to give the adversary no opportunity for reproach.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 16
c3content:
If any believing woman has widows, she must help them, and the church must not be burdened, in order that it may help those who are truly widows. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 17
c3content:
The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 18
c3content:
For the scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox while it*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("threshing") which is understood as temporal is threshing,"A quotation from Deut 25:4 and "The worker is worthy of his wages."A quotation from Luke 10:7


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 21
c3content:
I testify solemnly before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 24
c3content:
The sins of some people are evident, preceding them to judgment, but for some also they follow after them.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 1
c3content:
All those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, lest the name of God and the teaching be slandered.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And those who have believing masters must not look down on them because they are brothers, but rather they must serve, because those who benefit by their service are believers and dearly loved. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 3
c3content:
If anyone teaches other doctrine and does not devote himself to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is in accordance with godliness,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 4
c3content:
he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 5
c3content:
constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But if we*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("having") which is understood as conditional have food and clothing, with these things we will be content.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, because they*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("desire") which is understood as causal desire it, have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 11
c3content:
But you, O man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patient endurance, gentleness.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 13
c3content:
I command you, in the sight of God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 14
c3content:
that you observe the commandment without fault, irreproachable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 15
c3content:
which he will make known in his own time, the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of those who reign as kings and Lord of those who rule as lords,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 16
c3content:
the one who alone possesses immortality, who lives in unapproachable light, whom no human being has seen nor is able to see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all things richly for enjoyment,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 19
c3content:
storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, in order that they may take hold of what is truly life. 


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 20
c3content:
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Turn away from pointless empty talk and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge,


c0book: 1Tim
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 21
c3content:
which some, by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("professing") which is understood as means professing it, have deviated concerning the faith. Grace be with you all. 


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
{I am thankful}Literally "I have thankfulness" to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience {as my ancestors did}Literally "from ancestors", when {I remember you constantly}Literally "I have remembrance concerning you constantly" in my prayers night and day,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
longing to see you as I*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remember") which is understood as temporal remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
{remembering the}Literally "receiving a remembrance of the" sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that is in you also,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but suffer along with me for the gospel, according to the power of God,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus {before time began}Literally "before times eternal",


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
but has now been disclosed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ,Some manuscripts have "our Savior Christ Jesus" who has abolished death and brought to light life and immortality through the gospel,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
for which reason also I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted until that day.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Hold fast to the pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he refreshed me many times, and was not ashamed of my imprisonment,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
but when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as temporal was in Rome, he diligently sought me and found me.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! And how much he served me in Ephesus you know very well. 


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and the things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful people who will be competent to teach others also.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
No one who serves as a soldier is entangled in the activities of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment}Literally "bonds" as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Because of this, I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, in order that they also may obtain salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
if we are unfaithful, he remains faithful--{he cannot deny himself}Literally "he is not able to deny himself".Some manuscripts have "because he is not able to deny himself"


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Remind people of these things, solemnly urging them before the LordSome manuscripts have "before God" not to dispute about words. This is in no way beneficial and leads to the ruin of the hearers.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
and their message {will spread}Literally "will experience spreading" like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
who have deviated concerning the truth by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saying") which is understood as means saying the resurrection has already taken place, and they are upsetting the faith of some.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
However, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his,"A quotation from Num 16:5 and "Everyone who names the name of the Lord must abstain from unrighteousness." 


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Now in a great house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthenware ones, some of which are for honorable use, and some of which are for ordinary use.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Therefore, if someone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. 


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
But flee from youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
But avoid foolish and uninformed controversies, because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that they produce quarrels.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And the slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but be kind toward everyone, skillful in teaching, tolerant,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 25
c3content:
correcting those who are opposed with gentleness, seeing whether perhaps God may grant them repentance to a knowledge of the truth,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 26
c3content:
and they will come to their senses again and escape from the trap of the devil, being held captive by him to do his will. 


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
For from these are those who slip into houses and captivate foolish women loaded down with sins, led by various kinds of desires,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And {just as}Literally "in the manner in which" Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, people corrupted in mind, disqualified concerning the faith.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But they will not progress to a greater extent, for their folly will be quite evident to everyone, as also the folly of those two was. 


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But you have faithfully followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
persecutions, and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra, what sort of persecutions I endured, and the Lord delivered me from all of them.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But you continue in the things which you have learned and are convinced of, because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know from whom you learned them,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
preach the word, be ready in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound teaching, but in accordance with their own desires, they will accumulate for themselves teachers, {because they have an insatiable curiosity}Literally "feeling an itching in the ear"; "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("feeling an itching") which is understood as causal,


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
But you, be self-controlled in all things, bear hardship patiently, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Finally, the crown of righteousness is reserved for me, that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing. 


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For Demas deserted me, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("loved") which is understood as causal loved the present age, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia; Titus went to Dalmatia.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Luke alone is with me. Take along Mark and*Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("take along") has been translated as a finite verb bring him with you, because he is useful to me for ministry.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
When you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("come") which is understood as temporal come, bring the cloak that I left behind in Troas with Carpus, and the scrolls, especially the parchments.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
At my first defense, no one came to my aid, but they all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
But the Lord helped me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled and all the Gentiles might hear, and he rescued me from the lion's mouth.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will save me for his heavenly kingdom, to whom be the glory {forever and ever}Literally "to the ages of the ages". Amen. 


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Erastus remained in Corinth, but Trophimus I left behind in Miletus because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was sick") which is understood as causal was sick.


c0book: 2Tim
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Make haste to come before winter. Eubulus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers greet you.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of the chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth that is according to godliness,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
but at the proper time has disclosed his message in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the command of God our Savior,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
to Titus, my true child according to a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. 


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithfulOr "believing" children, not {accused of dissipation}Literally "with an accusation of dissipation" or rebellious.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For it is necessary for the overseer to be blameless as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
holding fast to the faithful message according to the teaching, in order that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction and to reprove those who speak against it. 


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
whom it is necessary to silence, whoever are ruining whole families by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("teaching") which is understood as means teaching things which must not be taught for the sake of dishonest gain.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
A certain one of them, one of their own prophets, has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
This testimony is true, for which reason reprove them severely, in order that they may be sound in the faith,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny him, because they*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal are detestable and disobedient, and unfit for every good deed. 


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Older men are to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
to be self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
concerning everything showing yourself to be an example of good deeds, in your teaching demonstrating soundness, dignity,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
a sound message beyond reproach, in order that {an opponent}Literally "one from the opposed" may be put to shame, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has") which is understood as causal has nothing bad to say concerning us. 


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
not stealing, but demonstrating all good faith, in order that they may do credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
looking forward to the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
who gave himself for us, in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Remind them to be subject to the rulers and to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
he saved us, not by deeds of righteousness that we have done, but because of his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist concerning these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and beneficial for people.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and contentions and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and fruitless.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make haste to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Diligently send on their way Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that {they may lack nothing}Literally "nothing may lack to them".


c0book: Titus
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But also our people must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker,


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
because I*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("hear about") which is understood as causal hear about your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints.


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing that is in us for Christ.


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. 


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Therefore, although I*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as concessive have great confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper,


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
instead I appeal to you because of love, since I*Here "since" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am") which is understood as causal am such a one as Paul, now an old man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
I am appealing to you concerning my child whom I became the father of during my imprisonment, Onesimus.


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful to youSome manuscripts have "both to you" and to me,


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
whom I wanted to keep with me, in order that he might serve me on behalf of you during my imprisonment for the gospel.


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good deed might be not as according to necessity, but according to your own free will.


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
For perhaps because of this, he was separated from you for a time, in order that you might have him back forever,


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. 


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
But if in anything he has caused you loss or owes you anything, {charge this to my account}Literally "this to me charge to my account".


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will pay it back, lest I mention to you that {you owe me even your very self besides}Literally "even yourself to me you owe besides".


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you because I*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that you will do even beyond what I say.


c0book: Phlm
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 22
c3content:
At the same time also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Although*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("spoke") which is understood as concessive God spoke long ago in many partsOr "portions" and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the world,Or "the universe"; literally "the ages"


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
who is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, sustaining all things by the word of power.Some manuscripts have "by the word of his power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down" When he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had made") which is understood as temporal had made purification for sins through him, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
having become by so much better than the angels, by as much as he has inherited a more excellent name than theirs. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; because of this God, your God, has anointed you with the olive oil of joy more than your companions.A quotation from Ps 45:6-7


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
and like a robe you will roll them up, and like a garment they will be changed; but you are the same, and your years will not run out."A quotation from Ps 102:25-27


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Are they not all spirits engaged in special service, sent on assignment for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation? 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Because of this, it is all the more necessary that we pay attention to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
For if the word spoken through angels was binding and every transgression and act of disobedience received a just penalty,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
how will we escape if we*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("neglect") which is understood as conditional neglect so great a salvation which had its beginning when it*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal infinitive ("was spoken") was spoken through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
while*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was testifying at the same time") God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
You made him for a short time lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor;Several important manuscripts add "and placed him over the works of your hands" to the end of v. 7


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
but we see Jesus, for a short time made lower than the angels, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that apart from GodSome manuscripts have "so that by the grace of God" he might taste death on behalf of everyone.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For it was fitting for him for whom are all things and through whom are all things in bringing many sons to glory to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
For both the one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified are all from one, for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Therefore, since the children share in blood and flesh, he also in like manner shared in these same things, in order that through death he could destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
and could set free these who through fear of death were subject to slavery throughout all their lives.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in all respects, in order that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things relating to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
For in that which he himself suffered when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was tempted") which is understood as temporal was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
who was faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses also was in his household.Some manuscripts have "in all his household"


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For this one is considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as the one who builds it has greater honor than the house.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And Moses was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony to the things that would be spoken,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
but Christ was faithful*The words "was faithful" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous verse and v. 2 as a son over his house, whose house we are, ifSome manuscripts have "if indeed" we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
for forty years. Therefore I was angry with this generation, and I said, 'They always go astray in their heart, and they do not know my ways.'


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter}Literally "if they will enter" into my rest.'"A quotation from Ps 95:7b-11


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, with the result that you fall away*Here "with the result that" is supplied as a component of the infinitive ("fall away") which is understood as result from the living God.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But encourage one another {day by day}Literally "by each day", as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened}Literally "not anyone of you be hardened" by the deception of sin.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For we have become partners of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of our commitment steadfast until the end,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
For who, when they*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal heard it, were disobedient? Surely it was not all who went out from Egypt through Moses?


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore let us fear, while there*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remains") which is understood as temporal remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of it.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
{For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us}Literally "for we are also having had the good news proclaimed", just as those also did, but the message {they heard}Literally "of hearing" did not benefit them, because they*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("united") which is understood as causal were not united with those who heard it in faith.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,"A quotation from Gen 2:2


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
and in this passage again, '{They will never enter}Literally "if they will enter" into my rest.'"A quotation from Ps 95:11


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and the ones to whom the good news was proclaimed previously did not enter because of disobedience,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before, 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
For if Joshua had caused them to rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these things.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Therefore, let us make every effort to enter into that rest, in order that no one may fall in the same pattern of disobedience.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And no creature is hidden in the sight of him, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of him to whom {we must give our account}Literally "our account". 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Therefore, because we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
For we do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who has been tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 1
c3content:
For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in the things relating to God, in order that he can offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 2
c3content:
being able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and led astray, since he himself also is surrounded by weakness,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins {for himself also, as well as for the people}Literally "as for the people so also for himself".


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 7
c3content:
who in the days of his flesh offered up both prayers and supplications, with loud crying and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard as a result of his reverence.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Concerning thisLiterally "which" {we have much to say and it is difficult to explain}Literally "great for us the message and hard to explain to say", since you have become sluggish in hearing.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For indeed, although you*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("ought") which is understood as concessive ought to be teachers {by this time}Literally "because of the time", you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of}Literally "you are having need of" milk, notSome manuscripts have "and not" solid food.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For everyone who partakes of milk is unacquainted with the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 4
c3content:
For it is impossible concerning those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and become sharers of the Holy Spirit,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 6
c3content:
and having fallen away, to renew them again to repentance, because they*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have crucified again") which is understood as causal have crucified again for themselves the Son of God and held him up to contempt.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For ground that drinks the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth vegetation usable to those people {for whose sake}Literally "for the sake of whom" it is also cultivated, shares a blessing from God.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But if it*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("produces") which is understood as conditional produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to a curse, whose end is for burning. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But even if we are speaking in this way, dear friends, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and belonging to salvation.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For God is not unjust, so as to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("having served") which is understood as means having served the saints, and continuing to serve them.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And we desire each one of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 12
c3content:
in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("made a promise") God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And so, by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("persevering") which is understood as means persevering, he obtained the promise.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 16
c3content:
For people swear by what is greater than themselves, and the oath for confirmation is the end of all dispute for them.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 17
c3content:
In the same way God, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal wanted to show even more to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his resolve, guaranteed it with an oath,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 18
c3content:
in order that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge may have powerful encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 19
c3content:
which we have like an anchor of the soul, both firm and steadfast, and entering into the inside of the curtain,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 20
c3content:
where Jesus, the forerunner for us, entered, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("became") which is understood as causal became a high priest {forever}Literally "to the age" according to the order of Melchizedek. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 1
c3content:
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham as he*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was returning") which is understood as temporal was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,This verse contains a number of quotations from Gen 14:17-19


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 2
c3content:
to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of everythingA quotation from Gen 14:20--in the first place, his name is translated "king of righteousness," and then also "king of Salem," that is, "king of peace";


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 3
c3content:
without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God--he remains a priest for all time. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 4
c3content:
But see how great this man was, to whom AbrahamSome manuscripts have "even Abraham" the patriarch gave a tenth from the spoils!


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And indeed those of the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have a commandment to collect a tenth from the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, although {they are descended from Abraham}Literally "coming forth from the loins of Abraham".


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But the one who did not trace his descent from them collected tithes from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And, {so to speak}Literally "as if to say a word", even Levi, the one who receives tithes, has paid tithes through Abraham.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Thus if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for on the basis of it the people received the law, what further need is there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek and not said to be according to the order of Aaron?


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("changes") the priesthood changes, of necessity there is a change of the law also.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For the one about whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe from which no one has officiated at the altar.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For it is evident that our Lord is a descendant of Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses said nothing concerning priests.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 16
c3content:
who has become a priest not according to a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 19
c3content:
(for the law made nothing perfect), but on the other hand there is the introduction of a better hope through which we draw near to God.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And by as much as this was not without an oath (for these on the one hand {have become priests}Literally "are having become priests" without an oath,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 22
c3content:
by so much moreSome manuscripts have "so much more also" Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And indeed many {have become}Literally "are having become" priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Therefore also he is able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("lives") which is understood as causal always lives in order to intercede on their behalf. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 26
c3content:
For a high priest such as this indeed is fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become exalted above the heavens,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 27
c3content:
who does not {need every day}Literally "have necessity every day" like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins and then for the sins of the people, because he did this once for all when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("offered up") offered up himself.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 28
c3content:
For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the statement of the oath, after the law, appoints a Son, who is made perfect {forever}Literally "for the age". 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now this is the main point in what has been said: we have a high priest such as this, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices; therefore it was*Or "it is"; either a present or a past tense verb may be supplied here necessary for this one also to have something that he offers.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because there*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal are those who offer the gifts according to the law,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 5
c3content:
who serve a sketch and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("about") was about to complete the tabernacle, for he says, "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain."A quotation from Exod 25:40


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But now he has attained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted upon better promises.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 9
c3content:
not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took hold of them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I disregarded them, says the Lord.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For this is the covenant that I will decree with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I am putting my laws in their minds and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be {their}Literally "to them for" God and they will be {my}Literally "to me for" people.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And they will not teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 13
c3content:
In calling it new, he has declared the former to be old. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is near to disappearing. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 1
c3content:
NowSome manuscripts have "Now even" the first covenant had regulations for worship and the earthly sanctuary.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 2
c3content:
For a tent was prepared, the first one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the presentation of the loaves, which is called the holy place.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 4
c3content:
containing the golden incense altar and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which were a golden jar containing the manna and the rod of Aaron that budded and the tablets of the covenant.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, about which it is not now possible to speak in detail. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Now these things having been prepared in this way, the priests enter into the first tent {continually}Literally "throughout all" as they*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("accomplish") accomplish their service,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 7
c3content:
but only the high priest enters into the second tent once a year, not without blood, which he offers on behalf of himself and the sins of the people committed in ignorance.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 8
c3content:
The Holy Spirit was making this clear, that the way into the holy place was not yet revealed, while*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was") the first tent was still in existence,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 9
c3content:
which was a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices which were offered were not able to perfect the worshiper with respect to the conscience,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 10
c3content:
concerning instead only food and drink and different washings, regulations of outward things imposed until the time of setting things right. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 11
c3content:
But Christ has arrived as a high priest of the good things to come. Through the greater and more perfect tent not made by hands, that is, not of this creation,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 12
c3content:
and not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered once for all into the most holy place, obtaining eternal redemption.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 13
c3content:
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled sanctify them for the ritual purity of the flesh,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 14
c3content:
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God? 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And because of this, he is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that, because*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has taken place") which is understood as causal a death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions committed during the first covenant, those who are the called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 16
c3content:
For where there is a will, it is a necessity for the death of the one who made the will to be established.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 17
c3content:
For a will is in force concerning those who are dead, since it is never in force when the one who made the will is alive.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 19
c3content:
For when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("had been spoken") every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calvesSome manuscripts have "calves and goats" with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Indeed, nearly everything is purified with blood according to the law, and apart from the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Therefore it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 24
c3content:
For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 25
c3content:
and not in order that he can offer himself many times, as the high priest enters into the sanctuary {year by year}Literally "according to year" with blood not his own,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 26
c3content:
since it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times from the foundation of the world, but now he has appeared once at the end of the ages for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And {just as}Literally "in as much as" it is destined for people to die once, and after this, judgment,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 28
c3content:
thus also Christ, having been offered once in order to bear the sins of many, will appear for the second time without reference to sin to those who eagerly await him for salvation. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 1
c3content:
For the law, possessing a shadow of the good things that are about to come, not the form of things itself, is never able {year by year}Literally "according to year" by means of the same sacrifices which they offer without interruption to make perfect those who draw near.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 2
c3content:
For otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the ones who worship, having been purified once and for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Therefore, when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("came") came into the world, he said, 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Then I said, 'Behold, I have come-- in the roll of the book it is written about me-- to do your will, O God.'


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices many times, which are never able to take away sins.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 12
c3content:
But this one, after he*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("had offered") had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 16
c3content:
"This is the covenant that I will decree for them after those days, says the Lord: I am putting my laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds."A quotation from Jer 31:33


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Therefore, brothers, since we*Here "since" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 21
c3content:
and since we haveThese words are an implied repetition from v. 19 for clarity a great priest over the house of God,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 22
c3content:
let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for the one who promised is faithful.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love}Literally "one another for the stirring up of love" and good works,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 25
c3content:
not abandoning {our meeting together}Literally "the meeting of ourselves", as is the habit of some, but encouraging each other, and by so much more as you see the day drawing near. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 26
c3content:
For if*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the conditional genitive absolute participle ("keep on sinning") we keep on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 27
c3content:
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that is about to consume the adversaries.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 29
c3content:
How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 32
c3content:
But remember the former days in which, after you*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("were enlightened") were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 33
c3content:
sometimes being publicly exposed both to insults and to afflictions, and sometimes becoming sharers with those who were treated in this way.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 34
c3content:
For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("knew") which is understood as causal knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 36
c3content:
For you have need of endurance, in order that after you*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("have done") have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 38
c3content:
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."A quotation from Hab 2:3-4


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 39
c3content:
But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith to the preservation of our souls. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 3
c3content:
By faith we understand the worlds were created by the word of God, in order that what is seen did not come into existence from what is visible. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 4
c3content:
By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, because*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was") God approved him for his gifts, and through itI.e., his faith he still speaks, although he*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is dead") which is understood as concessive is dead.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 5
c3content:
By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing}Literally "to be pleasing" to God.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 7
c3content:
By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 8
c3content:
By faith Abraham, when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was called") was called, obeyed to go out to a place that he was going to receive for an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 9
c3content:
By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 11
c3content:
By faith also, {with Sarah}Literally "with her, Sarah",Some manuscripts have "even though Sarah herself was barren" he received {the ability to procreate}Literally "power to deposit seed" even {past the normal age}Literally "beyond the time of maturity", because he regarded the one who had promised to be faithful.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And therefore these were fathered from one man, and he being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 13
c3content:
These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming them, and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And if they rememberSome manuscripts have "they had been remembering" that land from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 16
c3content:
But now they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 17
c3content:
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac, and the one who received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 18
c3content:
with reference to whom it was said, "In Isaac your descendants will be named,"A quotation from Gen 21:12


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 19
c3content:
having reasoned that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which he received him back also as a symbol.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 21
c3content:
By faith Jacob, as he*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was dying") was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 22
c3content:
By faith Joseph, as he*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was dying") was dying, mentioned about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 23
c3content:
By faith Moses, when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("afraid of") was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child was handsome, and they were not afraid of the edict of the king.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 24
c3content:
By faith Moses, when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was") was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 25
c3content:
choosing instead to be mistreated with the people of God rather than to experience the transitory enjoyment of sin,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 26
c3content:
considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ}Literally "the reproach of Christ" greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 27
c3content:
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as if he*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as conditional saw the invisible one.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 28
c3content:
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, in order that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 29
c3content:
By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; the Egyptians, {when they made the attempt}Literally "of which attempt making", were drowned.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 30
c3content:
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("had been marched around") had been marched around for seven days.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 31
c3content:
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("welcomed") which is understood as causal welcomed the spies in peace. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 32
c3content:
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel and the prophets,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 33
c3content:
who through faith conquered kingdoms, accomplished justice, obtained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 34
c3content:
extinguished the effectiveness of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, became mighty in battle, put to flight enemy battle lines.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 35
c3content:
Women received back their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, not accepting release, in order that they might gain a better resurrection.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 36
c3content:
And others {experienced mocking and flogging}Literally "received experience of mocking and flogging", and in addition bonds and imprisonment.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 37
c3content:
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they died by murder with a sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, impoverished, afflicted, mistreated,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 38
c3content:
of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about on deserts and mountains and in caves and in holes in the ground.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 39
c3content:
And although they*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were approved") which is understood as concessive all were approvedSome manuscripts have "And all these, although they were approved" through their faith, they did not receive what was promised,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 40
c3content:
because*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("had provided") God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore, since*Here "since" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}Literally "the easily ensnaring sin", let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 2
c3content:
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself,*The plural reflexive pronoun can still be translated as singular; see Louw-Nida 92.25 so that you will not grow weary in your souls and give up.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 4
c3content:
You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your*The words "shedding your" are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity blood as you*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("struggle") struggle against sin.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 6
c3content:
For the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves, and punishes every son whom he accepts."A quotation from Prov 3:11-12


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Endure it for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But if you are without discipline, in which all legitimate sons*The phrase "legitimate sons" is not in the Greek text but is implied have become participants, then you are illegitimate and not sons.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers}Literally "the flesh of our fathers" who disciplined us, and we respected them. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For they disciplined us for a few days according to what seemed appropriate to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we can have a share in his holiness.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 13
c3content:
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Take care that no one falls short of the grace of God; that no one growing up like a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 16
c3content:
that no one be a sexually immoral or totally worldly person like Esau, who for one meal traded his own birthright.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 17
c3content:
For you know that also afterwards, when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("wanted") wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he did not find an occasion for repentance, although he sought it with tears. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 18
c3content:
For you have not come to something that can be touched, and to a burning fire, and to darkness, and to gloom, and to a whirlwind,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 19
c3content:
and to the noise of a trumpet, and to the sound of words which those who heard begged that not another word be spoken to them.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For they could not endure what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."A quotation from Exod 19:12-13


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And the spectacle was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."A quotation from Deut 9:19


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 22
c3content:
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels, to the festal gathering


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 23
c3content:
and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 24
c3content:
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and {to the sprinkled blood}Literally "to the blood of sprinkling" that speaks better than Abel's does. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape when they*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("refused") refused the one who warned them on earth, much less will we escape,*Here the verb "will ... escape" is an understood repetition from the previous clause if we*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("reject") which is understood as conditional reject the one who warns from heaven,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Now the phrase "yet once more" indicates the removal of what is shaken, namely, things that have been created, in order that the things that are not shaken may remain.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 28
c3content:
Therefore, since we*Here "since" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are receiving") which is understood as causal are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be thankful, through which let us serve God acceptably, with awe and reverence.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Do not neglect hospitality, because through this some have received angels as guests without knowing it.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Remember the prisoners, as though you were fellow-prisoners; remember*This is an understood repetition of the verb from the previous clause the mistreated, as though you yourselves also are being mistreated*This is an understood repetition of the participle from the previous clause in the body.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Your lifestyle must be free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, "I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you."A quotation from Deut 31:6, 8


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}Literally "of whom considering the outcome of the way of life", imitate their faith.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods by which those who participate have not benefited.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 11
c3content:
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sins are burned up outside the camp.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, in order that he might sanctify the people by his own blood.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Therefore through him let us offer up a sacrifice of praise {continually}Literally "through all" to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a good conscience, and want to conduct ourselves commendably in every way.


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 21
c3content:
equip you with every good thing to do his will, carrying out in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory {forever}Literally "to the ages".Some manuscripts have "forever and ever" (literally, "to the ages of the ages") Amen. 


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Now I urge you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for indeed I have written to you {briefly}Literally "through few words".


c0book: Heb
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I will see you, if he comes quickly enough.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion. Greetings! 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for it from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But let him ask for it in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
For the sun rises with its burning heat and dries up the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is lost. So also the rich person in his pursuitsOr "on his (business) journeys"; or "in his ways" will wither away. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Blessed is the personLiterally "the man," but clearly in a generic sense here meaning "someone, a person" who endures testing, because when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as temporal is approved he will receive the crown of life that heMost manuscripts read "the Lord" here, while others read "God" has promised to those who love him.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
No one who is being tempted should say, "I am being tempted by God," for God {cannot be tempted}Literally "is without temptation" by evil, and he himself tempts no one.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But each one is tempted when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is dragged away") which is understood as temporal is dragged away and enticed by his own desires.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Then desire, after it*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has conceived") which is understood as temporal has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is brought to completion") which is understood as temporal is brought to completion, gives birth to death. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
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 of change.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
By his*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("will") which is understood as means will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Understand this, my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcomeOr "receive" with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 22
c3content:
But be doers of the message and not hearers only,Some manuscripts have "not only hearers" deceiving yourselves,


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 23
c3content:
because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someoneLiterally "a man," but clearly in a generic sense here meaning "someone, a person" staring at {his own face}Literally "the face of his existence" in a mirror,


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 25
c3content:
But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues to do it, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed {in what he does}Literally "in his doing". 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 26
c3content:
If anyone thinks he is religious, although he*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("bridle") which is understood as concessive does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
For if someoneLiterally "a man," but clearly in a generic sense here meaning "someone, a person" enters into your assemblyLiterally "synagogue," but here probably referring to a Christian assembly in fine clothing with a gold ring on his finger, and a poor person in filthy clothing also enters,


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and you look favorably on the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, "Be seated here in a good place," and to the poor person you say, "You stand or be seated thereSome manuscripts have "you stand there or be seated" by my footstool,"


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Do they themselves not blaspheme the good name {of the one to whom you belong}Literally "that was called over you"? 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
However, if you carry out the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"A quotation from Lev 19:18 you are doing well.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and thus*Here "and thus" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are convicted") which is understood as result are convicted by the law as transgressors.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
For the one who said "Do not commit adultery"A quotation from Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18 also said "Do not murder."A quotation from Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17 Now if you do not commit adultery but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
What is the benefit, my brothers, if someone says that he has faith but does not have works? That faith is not able to save him, is it?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
and one of you should say to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and {eat well}Literally, "be satisfied"," but does not give them what is necessary for the body, what is the benefit?


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works."Some see the quotation by "someone" extending to the end of v. 18, while others see it extending through v. 19 Show me your faith apart from your*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun works, and I will show you my*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun faith by my works.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("offered up") which is understood as temporal offered up his son Isaac on the altar?


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,"A quotation from Gen 15:6 and he was called God's friend.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And likewise was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("welcomed") which is understood as temporal welcomed the messengers and sent them out by a different route?


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that we will receive a greater judgment.Or "greater condemnation"


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual,Literally "man," but clearly in a generic sense here meaning "someone, a person" able to hold in check his whole body also.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Behold also ships: although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot wishes.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
So also the tongue is a small member of the body*The words "of the body" are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity and boasts great things. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And the tongue is a fire! The world of unrighteousness,Or "a fire, the world of unrighteousness! The tongue is set among our members" the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}Literally "the wheel of origin", being set on fire by hell. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For every species of animals and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures, is being tamed and has been tamed by the human species,


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
With it we bless the*Or possibly "our," if the Greek article is understood as a possessive pronoun Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
A spring does not pour forth from the same opening fresh and bitter water, does it?*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to produce olives, or a grapevine figs. Neither can a saltwater spring produce fresh water. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace amongOr "for"; or possibly "by" those who make peace. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
From where are conflicts and from where are quarrels among you? Is it not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
You desire and do not have; you murder and are filled with envy, and are not able to obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, in order that you may spend it on your pleasures. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously"?This translation takes "spirit" to be the capacity within people that produces a divided mind and conflicts regarding God; other translations take this to refer to the Holy Spirit: "He (God) jealously desires the Spirit which he caused to dwell in us"


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded!


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun joy to gloominess.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of the law.The words "of the law" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun neighbor? 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit,"


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}Literally "the circumstance of tomorrow", {what your life will be like}Literally "of what sort your life". For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 5
c3content:
You have lived self-indulgently on the earthOr "land" and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Brothers, do not complain against one another, in order that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors!


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Brothers, take as an example of perseverance and endurance the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Behold, we consider blessed those who have endured. You have heard about the patient endurance of Job, and you saw the outcome from the Lord, that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now above all, my brothers, do not swear either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no, no, in order that you may not fall under judgment. 


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Is anyone among you suffering misfortune? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praise.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins {he will be forgiven}Literally "it will be forgiven him".


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Elijah was a human beingLiterally "man," but in a generic sense; the emphasis is not on Elijah's masculine gender but his shared humanity with the same nature as us, and {he prayed fervently}Literally "he prayed with prayer" for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.


c0book: Jas
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 20
c3content:
he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person'sLiterally "his," but in context this refers to the sinner, not the person who turns the sinner back soul from death, and will cover over a great number of sins. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosenOr "elect" who are residing temporarily in the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
in which you rejoice greatly, although*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are distressed") which is understood as concessive now for a short time, if necessary,Some manuscripts have "if it is necessary" you are distressed by various trials,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
whom, although you*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("seen") which is understood as concessive have not seen, you love; in whom now you believe, although you*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("see") which is understood as concessive do not see him, and you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
obtaining the goal of your faith, the salvation of your*This is an understood repetition of the previous "your" souls. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Concerning thisLiterally "which" salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace meant for you sought and made careful inquiry,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
investigating for what person or which time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("testified beforehand") which is understood as temporal testified beforehand to the sufferings with reference to Christ and the glories after these things,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
to whom it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you with reference to the same things which now have been announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, {things into which}Literally "into which things" angels desire to look. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action}Literally "having girded up the loins of your mind" by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being self-controlled") which is understood as means being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires you used to conform to*This is an understood repetition of the earlier verb "be conformed to" in your ignorance,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
for it is written, "You will be holy, because I am*Here the verb is understood in Greek and is supplied in the translation holy."A quotation from Lev 19:2Some manuscripts explicitly state "I am holy"


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has been revealed in these last times for you


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
who through him are believing in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from the heart,Some manuscripts have "from a pure heart"


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 23
c3content:
because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have been born again") which is understood as causal have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And you yourselves, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But you are a chosen race,Or "people," or "generation," or "nation" a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
who once were not a people, but now are the people of God, the ones who were not shown mercy, but now are shown mercy.This verse contains quotations from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun soul,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
maintaining your good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in the things in which they slander you as evildoers, by seeing your good deeds they may glorify God on the day of visitation. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Subject yourselves to every human authority for the sake of the Lord, whether to a kingOr "to the emperor" as having supreme authority,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
or to governors as those sent out by him for the punishment of those who do evil and the praise of those who do good.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
For the will of God is as follows: by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("doing good") which is understood as means doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish people.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Live as free persons, and not using your*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Domestic slaves, be subject to your*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unjust.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
For this finds favor, if because of consciousness of God someone endures sorrows while*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("suffering") which is understood as temporal suffering unjustly.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For what credit is it if, when you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sin") which is understood as temporal sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if you endure when you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("do good") which is understood as temporal do good and suffer for it, this finds favor with God.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
who did not commit sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth,This verse contains quotations from Isa 53:9


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
who when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was reviled") which is understood as temporal was reviled, did not revile in return; when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("suffering") which is understood as temporal suffering, he did not threaten, but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 24
c3content:
who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we may die to sins and live to righteousness, by whose wounds you were healed.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 25
c3content:
For you were going astray like sheep, but you have turned back now to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
when they*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("see") which is understood as temporal see your respectful, pure conduct.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Let yourLiterally "of whom," referring to the wives adornment not be the external kind, braiding hair and putting on gold jewelry or putting on fine clothing,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
For in the same way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being subject") which is understood as means being subject to their own husbands,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become when you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("do good") which is understood as temporal do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Husbands, in the same way live with your wives {knowledgeably}Literally "according to knowledge", as with the weaker female vessel, showing them honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, showing mutual affection, compassionate, humble,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the other hand blessing others, because for this reason you were called, so that you could inherit a blessing.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.Verses 10-12 are a quotation from Ps 34:12-16


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But even if you might suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not be afraid of their intimidation or be disturbed,The second half of this verse contains a quotation from Isa 8:12


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
but set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense to anyone who asks you for an accounting concerning the hope that is in you.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
But do so with courtesy and respect, having a good conscience, so that in the things in which you are slandered, the ones who malign your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
For it is better to suffer for doing good, {if God wills it}Literally "if the will of God wills", than for doing evil. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, in order that he could bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 20
c3content:
who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, while*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was being constructed") an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 21
c3content:
AndLiterally "which" also, corresponding to this, baptism now saves you, not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 22
c3content:
who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, with angels and authorities and powers having been subjected to him. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore, because*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("suffered") which is understood as causal Christ suffered in the flesh, you also equip yourselves with the same way of thinking, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For the time that has passed was sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}Literally "to do the intention of the Gentiles", having lived in licentiousness, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
with respect to which they are surprised when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("run with") which is understood as temporal you do not run with them into the same flood of dissipation, and so they*Here "and so" is supplied as a component of the participle ("revile") which is understood as result revile you.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards}Literally "according to men" in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}Literally "according to God". 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Now the end of all things draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for your prayers.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Above all, keepLiterally "having" your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Just as each one has received a gift, use it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
If anyone speaks, let it be as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let it be as by the strength that God provides, so that in all things God will be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages". Amen. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, when it*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("takes place") which is understood as temporal takes place to test you, as if something strange were happening to you.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But to the degree that you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice and be glad.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
By all means do not let anyone of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
For it is the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if it begins out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And if the righteous are saved with difficulty, {what will become of the ungodly and the sinner}Literally "the ungodly and sinner where will he appear"?This verse contains a quotation from Prov 11:31


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 19
c3content:
So then also those who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Therefore I, your fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and*The conjunction "and" is supplied here to make it clear that the following phrase refers also to the author of the letter and not to Christ also a sharer of the glory that is going to be revealed, exhort the elders among you:


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 2
c3content:
shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not by compulsion but willingly, in accordance with God, and not greedily but eagerly,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and not as lording it over {those under your care}Literally "the portion", but being examples for the flock.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("appears") the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 5
c3content:
In the same way, younger men, be subject to the elders, and all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the right time,


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 9
c3content:
{Resist him}Literally "to whom resist", steadfast in yourLiterally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun faith, because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know the same kinds of sufferings are being accomplished by your community of believers in the world.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ,Some manuscripts have "in Christ Jesus" after you*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have suffered") which is understood as temporal have suffered for a short time, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
To him be the power {forever and ever}Literally "to the ages of the ages".Some manuscripts have "forever" (literally "to the ages") Amen. 


c0book: 1Pet
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Through Silvanus, the faithful brother (as I consider him), I have written to you {briefly}Literally "by a few" to encourage you and to attest that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith equal in value to ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
because his divine power has bestowed on us all things that are necessary for life and godliness, through the knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence of character,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
through which things he has bestowed on us his precious and very great promises, so that through these you may become sharers of the divine nature after*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("escaping from") which is understood as temporal escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
and for this same reason, and by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("applying") which is understood as means applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
For if*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as conditional these things are yours and are increasing, this does not make you useless or unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
For the one for whom these things are not present is blind, being nearsighted, {having forgotten the cleansing}Literally "receiving forgetfulness of the cleansing" of his former sins.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because if you*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("do") which is understood as conditional do these things, you will never ever stumble.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
For in this way entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied for you. 


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Therefore I intend to remind you continually concerning these things, although you know them and are established in the truth that you have.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
because I*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that the removal of my habitation is imminent, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And I will also make every effort that you are able at any time, after my departure, {to recall these things to mind}Literally "to make recollection of these". 


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("following") which is understood as means following ingeniously concocted myths, but by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being") which is understood as means being eyewitnesses of that one's majesty.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
For he received honor and glory from God the Father when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was brought") a voice such as this was brought to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And we ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven when we*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were") which is understood as temporal were with him on the holy mountain,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
and we possess as more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well if you*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the participle ("pay attention to") which is understood as conditional pay attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one's own interpretation,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. 


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in {destructive heresies}Literally "heresies of destruction", even denying the Master who bought them, thus*Here "thus" is supplied as a component of the participle ("bringing on") which is understood as result bringing on themselves swift destruction.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. 


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but held them captive in Tartarus with chains of darkness and handed them over to be kept for judgment,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, {and seven others}Literally "eighth" when he*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("brought") which is understood as temporal brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 6
c3content:
and condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes, having appointed them as an example for those who are going to be ungodly,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
(for that righteous man, as he*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the participle ("lived") which is understood as temporal lived among them day after day, was tormenting his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he was seeing and hearing),


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to reserve the unrighteous to be punished atOr "until" the day of judgment,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lustLiterally "in lust of defilement," translated here as an attributive genitive and who despise authority. 


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
whereas angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not bring against them a demeaning judgment.Some manuscripts have "a demeaning judgment from the Lord"


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
But these persons, like irrational animals born only with natural instincts for capture and killing, blaspheming {about things}Literally "with reference to which" they do not understand, in their destruction will also be destroyed,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
being harmed as the wages of unrighteousness. Considering reveling in the daytime a pleasure, they are stains and blemishes, carousing in their deceitful pleasures when they*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("feast together") which is understood as temporal feast together with you,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
having eyes full of desire for an adulteress and unceasing from sin, enticing unstable persons, and*Here "and" is supplied in keeping with English style having hearts trained for greediness. Accursed children!


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
By*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("leaving") which is understood as means leaving the straight path, they have gone astray, because they*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("followed") which is understood as causal followed the way of Balaam the son of Bosor,Although some English versions use "Beor" here, this is due to harmonization with the Old Testament; the vast majority of Greek manuscripts read "Bosor" here who loved the wages of unrighteousness,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
but received a rebuke for his own lawlessness: a speechless donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained {the prophet's madness}Literally "the of the prophet madness". 


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
These people are waterless springs and mists driven by a hurricane, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}Literally "for speaking pompous words of emptiness", they entice with desires of the flesh and with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
promising them freedom although they*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as concessive themselves are slaves of depravity. For to whatever someone succumbs, by this he is alsoSome manuscripts omit "also" enslaved.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For if, after they*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have escaped from") which is understood as temporal have escaped from the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the LordSome manuscripts have "of our Lord" and Savior Jesus Christ, and they are again entangled in these things and succumb to them, the last state has become worse for them than the first.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
The statement of the true proverb has happened to them, "A dog returns to its own vomit,"A paraphrased quotation from Prov 26:11 and "A sow, after*Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("washing herself") which is understood as temporal washing herself, returns*The verb "returns" is not in the Greek text, but is an understood repetition from the previous clause to wallowing in the mud."The source of this quotation is uncertain 


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Dear friends, this is already the second letter I am writing to you, in both of which I am attempting to stir up your sincere mind by a reminder,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
to remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For {ever since}Literally "from which time" the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation."


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
For when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("maintain") which is understood as temporal they maintain this, it escapes their notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being inundated") which is understood as means being inundated with water.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But by the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people. 


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("want") which is understood as causal does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being burned up") which is understood as means being burned up, and the earth and the deeds done on it will be disclosed.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Because*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are being destroyed") which is understood as causal all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of people must you be in holy behavior and godliness,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
while*Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("waiting for") which is understood as temporal waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being burned up") which is understood as means being burned up and the celestial bodies will melt as they*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are consumed by heat") which is understood as temporal are consumed by heat!


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness resides. 


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Therefore, dear friends, because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are waiting for") which is understood as causal are waiting for these things, make every effort to be found at peace, spotless and unblemished in him.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom that was given to him,


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
as he does also in all his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronounSome manuscripts do not explicitly state "his" letters, speaking in them about these things, in which there are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as they also do the rest of the scriptures.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Therefore, dear friends, because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know beforehand") which is understood as causal know this beforehand, guard yourselves so that you do not lose your own safe position because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have been led away") which is understood as causal have been led away by the error of lawless persons.


c0book: 2Pet
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life--


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was revealed to us--


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
what we have seen and heard, we announce to you also, in order that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.Or "we are lying and are not practicing the truth"


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us our*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
My little children, I am writing these things to you in order that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one,


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and heOr "he himself" (emphatic) is the propitiationOr "expiation"; or "atoning sacrifice" for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
The one who says "I have come to know him," and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
But whoever keeps his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 6
c3content:
The one who says that he resides in him ought also to walkSome manuscripts have "to walk in this way" just as that one walked. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message which you have heard.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, becauseOr perhaps "that" the darkness is passing away and the true light already is shining.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
I am writing to you, little children, becauseOr "that" your sins have been forgiven you on account of his name.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
I am writing to you, fathers, becauseOr "that" you have known the One who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, becauseOr "that" you have conquered the evil one.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
I have written to you, children, becauseOr "that" you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, becauseOr "that" you have known the One who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, becauseOr "that" you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
because everything that is in the world--the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of material possessions--is not from the Father, but is from the world.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the world is passing away, and its desire,Or "and the desire for it" but the one who does the will of God remains {forever}Literally "for the age". 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, by which we know that it is the last hour.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But they went out*This is an understood repetition of the phrase "they went out" from the beginning of v. 19, in order that it might be shown that all of them are not of us. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
I have not written to you becauseOr "that" you do not know the truth, but becauseOr "that" you do know it, and becauseOr "that" every lie is not of the truth.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Who is the liar except the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This person is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 24
c3content:
As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And as for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not have need that anyone teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you reside*By form the verb could also be imperative: "just as it has taught you, reside in him" in him. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 28
c3content:
And now, little children, remain in him, so that whenever he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 29
c3content:
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyoneSome manuscripts have "everyone also" who practices righteousness has been fathered by him. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And you know that that one was revealed in order that he might take away sins, and in him there is no sin.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Little children, let no one deceive you: the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this reason the Son of God was revealed: in order to destroy the works of the devil.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Everyone who is fathered by God does not practice sin, because his seed resides in him, and he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, namely, the one who does not love his brother. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And {for what reason}Literally "on account of what" did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the deeds of his brother were righteous. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that every murderer does not have eternal life residing in him.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
We have come to know love by this: that {he}Literally "that one" (referring to Jesus Christ) laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother {in need}Literally "having need" and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him? 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 19
c3content:
By thisSome manuscripts have "And by this" we know that we are of the truth and will convince our heart before him,


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 22
c3content:
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing {in his sight}Literally "in the sight of him".


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as {he commanded us}Literally "he gave us commandment".


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he resides in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus ChristOr "confesses Jesus as Christ who has come in the flesh" (see also 2 John 7) has come in the flesh is from God,


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
They are from the world; {therefore}Literally "because of this" they speak from the world and the world listens to them.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
We are from God. The one who knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God sent his one and only Son into the world in order that we may live through him.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiationOr "expiation"; or "atoning sacrifice" for our sins. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us and his love is perfected in us.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And we have come to know and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as that one is, so also are we in this world.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 20
c3content:
If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar, for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen is not able to love God whom he has not seen.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And this is the commandment we have from him: that the one who loves God should love his brother also. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father}Literally "the one who fathers" also loves the child fathered by him.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
This is the one who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ, not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For there are three that testify,Later Latin manuscripts add the following words to v. 7 and v. 8: "in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth"


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 9
c3content:
If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 10
c3content:
(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. The one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
The one who has the Son has the life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 13
c3content:
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life. 


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 16
c3content:
If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he should ask, and he will grant life to him, to those who sin not leading to death. (There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should ask about that.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 18
c3content:
We know that everyone who is fathered by God does not sin, but the one fathered by God, he protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.


c0book: 1John
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, in order that we may know the one who is true, and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth--and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth--


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us {forever}Or "in perpetuity"; literally "for the age".


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Grace, mercy, peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father in truth and love. 


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
{I was very glad}Literally "I rejoiced exceedingly" because I found some of your children walking in the truth, just as {the Father commanded us}Literally "we received commandment from the Father". 


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And now I ask you, lady (not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but one that we have had from the beginning), that we should love one another.


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And this is love: that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess Jesus ChristOr "confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh" (see 1 John 4:2) coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Everyone who goes too far and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in the teaching--this person has both the Father and the Son.


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not speak a greeting to him,


c0book: 2John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Although*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as concessive I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so by means of paper and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak {face to face}Literally "mouth to mouth", so that yourSome manuscripts have "our" joy may be complete.


c0book: 3John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Dear friend, I pray you may prosper concerning everything and be healthy, just as your soul prospers.


c0book: 3John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For I rejoiced exceedingly when the*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are walking in the truth.


c0book: 3John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Dear friend, you act faithfullyOr "you act loyally" in whatever you do for the brothers, {even though they are strangers}Literally "and this strangers".


c0book: 3John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
They have testified to your love before the church; you will do well to send themLiterally "whom" on their way in a manner worthy of God.


c0book: 3John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
For they have gone out on behalf of the name, accepting nothing from the pagans.That is, Gentile unbelievers (as opposed to Gentile Christians)


c0book: 3John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who wants to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.


c0book: 3John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to {the deeds he is doing}Literally "his deeds which he is doing", disparaging us with evil words. And not being content with these, he does not receive the brothers himself, and he hinders those wanting to do so and throws them out of the church.


c0book: 3John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God. 


c0book: 3John
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. And we also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true. 


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Jude,"Jude" is the traditional form of the name introducing the letter, but the Greek form is the same as "Judas" a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father and kept forOr perhaps "by" Jesus Christ.


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Dear friends, although I*Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was making") which is understood as concessive was making every effort to write to you concerning our common salvation, I considered it a necessity to write to you to encourage you to contend for the faith delivered once and for all to the saints.


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
For certain menOr "people," since the Greek term can be used in a generic sense, but if this statement is related to 2 Peter 2:12, it is more likely men are in view have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. 


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Now I want to remind you, although you know everything once and for all,Some manuscripts place this word in the following clause that Jesus,Some manuscripts have "the Lord" having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, the second time destroyed those who did not believe.


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And the angels who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling place, he has kept in eternal bonds under deep gloom for the judgment of the great day,


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
as Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them indulged in sexual immorality and {pursued unnatural desire}Literally "went after other flesh" in the same way as these, are exhibited as an example by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("undergoing") which is understood as means undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. 


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Despite that, in the same way also these men, because of their*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("dreams") which is understood as causal dreams, defile the flesh and reject authority and blaspheme majestic beings.


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But Michael the archangel, when he argued with the devil, disputing concerning the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But these persons blaspheme all that they do not understand, and all that they understand by instinct like the irrational animals, by these things they are being destroyed.


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, and have given themselves up to the error of Balaam for gain, and have perishedOr possibly "will perish" in the rebellion of Korah.


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
These are the ones feasting together without reverence, hidden reefs at your love feasts, caring for themselves, waterless clouds carried away by winds, late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted,


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds, wandering stars, for whom the deep gloom of darkness has been reserved for eternity. 


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied aboutOr "against" these people, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with tens of thousands of his holy ones


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodlySome manuscripts have "to convict every soul" concerning all their ungodly deeds that they have committed in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
These people are grumblers, discontented, proceeding according to theirSome manuscripts have "their own" desires, and their mouths speaking pompous words, {showing partiality to gain an advantage}Literally "respecting faces for the sake of advantage". 


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
But you, dear friends, remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
for they said to you,Some manuscripts have "to you that" "In the end time there will be scoffers following according to their own ungodly desires."


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
But you, dear friends, by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("building up") which is understood as means building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("praying") which is understood as means praying in the Holy Spirit,


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
keep yourselves in the love of God, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 23
c3content:
and save others by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("snatching") which is understood as means snatching them from the fire, and have mercy on others with fear, hating even the tunic stained by the flesh. 


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Now to the one who is able to protect you from stumbling and make you to stand before his glory blamelessOr "without blemish" with exultation,


c0book: Jude
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 25
c3content:
to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time and now and for all eternity. Amen.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his slaves the things which must take place in a short time, and communicated it by*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sending") which is understood as means sending it through his angel to his slave John,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are*The phrase "blessed are" is an understood repetition from the beginning of the verse those who hear the words of the prophecy and observe the things written in it, because the time is near! 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
John, to the seven churches in Asia:A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor) grace to you and peace from the one who is and the one who was and the one who is coming, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father--to him be the glory and the power {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages". Amen. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even every one who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the one who is and the one who was and the one who is coming, the All-Powerful. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
I, John, your brother and co-sharer in the affliction and kingdom and steadfastness in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
saying, "What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And I turned to see the voice which was speaking with me, and when I*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("turned") which is understood as temporal turned, I saw seven gold lampstands,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching to the feet and girded around his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun chest with a golden belt,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
and his feet were like fine bronze when it has been fired in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
and he had in his right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword coming out of his mouth, and his face was like the sun shining in its strength. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person, and he placed his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
and the one who lives, and I was dead, and behold, I am living {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages", and I hold the keys of death and of Hades.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Therefore, write the things which you saw, and the things which are, and the things which are about to take place after these things.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands--the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
'I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them to be false.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And you have patient endurance, and have endured many things because of my name, and have not become weary.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do {the works you did at first}Literally "the first works". But if you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will grant to him to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.' 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those {who call themselves Jews}Literally "who say themselves to be Jews" and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Do not be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will experience affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.' 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
'I know where you live, where the throne of Satan is. And you hold fast to my name and did not deny your*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun faith in me, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But I have a few things against you: that you have there those who hold fast to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Therefore repent! But if you do not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword from my mouth.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him some of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives it.' 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
'I know your works, and your love, and faith, and service, and patient endurance--and your last works are greater than the first.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
But I have against you that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one who calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and deceives my slaves to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And I have given her time in order to repent, and she did not want to repent from her sexual immorality.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Behold, I am throwing her into a sickbed and those who committed adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent from her deeds.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And I will kill her children with deadly disease, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 24
c3content:
But I say to you, to the rest who are in Thyatira, all those who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they say, I do not put upon you any other burden.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And the one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 27
c3content:
and "he will shepherd them with an iron rod; he will break them in pieces like jars made of clay,"A quotation from Ps 2:9


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Be on the alert and strengthen the remaining things that are about to die, for I have not found your works completed before my God.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Therefore remember how you have received and heard, and observe it, and repent. If therefore you are not on the alert, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
But you have a few {people}Literally "names" in Sardis who have not defiled their clothing, and they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
The one who conquers in this way will be dressed in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
'I know your works (behold, I have put before you an opened door that no one is able to shut*Literally "to shut it," but the direct object is not translated here in keeping with English style) that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and did not deny my name.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Behold, I am causing those of the synagogue of Satan, the ones who call themselves Jews and are not, but are lying--behold, I will make them {come}Literally "that they will come" and kneel down before your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never go outside again, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God, and my new name.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, in order that you may become rich, and white clothing, in order that you may be clothed and the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed, and eye salve to smear on your eyes, in order that you may see.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Behold, I stand at the door and knock! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, indeed I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 21
c3content:
The one who conquers, I will grant to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also have conquered and have sat down with my Father on his throne.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
After these things I looked, and behold, an open door in heaven, and the former voice that I had heard like a trumpet speaking with me was saying, "Come up here and I will show you the things which must take place after these things."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one was seated on the throne.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And the one seated was similar in appearance to jasper and carnelian stone, and a rainbow was around the throne similar in appearance to emerald.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders dressed in white clothing, and on their heads were gold crowns.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And from the throne came out lightnings and sounds and thunders, and seven torches of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And the first living creature was similar to a lion, and the second living creature was similar to an ox, and the third living creature had a face like a man's, and the fourth living creature was similar to an eagle flying.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And the four living creatures, {each one}Literally "one by one" of them, had six wings apiece, full of eyes around and inside, and they do not have rest day and night, saying, 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, the one who lives {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages",


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages", and put down their crowns before the throne, saying, 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, because you have created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And I saw in the right hand of the one who is seated on the throne a scroll, written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing as though slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And he came and took the scrollA very few less important manuscripts supply the words "the scroll" here; in Greek the direct object ("the scroll") is frequently understood anyway and must be supplied in the English translation from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one of whom had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and of the living creatures and of the elders, and their number was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands times thousands,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And I heard every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and in the sea and everything in them saying, 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying like the sound of thunder, "Come!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And I looked, and behold, a white horse, and the one seated on it had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and in order that he might conquer. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And another horse came out, fiery red, and it was granted to the one seated on it to take peace from the earth, and that they would slaughter one another, and a large sword was given to him. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse, and the one seated on it had a balance scale in his hand.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not damage the olive oil and the wine!" 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And I looked, and behold, a pale green horse, and the one seated on it {was named}Literally "name to him" Death, and Hades followed after him. And authority was granted to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword and by famine and by pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "{How long}Literally "until when", holy and true Lord, will you not judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And to each one of them a white robe was given, and it was said to them that they should rest yet a short time, until the number of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they had been were completed also. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And I watched when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake took place, and the sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 13
c3content:
and the stars of heavenOr "of the sky" fell to the earth like a fig tree throws down its unripe figs when*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("shaken") which is understood as temporal shaken by a great wind.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And the sky was split apart like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their place.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the kings of the earth, and the most important people, and the military leaders, and the rich, and the powerful, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 1
c3content:
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And I saw another angel ascending {from the east}Literally "from the rising of the sun", holding the seal of the living God, and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels {who were given permission}Literally "to whom was granted to them" to damage the earth and the sea,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 3
c3content:
saying, "Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the slaves of our God on their foreheads."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And I heard the number of the ones who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 7
c3content:
from the tribe of Simeon,Or "Symeon," an alternate spelling of the Greek form of the name twelve thousand, 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 9
c3content:
After these things I looked, and behold, a great crowd that no one was able to number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes and with palm branches in their hands.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are dressed in the white robes--who are they, and from where have they come?"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Because of this, they are before the throne of God, and they serveOr "worship" him day and night in his temple, and the one who is seated on the throne {will shelter}Literally "will take up residence over" them.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 16
c3content:
They will not be hungry any longer or be thirsty any longer, nor will the sun ever beat down on them, nor any heat,An allusion to Isa 49:10


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 17
c3content:
because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to springs of living waters, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."An allusion to Isa 25:8


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And another angel who had a golden censer came and stood at the altar, and a large amount of incense was given to him, in order that he could offer the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And the smoke of the incense went up before God with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire from the altar and threw it to the earth, and there were thunders and sounds and lightnings and an earthquake. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And the first blew the trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And the second angel blew the trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 9
c3content:
and a third of the creatures in the sea--the ones which had life--died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And the third angel blew the trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And the name of the star was called Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And the fourth angel blew the trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened, and the day did not shine with respect to a third of it, and the night likewise. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And I looked, and I heard one eagle flying {directly overhead}Literally "in midheaven," i.e., "at the zenith", saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to those who live on the earth, from the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to blow the trumpet!" 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And the fifth angel blew the trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth, and the key of the shaft of the abyss was given to him.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And he opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke went up from the shaft like smoke from a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And out of the smoke locusts came to the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And it was told to them that they should not damage the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, except those people who do not have the seal of God on their*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun foreheads.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And it was granted to them that they should not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months, and their torment is like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And in those days people will seek death and will never find it, and they will long to die, and death will flee from them. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads were something like crowns similar in appearance to gold, and their faces were like men's faces,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 9
c3content:
and they had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many {horse-drawn chariots}Literally "chariots of horses" running into battle.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And they have tails similar in appearance to scorpions, and stings, and their power to injure people for five months is in their tails.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 11
c3content:
They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, {whose name}Literally "the name to him" in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And the sixth angel blew the trumpet, and I heard one voice from the hornsSome manuscripts have "four horns" of the golden altar that is before God


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 14
c3content:
saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who have been bound at the great river Euphrates!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the four angels who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year were released, in order that they should kill a third of humanity.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And the number of the troops of the cavalry was {two hundred million}Literally "twenty thousands of ten thousands"; I heard the number of them.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And in this way I saw the horses in the vision, and those seated on them, who had fiery red and hyacinth-colored and sulphurous yellow breastplates, and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and sulphur.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 18
c3content:
By these three plagues a third of humanity was killed--by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur that came out of their mouths.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 19
c3content:
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are similar in appearance to snakes, having heads, and with them they cause injury.Literally "they injure" 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, {in order not to worship}Literally "so that they did not worship" the demons and the gold and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which are able neither to see nor to hear nor to walk,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 21
c3content:
and they did not repent of their murders or of their magic spells or of their sexual immorality or of their thefts. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire,Or "like fiery pillars"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and holding in his hand a little scroll that was opened. And he put his right foot on the sea and his*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun left on the land.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And he cried out with a loud voice like a lion roars, and when he cried out, the seven thunders soundedOr "spoke" their own voices.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And when the seven thunders spoke,Or "sounded" I was about to write, and I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders spoke, and do not write them!" 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 6
c3content:
and swore by the one who lives {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages", who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, "There will be no more delay!


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But in the days of the sound of the seventh angel, whenever he is about to blow the trumpet, thenLiterally "and" the mystery of God is completed, as he announced to his own slaves the prophets." 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And the voice that I had heard from heaven was speaking with me again and saying, "Go, take the opened scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll, and he said to me, "Take and eat it up, and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it up, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth, and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And they said to me, "It is necessary for you to prophesy again about many peoples and nations and languages and kings." 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And a measuring rod similar in appearance to a staff was given to me, saying, "Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship in it.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And leave out the courtyard outside of the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample the holy city for forty two months.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And I will grant authority*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, dressed in sackcloth."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And if anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and consumes their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, in this way he must be killed.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 6
c3content:
These have the authority to shut the sky, so that {it does not rain}Literally "it does not rain rain"; the redundancy is removed in the translation during the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters, to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they wish. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And when they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war with them and will conquer them and will kill them.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is called symbolically Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And those from peoples and tribes and languages and nations will see their dead bodies three and a half days, and they will not allow their dead bodies to be placed in a tomb.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them, and will celebrate and will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who live on the earth. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here," and they went up into heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And at that hour a great earthquake took place, and a tenth of the city collapsed, and seven thousand {people}Literally "names of men" were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God fell down on their faces and worshiped God,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give their*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun reward to your slaves the prophets and to the saints and to the ones who fear your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant appeared in his temple, and there were lightnings and sounds and thunders and an earthquake and large hail.Or "a great hailstorm" 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and {who was pregnant}Literally "who was having in the belly" and was crying out because she*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was having birth pains") which is understood as causal was having birth pains, and was in torment to give birth.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And another sign appeared in heaven, and behold, a great fiery red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven royal headbands.Or "diadem crowns"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And his tail swept away a third of the stars from heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, in order that whenever she gave birth to her child he could devour it.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod,An allusion to Ps 2:9 and her child was snatched away to God and to his throne.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared there by God, so that they could feed her there for one thousand two hundred sixty days. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels {fought against}Literally "made war with" the dragon, and the dragon and his angels {fought back}Literally "made war".


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And the great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives until death.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Because of this, rejoice, you heavens, and those who live in them! Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great anger, because he*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("knows") which is understood as causal knows that he has little time!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And the two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, in order that she could fly into the wilderness, to her place where she is fed there for a time, and times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And from his mouth the serpent spouted water like a river after the woman, in order that he could make her swept away by a river.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And the earth came to the aid of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spouted out of his mouth.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the dragon was angry at the woman, and went away to {fight against}Literally "to make war with" the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony about Jesus.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And I saw coming up out of the sea a beast that had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns ten royal headbands,Or "ten diadem crowns" and on its heads a blasphemous name.Some manuscripts read "blasphemous names"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard, and its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And one of its heads appeared as though slaughtered to death, and its {fatal wound}Literally "wound of death" had been healed. And the whole earth was astonished and followed after the beast.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And they worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to make war with him? 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And a mouth was given to him speaking great things and blasphemies, and authority to act was given to him for forty-two months.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And he opened his mouth for blasphemies toward God, to blaspheme his name and his dwelling, those who live in heaven.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And it was given to him to make war with the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and people and language and nation.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And all those who live on the earth will worship him, {everyone whose name is not written}Literally "of whom his name is not written" from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 10
c3content:
If anyone is going into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, by the sword he is to be killed.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And I saw another beast coming up from the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he was speaking like a dragon.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And he exercises all the authority of the first beast on behalf of him, and he causes the earth and those who live in it to worship the first beast {whose fatal wound had been healed}Literally "of whom the wound of his death had been healed".


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And he performs great signs, so that he even causes fire from heaven to come down to the earth before people.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And he deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that it has been granted to him to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who has the wound of the sword and yet lived.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And it was given to him to put breath into the image of the beast, in order that the image of the beast both spoke and caused that all those, unless they worshiped the image of the beast, should be killed.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And he causes all people, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, that they give them a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 17
c3content:
and that no one was able to buy or to sell except the one who had the mark--the name of the beast or the number of his name.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Here is wisdom: the one who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number,Or "it is the number of a man" and his number is six hundred sixty-six.A few significant manuscripts read "six hundred sixteen" 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And I looked, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the sound that I heard was like harpists playing on their harps.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And they were singing something like a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, and no one was able to learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who had been bought from the earth. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 4
c3content:
These are those who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought from humanity as first fruits to God and to the Lamb,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And I saw another angel flying {directly overhead}Literally, "in midheaven", having an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who reside on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 7
c3content:
saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the springs of water!" 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And another second angel followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who caused all the nations to drink from the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality." 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And another third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 10
c3content:
he himself also will drink of the wine of the anger of God that has been mixed full strength in the cup of his wrath, and will be tortured with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And the smoke of their torture went up {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages", and those who worshiped the beast and his image did not have rest day and night, {along with anyone who received}Literally "and if anyone received" the mark of his name.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Here is the patient endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith in Jesus. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud was seated one like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, "Send out your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And another angel who had authority over the fire went out from the altar, and he called out with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send out your sharp sickle and harvest the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are at their prime!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And the angel swung his sickle into the earth and harvested the vine of the earth, and threw the grapes*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation into the great winepress of the wrath of God.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And the winepress was stomped outside the city, and blood went out from the winepress up to the bridles of the horses, about one thousand six hundred stadia.That is, about 300 km (200 mi); a stade (plural stadia) was a measure of distance about 192 m (607 ft) 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels having seven plagues that are the last ones, because with them the wrath of God is completed.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name were standing byOr "on"; or "at"; or "near" the glassy sea, holding harps from God.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Who would never fear, Lord, and glorify your name? For only you are holy, because all the nationsOr "Gentiles"; the same Greek word can be translated "nations" or "Gentiles" depending on the context will come and worship before you, because your righteous deeds have been revealed."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 6
c3content:
and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out from the temple, dressed in clean, bright linen garments, and girded with golden belts around their*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun chests.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages",


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 8
c3content:
and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and there was an evil and painful sore on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And the second poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood, like that of a dead person, and every living thing that was in the sea died. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 6
c3content:
because they have poured out the blood of the saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; they are deserving!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was granted to it to burn up people with fire.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And people were burned up by the great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened, and they began chewing their tongues because of the pain.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pain and because of their sores, and they did not repent of their deeds. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, in order that the way would be prepared for the kings from {the east}Literally "the rising of the sun".


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet three unclean spirits like frogs.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 14
c3content:
For they are the spirits of demons performing signs that go out to the kings of the whole inhabited world, to gather them for the battle of the great day of God the All-Powerful.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 15
c3content:
(Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who is on the alert and who keeps his clothing, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shamefulness!)


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the seventh poured out his bowl on the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, "It is done!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And there were lightnings and sounds and thunders, and there was a great earthquake, as has not happened from the time humanity has been on the earth--so great in this way was the earthquake.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of his furious wrath.Literally "of the anger of the wrath of him"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And large hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds,Literally "weighing a talent"; a talent was 125 Roman pounds (of 12 ounces each), so this is just under 100 lbs or 43 kg came down from the sky upon people, and the people blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, because the plague of it was very great. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 2
c3content:
with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who live on the earth became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And he carried me away into the wilderness in the Spirit,Or "in the spirit," referring to the human spirit and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand full of detestable things and the unclean things of her sexual immorality.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: "Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And the angel said to me, "Why are you astonished? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns that carries her.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 8
c3content:
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is going to come up from the abyss, and he is going to destruction. And those who live on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished when they*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("see") which is understood as temporal see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Here is the mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains {on which the woman sits}Literally "where the woman is seated on them" and they are seven kings.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and whenever he comes it is necessary for him to remain a short time.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And the beast that was, and is not, is also himself an eighth, and is of the seven, and he is going to destruction.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings for one hour with the beast.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 14
c3content:
These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful." 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And he said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and crowds and nations and languages.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And the ten horns that you saw and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 17
c3content:
For God put into their hearts to carry out his purpose and to make {a unanimous decision}Literally "to make one decision" and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 1
c3content:
After these things I saw another angel descending from heaven, who had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For all the nations have drunkSome of the best manuscripts read "have fallen" from the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the power of her sensuality."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Pay back to her as she herself also paid out, and {pay back double}Literally "double twofold" according to her deeds; in the cup that she mixed, mix double for her.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 7
c3content:
As much as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, give to her so much torment and mourning, because in her heart she said, 'I sit as a queen, and am not a widow, and I will never see mourning!'


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Because of this her plagues will come in one day-- death and mourning and famine-- and she will be burned up with fire, because the Lord God who passes judgment on her is powerful!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And the kings of the earth will weep and mourn over her, those who committed sexual immorality and lived sensually with her, when they see the smoke of her burning,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 12
c3content:
cargo of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple cloth and silk and scarlet cloth and all kinds of scented wood and all kinds of ivory goods and all kinds of goods of precious wood and bronze and iron and marble


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 13
c3content:
and cinnamon and amomumOr "spice"; the term can refer to "spice" in general, or specifically to amomum, a spice from India and incense and ointment and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine wheat flour and wheat and domesticated animals and sheep and horses and carriages and {slaves}Literally "bodies" and human lives. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 14
c3content:
"And {the fruit your soul desires}Literally "your fruit of desire" has departed from you, and all the luxury and the splendor has perished from you, and they will never find them any more."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 15
c3content:
The merchants of these things, who became rich from them, will stand {far off}Literally "from afar", weeping and mourning because of the fear of her torment,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 18
c3content:
and began to cry out when they*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal saw the smoke of her burning, saying, "Who is like the great city?"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Rejoice over her, heaven and the saints and the apostles and the prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment on her!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 22
c3content:
And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute players and trumpeters will never be heard in you again! And every craftsman of every trade will never be found in you again! And the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again!


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And the light of a lamp will never shine in you again! And the sound of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again! For your merchants were the most important people of the earth, because with your sorcery they deceived all the nations.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints and all those who had been slaughtered on the earth.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 2
c3content:
because his judgments are true and righteous, because he has passed judgment on the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his slaves {shed by}Literally "from" her hand!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying, 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And I heard something like the sound of a great crowd and something like the sound of many waters and something like the sound of powerful thunder, saying, 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has prepared herself.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And it has been granted to her that she be dressed in bright, clean fine linen (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And he said to me, "Write: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet of the wedding celebration of the Lamb!" And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he said to me, "{Do not do that!}Literally "do not see to it" I am a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and the one seated on it was called "Faithful" and "True," and with justiceOr "in righteousness" he judges and makes war.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now his eyes were a flame of fire, and on his head were many royal headbands having a name written that no one except he himself knows.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And the armies that are in heaven, dressed in clean, white fine linen, were following him on white horses.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And out of his mouth came a sharp sword, so that with it he could strike the nations. And he will shepherd them with an iron rod,An allusion to Ps 2:9 and he stomps the winepress of the wine of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And he has a name written on his outer garment and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords." 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly {directly overhead}Literally, "in midheaven", 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 18
c3content:
in order that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of military tribunes, and the flesh of the powerful, and the flesh of horses and those seated on them, and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, and small and great!"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war with the one who is seated on the horse and with his army.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs before him, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And the rest were killed by the sword of the one who is seated on the horse--the sword that comes out of his mouth--and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And he seized the dragon--the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan--and bound him for a thousand years,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it above him, in order that he could not deceive the nations again until the thousand years are completed. After these things it is necessary for him to be released for a short time. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 5
c3content:
(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed.) This is the first resurrection.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection. Over this person the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousandSome manuscripts have "for the thousand" years. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 8
c3content:
and he will go out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to assemble them for battle, {whose number}Literally "of whom the number of them" is like the sand of the sea.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the fortified camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and consumed them.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet also are, and they will be tormented day and night {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages". 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And I saw a great white throne and the one who was seated on it, {from whose presence}Literally "from the presence of whom" earth and heaven fled, and a place was not found for them.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And I saw the dead--the great and the small--standing before the throne, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and each one was judged according to their deeds.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea did not exist any longer.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any longer, andLiterally "or" mourning or wailing or pain will not exist any longer. The former thingsSome manuscripts have "any longer, because the former things" have passed away."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And the one seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new!" And he said, "Write, because these words are faithful and true."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And he said to me, "It is done! I amSome manuscripts explicitly state "am" the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water from the spring of the water of life freely.Or "without charge"


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 7
c3content:
The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be {his God}Literally "to him God" and he will be {my son}Literally "to me a son".


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But as for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share is in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 11
c3content:
that has the glory of God. Its radiance is like a precious stone, something like a jasper stone, shining like crystal.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 12
c3content:
It hasLiterally "having," referring back to the city mentioned in v. 11 a great and high wall that has twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on the gates which areSome manuscripts have "which are the names" of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel--


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 13
c3content:
on the east, three gates, and on the north, three gates, and on the south, three gates, and on the west, three gates.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the one who spoke with me was holding a golden measuring rod in order that he could measure the city and its gates and its wall.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is the same as its width. And he measured the city with the measuring rod at twelve thousand stadia;Or "two thousand two hundred kilometers"; or "fourteen hundred miles" (a stade was a unit of length about 185 meters or 607 feet) the length and the width and the height of it are equal.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And he measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubitsThis number in cubits amounts to 12 times 12; it would be about 65 meters (216 feet) {according to human measure}Literally "according to the measure of a man", which is the angel's.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And the material of its wall is jasper, and the city is pure gold, similar in appearance to pure glass.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 19
c3content:
The foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every kind of precious stone: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 20
c3content:
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each one of the gates was from a single pearl. And the street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon, that they shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And every unclean thing and one who practicesSome manuscripts have "and the one who practices" detestable things and falsehood will never enter into it, except those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb. 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 2
c3content:
in the middle of its street, and {on both sides of the river}Literally "of the river from here and from there" is the tree of life, producing twelve fruits--yielding its fruit according to every month--and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And there will not be any curse any longer, and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his slaves will serveOr "will worship" him,


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And night will not exist any longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp and the lightSome manuscripts have "of the light" of the sun, because the Lord God will give light to them, and they will reign {forever and ever}Literally "for the ages of the ages". 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And he said to me, "These words are faithful and true, and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his slaves the things which must take place in a short time." 


c0book: Rev
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 7
c3content:
"And behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book." 


