And Jacob
asked him,
and said,
Tell me,
I pray thee,
thy name.
And he said,
Wherefore is it
that thou
dost ask
after my name?
And
he blessed him there.
And the LORD
thy God
will circumcise
thine heart,
and the heart
of thy seed,
to love the LORD
thy God
with all thine heart,
and
with all thy soul,
that thou
mayest live.
And it
was so,
that when
he had turned
his back
to go
from Samuel,
God gave him
another heart:
and all those signs
came to pass
that day.
That he
may incline
our hearts
unto him,
to walk
in all his ways,
and to keep
his commandments,
and his statutes,
and his judgments,
which he
commanded
our fathers.
For with thee
is the fountain
of life:
in thy
light
shall
we see light.
Wash me
throughly from mine iniquity,
and cleanse me
from my sin.
Purge me
with hyssop,
and
I shall be clean:
wash me,
and
I shall be whiter
than snow.
Create in me a clean heart,
O God;
and renew
a right spirit
within me.
Iniquities
prevail against me:
as for our transgressions,
thou shalt purge them away.
Thou hast ascended
on high,
thou hast led captivity captive:
thou hast received gifts
for men;
yea,
for the rebellious also,
that the LORD God
might dwell among them.
I will make
mention
of Rahab
and Babylon
to them
that know me:
behold Philistia,
and Tyre,
with Ethiopia;
this man
was born there.
The LORD
shall count,
when
he writeth up the people,
that this man
was born there.
Selah.
Thy people
shall be
willing in
the day of thy power,
in the beauties
of holiness
from the womb
of the morning:
thou hast
the dew
of thy youth.
Keep thy heart
with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues
of life.
In the way
of righteousness
is life:
and
in the pathway
thereof there is
no death.
The fear
of the LORD
is a fountain
of life,
to depart
from the snares
of death.
The preparations
of the heart
in man,
and the answer
of the tongue,
is from the LORD.
Wash you,
make you clean;
put away the evil
of your doings
from before mine eyes;
cease to do evil;
Learn to do well;
seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
And I
will turn
my hand
upon thee,
and purely purge away
thy dross,
and take away all
thy tin:
When the Lord
shall have washed away
the filth
of the daughters
of Zion,
and shall have purged
the blood
of Jerusalem
from the midst
thereof by the spirit
of judgment,
and by the spirit
of burning.
Therefore with joy
shall
ye draw
water out of the
wells of salvation.
LORD,
thou wilt ordain peace
for us:
for thou
also hast wrought all
our works in us.
But
when
he seeth his children,
the work
of mine hands,
in the midst
of him,
they shall sanctify
my name,
and sanctify
the Holy One
of Jacob,
and shall fear
the God
of Israel.
And the eyes
of them that
see
shall not be dim,
and the ears
of them that
hear shall hearken.
The heart
also of the rash
shall understand
knowledge,
and
the tongue
of the stammerers
shall be ready
to speak plainly.
Until the spirit
be poured
upon us from
on high,
and the wilderness
be a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field
be counted
for a forest.
And
the work
of righteousness
shall be peace;
and the effect
of righteousness quietness
and assurance
for ever.
Then the eyes
of the blind
shall be opened,
and the ears
of the deaf
shall be unstopped.
Then shall
the lame man
leap as an hart,
and the tongue
of the dumb sing:
for in the wilderness
shall waters
break out,
and streams
in the desert.
And I
will bring
the blind
by a way
that
they knew not;
I will lead them
in paths that
they have not known:
I will make
darkness
light
before them,
and crooked things straight.
These things
will
I do unto them,
and not forsake them.
Even every one
that is called
by my name:
for I
have created him
for my glory,
I have formed him;
yea,
I have made him.
For I
will pour
water upon him that is thirsty,
and floods
upon the dry ground:
I will pour
my spirit
upon thy seed,
and my blessing
upon thine offspring:
And
they shall spring up as
among the grass,
as willows
by the water courses.
One shall say,
I am the LORD's;
and another
shall call himself
by the name
of Jacob;
and another
shall subscribe
with his hand
unto the LORD,
and surname himself
by the name
of Israel.
That thou
mayest say
to the prisoners,
Go forth;
to them
that are in darkness,
Shew yourselves.
They shall feed
in the ways,
and their pastures
shall be
in all high places.
Ho,
every one that thirsteth,
come
ye to the waters,
and he that
hath no money;
come ye,
buy,
and eat;
yea,
come,
buy wine
and milk
without money
and without price.
Wherefore do
ye spend money
for that
which is not
bread?
and your labour
for that which
satisfieth not?
hearken diligently unto me,
and eat
ye that which
is good,
and let
your soul
delight itself
in fatness.
Incline your ear,
and come unto me:
hear,
and your soul
shall live;
and I
will make
an everlasting covenant
with you,
even the sure mercies
of David.
Can the Ethiopian
change his skin,
or the leopard
his spots?
then may
ye also do good,
that are accustomed
to do evil.
O LORD,
the hope
of Israel,
all that
forsake thee
shall be ashamed,
and
they that
depart
from me
shall be written
in the earth,
because
they have forsaken
the LORD,
the fountain
of living waters.
Heal me,
O LORD,
and
I shall be healed;
save me,
and
I shall be saved:
for thou art
my praise.
And
I will give them
an heart
to know me,
that I
am the LORD:
and
they shall be
my people,
and
I will be
their God:
for they
shall return
unto me
with their whole heart.
The LORD
hath appeared
of old unto me,
saying,
Yea,
I have loved thee
with an everlasting love:
therefore with lovingkindness
have
I drawn thee.
But this
shall be
the covenant
that I
will make with the house
of Israel;
After those days,
saith the LORD,
I will put my law
in their inward parts,
and write it
in their hearts;
and will be
their God,
and
they shall be
my people.
And
they shall teach
no more every man his neighbour,
and every man
his brother,
saying,
Know the LORD:
for they
shall all know me,
from the least
of them
unto the greatest
of them,
saith the LORD:
for I
will forgive
their iniquity,
and
I will remember
their sin no more.
And
they shall be
my people,
and
I will be
their God:
And
I will give them
one heart,
and one way,
that they
may fear me
for ever,
for the good
of them,
and of their children
after them:
And I
will make
an everlasting covenant
with them,
that I
will not turn away from them,
to do them good;
but I
will put
my fear
in their hearts,
that they
shall not depart from me.
Behold,
I will bring it health
and cure,
and
I will cure them,
and will reveal
unto them the abundance
of peace and truth.
And
I will give them
one heart,
and I
will put
a new spirit
within you;
and I
will take
the stony heart
out of their flesh,
and will give them
an heart
of flesh:
That they
may walk
in my statutes,
and keep
mine ordinances,
and do them:
and
they shall be
my people,
and
I will be
their God.
Then washed
I thee
with water;
yea,
I throughly washed away thy blood
from thee,
and
I anointed thee
with oil.
Cast away
from you all
your transgressions,
whereby
ye have transgressed;
and make
you a new heart
and a new spirit:
for why
will
ye die,
O house
of Israel?
A new heart
also will
I give you,
and a new spirit
will
I put within you:
and
I will take away
the stony heart
out of your flesh,
and I
will give
you an heart
of flesh.
And I
will put
my spirit
within you,
and cause
you
to walk
in my statutes,
and
ye shall keep
my judgments,
and do them.
I will also save you
from all
your uncleannesses:
and
I will call for
the corn,
and will increase it,
and lay no famine
upon you.
The hand
of the LORD
was upon me,
and carried
me out
in the spirit
of the LORD,
and set me down
in the midst
of the valley
which was full of bones,
And caused me
to pass
by them round about:
and,
behold,
there were very many
in the open valley;
and,
lo,
they were very dry.
And
he said unto me,
Son of man,
can these bones live?
And I answered,
O Lord GOD,
thou knowest.
Again
he said unto me,
Prophesy
upon these bones,
and
say unto them,
O ye
dry bones,
hear the word
of the LORD.
Thus
saith
the Lord GOD
unto these bones;
Behold,
I will cause
breath
to enter
into you,
and
ye shall live:
And
I will lay sinews
upon you,
and will bring
up flesh
upon you,
and cover you
with skin,
and put breath
in you,
and
ye shall live;
and ye
shall know
that I
am the LORD.
So I
prophesied as I
was commanded:
and as I prophesied,
there was
a noise,
and behold
a shaking,
and the bones
came together,
bone
to his bone.
And
when I beheld,
lo,
the sinews
and the flesh
came up upon them,
and the skin
covered them above:
but there was no breath
in them.
Then said
he unto me,
Prophesy
unto the wind,
prophesy,
son of man,
and say
to the wind,
Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Come from the four winds,
O breath,
and breathe
upon these slain,
that they
may live.
So I
prophesied as he
commanded me,
and the breath
came into them,
and they lived,
and stood up
upon their feet,
an exceeding great army.
Then
he said unto me,
Son of man,
these bones
are the whole house
of Israel:
behold,
they say,
Our bones
are dried,
and our hope
is lost:
we are cut off
for our parts.
Therefore prophesy
and
say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold,
O my people,
I will open
your graves,
and cause you
to come up
out of your graves,
and bring you
into the land
of Israel.
And ye
shall know
that I
am the LORD,
when
I have opened
your graves,
O my people,
and brought
you up
out of your graves,
And shall put
my spirit in you,
and
ye shall live,
and
I shall place you
in your own land:
then shall
ye know
that I
the LORD
have spoken it,
and performed it,
saith the LORD.
In that
ye have brought
into my sanctuary strangers,
uncircumcised
in heart,
and uncircumcised
in flesh,
to be
in my sanctuary,
to pollute it,
even my house,
when
ye offer
my bread,
the fat
and the blood,
and
they have broken
my covenant
because
of all your abominations.
Thus saith the Lord GOD;
No stranger,
uncircumcised
in heart,
nor uncircumcised
in flesh,
shall enter
into my sanctuary,
of any stranger
that is
among the children
of Israel.
And
I will pour upon the house
of David,
and
upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem,
the spirit
of grace
and of supplications:
and
they shall look
upon me whom
they have pierced,
and
they
shall mourn for him,
as one
mourneth for his only son,
and shall be
in bitterness
for him,
as one
that is
in bitterness
for his firstborn.
Either make
the tree good,
and his fruit good;
or else
make the tree corrupt,
and his fruit corrupt:
for the tree
is known
by his fruit.
O generation
of vipers,
how can ye,
being evil,
speak good things?
for out of the abundance
of the heart
the mouth speaketh.
A good man
out of the good treasure
of the heart
bringeth forth good things:
and
an evil man
out of the evil treasure
bringeth forth evil things.
When the unclean spirit
is gone
out of a man,
he walketh through dry places,
seeking rest,
and findeth none.
Then he saith,
I will return
into my house
from whence
I came out;
and
when he
is come,
he findeth
it empty,
swept,
and garnished.
But he
that received
seed into the good ground
is
he that heareth
the word,
and understandeth it;
which also beareth fruit,
and
bringeth forth,
some an hundredfold,
some sixty,
some thirty.
Another parable
spake
he unto them;
The kingdom
of heaven
is like
unto leaven,
which a woman took,
and hid in three measures
of meal,
till the whole
was leavened.
And said,
Verily I
say unto you,
Except
ye be converted,
and become
as little children,
ye shall not enter
into the kingdom
of heaven.
And he said,
So is the kingdom
of God,
as if a man
should cast
seed into the ground;
And should sleep,
and rise
night and day,
and the seed
should spring
and grow up,
he knoweth
not how.
For the earth
bringeth forth fruit
of herself;
first the blade,
then the ear,
after that
the full corn
in the ear.
But
when the fruit
is brought forth,
immediately
he putteth in the sickle,
because
the harvest
is come.
And many
of the children
of Israel
shall
he turn
to the Lord their God.
And he
shall go
before him
in the spirit
and power
of Elias,
to turn the hearts
of the fathers
to the children,
and the disobedient
to the wisdom
of the just;
to make ready
a people
prepared
for the Lord.
Then
they went out
to see
what was done;
and came
to Jesus,
and found
the man,
out of whom the devils
were departed,
sitting at the feet
of Jesus,
clothed,
and
in his right mind:
and
they were afraid.
Now the man
out of whom the devils
were departed
besought him
that he
might be with him:
but Jesus
sent him away,
saying,
Return to thine own house,
and shew how
great things God
hath done
unto thee.
And
he went his way,
and published
throughout the whole city
how great things
Jesus
had done unto him.
In him was life;
and the life
was the light
of men.
Which were born,
not of blood,
nor of the will
of the flesh,
nor of the will of man,
but of God.
And
of his fulness
have all
we received,
and grace for grace.
Jesus
answered
and
said unto him,
Verily,
verily,
I say unto thee,
Except a man
be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom
of God.
Nicodemus
saith unto him,
How can a man
be born
when he
is old?
can
he enter
the second time
into his mother's womb,
and be born?
Jesus answered,
Verily,
verily,
I say unto thee,
Except a man
be born
of water
and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom
of God.
That which
is born
of the flesh
is flesh;
and
that which
is born
of the Spirit
is spirit.
Marvel
not
that I
said
unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
The wind
bloweth
where it listeth,
and
thou hearest
the sound thereof,
but canst
not tell whence it cometh,
and whither
it goeth:
so is every one
that is born
of the Spirit.
Jesus
answered
and said
unto her,
If thou
knewest
the gift of God,
and
who it
is that
saith to thee,
Give me to drink;
thou
wouldest have asked of him,
and he
would have given
thee living water.
But whosoever
drinketh of the water
that
I shall give him
shall never thirst;
but
the water
that I shall give him
shall be
in him a
well of water
springing up
into everlasting life.
Verily,
verily,
I say unto you,
He that heareth my word,
and believeth
on him that
sent me,
hath everlasting life,
and shall not come
into condemnation;
but is passed
from death
unto life.
But
if ye
believe not
his writings,
how shall
ye believe
my words?
No man
can come to me,
except the Father
which hath sent me
draw him:
and I
will raise
him up
at the last day.
It is written
in the prophets,
And
they shall be all taught
of God.
Every man
therefore that
hath heard,
and hath learned
of the Father,
cometh unto me.
This is the bread
which cometh down
from heaven,
that a man
may eat thereof,
and not die.
I am
the living bread which
came down
from heaven:
if any man
eat of this bread,
he shall live
for ever:
and the bread that
I will give
is my flesh,
which I
will give
for the life
of the world.
As the living Father
hath sent me,
and I
live
by the Father:
so he
that eateth me,
even
he shall live by me.
Then spake Jesus
again unto them,
saying,
I am the light
of the world:
he that
followeth me
shall not walk
in darkness,
but shall have
the light
of life.
If the Son
therefore shall make
you free,
ye shall be
free indeed.
I am the door:
by me if
any man enter in,
he shall be saved,
and shall go in
and out,
and find pasture.
The thief
cometh not,
but for to steal,
and to kill,
and to destroy:
I am come
that they
might have life,
and that
they might have it
more abundantly.
Peter
saith unto him,
Thou
shalt never wash
my feet.
Jesus answered him,
If I
wash thee not,
thou hast
no part with me.
I am the true vine,
and my Father
is the husbandman.
As thou
hast given him
power
over all flesh,
that he
should give eternal life to
as many
as thou
hast given him.
Then Peter
said unto them,
Repent,
and be baptized every one
of you
in the name
of Jesus Christ
for the remission
of sins,
and
ye shall receive
the gift
of the Holy Ghost.
Praising God,
and having
favour
with all the people.
And the Lord
added
to the church
daily such as should be saved.
Unto you first God,
having raised
up his Son Jesus,
sent him
to bless you,
in turning away every one
of you
from his iniquities.
And as he journeyed,
he came
near Damascus:
and
suddenly there shined round
about him a light
from heaven:
And he
fell
to the earth,
and heard
a voice
saying unto him,
Saul, Saul,
why persecutest
thou me?
And he said,
Who art thou,
Lord?
And the Lord said,
I am Jesus whom
thou persecutest:
it is hard
for thee
to kick
against the pricks.
And he
trembling
and astonished said,
Lord,
what wilt thou
have me to do?
And the Lord
said unto him,
Arise,
and go
into the city,
and it
shall be told thee
what thou must do.
And the men which journeyed
with him stood speechless,
hearing a voice,
but seeing no man.
And Saul
arose
from the earth;
and
when his eyes
were opened,
he saw no man:
but
they led him
by the hand,
and brought him
into Damascus.
And
he was three days
without sight,
and neither
did eat nor drink.
And there was
a certain disciple
at Damascus,
named Ananias;
and to him
said the Lord
in a vision,
Ananias.
And he said,
Behold,
I am here,
Lord.
And the Lord
said unto him,
Arise,
and go
into the street which
is called Straight,
and enquire
in the house
of Judas
for one
called Saul,
of Tarsus:
for,
behold,
he prayeth,
And hath seen
in a vision a man
named
Ananias coming in,
and putting
his hand
on him,
that he
might receive
his sight.
Then Ananias answered,
Lord,
I have heard
by many
of this man,
how much evil
he hath done
to thy saints
at Jerusalem:
And here
he hath authority
from the chief priests
to bind all
that
call on thy name.
But the Lord
said unto him,
Go thy way:
for he
is a chosen vessel
unto me,
to bear my name
before the Gentiles,
and kings,
and the children
of Israel:
For I
will shew him how
great things
he must suffer
for my name's sake.
And Ananias
went his way,
and entered
into the house;
and putting
his hands
on him said,
Brother Saul,
the Lord,
even Jesus,
that appeared
unto thee
in the way
as thou camest,
hath sent me,
that thou
mightest receive
thy sight,
and be filled
with the Holy Ghost.
And immediately there fell
from his eyes as it
had been scales:
and
he received sight forthwith,
and arose,
and was baptized.
Forasmuch
then as God
gave them
the like gift
as he
did unto us,
who believed
on the Lord Jesus Christ;
what was I,
that I
could withstand God?
And
the hand
of the Lord
was with them:
and a
great number believed,
and turned
unto the Lord.
And put no difference
between us and them,
purifying their hearts
by faith.
And a certain woman
named Lydia,
a seller
of purple,
of the city
of Thyatira,
which worshipped God,
heard us:
whose heart the Lord opened,
that she
attended
unto the things
which were spoken
of Paul.
And
when
he had saluted them,
he declared particularly
what things God
had wrought
among the Gentiles
by his ministry.
To open their eyes,
and
to turn them
from darkness
to light,
and
from the power
of Satan
unto God,
that they
may receive forgiveness
of sins,
and inheritance
among them which
are sanctified
by faith
that is in me.
For he
is not a Jew,
which is
one outwardly;
neither is that circumcision,
which is outward
in the flesh:
But
he is a Jew,
which is
one inwardly;
and circumcision
is
that of the heart,
in the spirit,
and
not in the letter;
whose praise
is not of men,
but of God.
Know ye not,
that so many of us
as were baptized
into Jesus Christ
were baptized
into his death?
Therefore we
are buried
with him
by baptism
into death:
that like
as Christ
was raised up
from the dead
by the glory
of the Father,
even so
we also should walk in newness
of life.
For if
we have been planted together
in the likeness
of his death,
we shall be also
in the likeness
of his resurrection:
Knowing this,
that our old man
is crucified with him,
that the body
of sin
might be destroyed,
that henceforth
we should not serve sin.
For he
that is dead
is freed from sin.
Now
if we
be dead
with Christ,
we believe
that we
shall also live with him:
Knowing that Christ
being raised
from the dead dieth no more;
death
hath
no more dominion
over him.
For in that
he died,
he died
unto sin once:
but in that
he liveth,
he liveth unto God.
Likewise
reckon
ye also
yourselves
to be dead
indeed unto sin,
but alive
unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Let not
sin
therefore
reign
in your mortal body,
that ye
should obey it
in the lusts
thereof.
Neither yield
ye your members
as instruments
of unrighteousness
unto sin:
but yield yourselves
unto God,
as those
that are alive
from the dead,
and your members
as instruments
of righteousness
unto God.
For sin
shall not have dominion
over you:
for ye
are not
under the law,
but under grace.
What then?
shall
we sin,
because
we are not
under the law,
but under grace?
God forbid.
Know ye not,
that to whom
ye yield yourselves servants
to obey,
his servants
ye are
to whom ye obey;
whether of sin
unto death,
or of obedience
unto righteousness?
But God
be thanked,
that ye
were the servants
of sin,
but
ye have obeyed
from the heart that form
of doctrine which
was delivered you.
Being
then made free
from sin,
ye became
the servants
of righteousness.
I speak
after the manner
of men
because
of the infirmity
of your flesh:
for as ye
have yielded
your members servants
to uncleanness
and to iniquity
unto iniquity;
even so now yield
your members servants
to righteousness
unto holiness.
For when
ye were the servants
of sin,
ye were
free
from righteousness.
What fruit
had ye
then
in those things
whereof
ye are now ashamed?
for the end
of those things
is death.
But now being made
free
from sin,
and become servants
to God,
ye have
your fruit
unto holiness,
and the end
everlasting life.
For the wages
of sin
is death;
but
the gift
of God
is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
But
now
we are delivered
from the law,
that being dead
wherein we
were held;
that we
should serve in newness
of spirit,
and
not in the oldness
of the letter.
O wretched man that
I am!
who shall deliver me
from the body
of this death?
I thank God
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So then
with the mind
I myself
serve
the law
of God;
but with the flesh
the law of sin.
For the law
of the Spirit
of life
in Christ Jesus
hath made me
free from the law
of sin
and death.
For what
the law
could not do,
in that
it was weak
through the flesh,
God sending
his own Son
in the likeness
of sinful flesh,
and for sin,
condemned
sin
in the flesh:
That the righteousness
of the law
might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not
after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
For they
that
are after the flesh
do mind
the things
of the flesh;
but they
that are after the Spirit
the things
of the Spirit.
For to be carnally minded
is death;
but
to be spiritually minded
is life
and peace.
But
ye are not
in the flesh,
but in the Spirit,
if so
be
that the Spirit
of God dwell in you.
Now if any man
have not the Spirit
of Christ,
he is none of his.
For if ye
live
after the flesh,
ye shall die:
but
if ye
through the Spirit
do mortify the deeds
of the body,
ye shall live.
For as many
as are led
by the Spirit
of God,
they are the sons
of God.
For ye
have not received the spirit
of bondage
again to fear;
but
ye have received
the Spirit
of adoption,
whereby
we cry,
Abba, Father.
The Spirit itself
beareth
witness
with our spirit,
that we
are the children
of God:
And be not conformed
to this world:
but be
ye transformed
by the renewing
of your mind,
that ye
may prove
what is that good,
and acceptable,
and perfect,
will of God.
That I
should be the minister
of Jesus Christ
to the Gentiles,
ministering the gospel
of God,
that the offering up
of the Gentiles
might be acceptable,
being sanctified
by the Holy Ghost.
God is faithful,
by whom
ye were called unto the fellowship
of his Son Jesus Christ
our Lord.
But
unto them which
are called,
both Jews
and Greeks,
Christ the power
of God,
and the wisdom
of God.
But of him are
ye in Christ Jesus,
who of God
is made
unto us wisdom,
and righteousness,
and sanctification,
and redemption:
Now
we have received,
not the spirit
of the world,
but the spirit
which is of God;
that we
might know
the things
that are freely given to us
of God.
But the natural man
receiveth not
the things
of the Spirit
of God:
for they
are foolishness
unto him:
neither can
he know them,
because
they are spiritually discerned.
But
he that is spiritual
judgeth all things,
yet
he himself
is judged of no man.
For who
hath known the mind
of the Lord,
that he
may instruct him?
But
we have
the mind
of Christ.
I have planted,
Apollos watered;
but God
gave the increase.
So then neither
is
he that
planteth any thing,
neither he
that watereth;
but God
that giveth the increase.
For we
are labourers
together
with God:
ye are God's husbandry,
ye are
God's building.
And such
were some of you:
but
ye are washed,
but
ye are sanctified,
but
ye are justified in the name
of the Lord Jesus,
and by the Spirit
of our God.
And there are diversities
of operations,
but it
is the same God which
worketh all in all.
For by one Spirit
are
we all baptized
into one body,
whether we
be Jews
or Gentiles,
whether we
be bond or free;
and have been all made
to drink
into one Spirit.
But by the grace
of God I
am
what I am:
and his grace which
was bestowed
upon me was not
in vain;
but
I laboured more abundantly than
they all:
yet not I,
but the grace
of God
which was with me.
Now
he which
stablisheth us
with you
in Christ,
and hath anointed us,
is God;
Who hath also sealed us,
and given
the earnest
of the Spirit
in our hearts.
Forasmuch
as ye are
manifestly declared to be
the epistle
of Christ
ministered by us,
written not
with ink,
but with the Spirit
of the living God;
not in tables
of stone,
but in fleshy tables
of the heart.
But we all,
with open face
beholding as
in a glass
the glory
of the Lord,
are changed
into the same image
from glory to glory,
even as
by the Spirit
of the LORD.
For God,
who commanded the light
to shine out of darkness,
hath shined
in our hearts,
to give the light
of the knowledge
of the glory
of God
in the face
of Jesus Christ.
Now
he that
hath wrought us
for the selfsame thing
is God,
who also hath given
unto us the earnest
of the Spirit.
Therefore if any man
be in Christ,
he is a new creature:
old things
are passed away;
behold,
all things
are become new.
I am crucified
with Christ:
neverthless
I live;
yet not I,
but Christ
liveth in me:
and the life
which I
now live
in the flesh
I live
by the faith
of the Son
of God,
who loved me,
and
gave himself for me.
But
as then
he that
was born
after the flesh
persecuted him
that
was born
after the Spirit,
even so
it is now.
For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision
availeth any thing,
nor uncircumcision,
but a new creature.
And you
hath
he quickened,
who were dead
in trespasses
and sins;
Even
when we
were dead
in sins,
hath quickened
us together
with Christ,
(by grace
ye are saved;)
And hath raised us up
together,
and made us
sit together
in heavenly places
in Christ Jesus:
For by
grace
are ye
saved
through faith;
and
that not of yourselves:
it is the gift
of God:
For we
are his workmanship,
created
in Christ Jesus
unto good works,
which God
hath
before
ordained
that we
should walk in them.
But unto every one
of us is given grace
according to the measure
of the gift
of Christ.
Wherefore
he saith,
When
he ascended up
on high,
he led captivity captive,
and gave gifts
unto men.
From whom
the whole body
fitly joined
together and compacted
by that
which every joint supplieth,
according to
the effectual working
in the measure
of every part,
maketh
increase
of the body
unto the edifying
of itself
in love.
If so
be that
ye have heard him,
and
have been taught by him,
as the truth
is in Jesus:
That ye put off concerning
the former conversation
the old man,
which is
corrupt
according to
the deceitful lusts;
And be renewed
in the spirit
of your mind;
And
that ye put on
the new man,
which after God
is created
in righteousness
and true holiness.
Wherefore
he saith,
Awake
thou
that sleepest,
and arise
from the dead,
and Christ
shall give thee light.
Being confident
of this very thing,
that he
which hath begun
a good work
in you
will perform it
until the day
of Jesus Christ:
In whom also
ye are circumcised
with the circumcision
made without hands,
in putting off
the body
of the sins
of the flesh
by the circumcision
of Christ:
Buried with him
in baptism,
wherein also
ye are risen
with him
through the faith
of the operation
of God,
who hath raised him
from the dead.
And you,
being dead
in your sins
and the uncircumcision
of your flesh,
hath
he quickened together with him,
having forgiven you
all trespasses;
Lie not one
to another,
seeing that
ye have put off
the old man
with his deeds;
And have put on
the new man,
which is renewed in knowledge
after the image
of him that
created him:
But we
are bound
to give
thanks alway
to God for you,
brethren beloved
of the Lord,
because God
hath
from the beginning
chosen you
to salvation
through sanctification
of the Spirit
and belief
of the truth:
Not by works
of righteousness
which we
have done,
but according to
his mercy
he saved us,
by the washing
of regeneration,
and renewing
of the Holy Ghost;
Which he
shed
on us abundantly through
Jesus Christ
our Saviour;
Let us
therefore fear,
lest,
a promise
being left us
of entering
into his rest,
any of you
should seem to
come short of it.
For unto us was
the gospel preached,
as well as unto them:
but the word
preached
did not profit them,
not being mixed
with faith
in them that
heard it.
For we
which have believed
do enter
into rest,
as he said,
As I
have sworn
in my wrath,
if they
shall enter
into my rest:
although the works
were finished from the foundation
of the world.
For he
spake in a certain place
of the seventh day
on this wise,
And God
did rest
the seventh day
from all his works.
And
in this place again,
If they
shall enter
into my rest.
Seeing therefore
it remaineth
that some must enter
therein,
and they
to whom it
was first preached
entered not in
because
of unbelief:
Again,
he limiteth
a certain day,
saying in David,
To day,
after so long a time;
as it is said,
To day
if ye
will hear
his voice,
harden not
your hearts.
For if Jesus
had given them rest,
then would
he not afterward have spoken
of another day.
There remaineth therefore a rest
to the people
of God.
For he
that is entered
into his rest,
he also hath ceased
from his own works,
as God did from his.
Let us
labour
therefore
to enter
into that rest,
lest any man fall
after the same example
of unbelief.
For the word
of God
is quick,
and powerful,
and sharper
than any twoedged sword,
piercing even
to the dividing asunder
of soul
and spirit,
and
of the joints
and marrow,
and is a discerner
of the thoughts
and intents
of the heart.
This is
the covenant that
I will make
with them
after those days,
saith the Lord,
I will put my laws
into their hearts,
and in their minds
will
I write them;
And their sins
and iniquities
will
I remember no more.
Let us
draw near
with a true heart
in full assurance
of faith,
having
our hearts
sprinkled
from an evil conscience,
and our bodies
washed
with pure water.
Let us
hold
fast the profession
of our faith
without wavering;
(for he
is faithful
that promised;)
Of his own
will
begat
he us
with the word
of truth,
that we
should be a kind
of firstfruits
of his creatures.
Brethren,
if any of you
do err
from the truth,
and one convert him;
Let him know,
that he which converteth
the sinner
from the error
of his way
shall save
a soul
from death,
and shall hide
a multitude
of sins.
Elect according to
the foreknowledge
of God the Father,
through sanctification
of the Spirit,
unto obedience
and sprinkling
of the blood
of Jesus Christ:
Grace unto you,
and peace,
be multiplied.
Blessed
be
the God
and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which according to
his abundant mercy
hath begotten us again
unto a
lively hope
by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ
from the dead,
Seeing
ye have purified
your souls
in obeying
the truth
through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love
of the brethren,
see that
ye love one
another
with a pure heart fervently:
Being born again,
not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible,
by the word
of God,
which liveth
and abideth
for ever.
If so
be
ye have tasted
that the Lord
is gracious.
But
ye are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood,
an holy nation,
a peculiar people;
that ye
should shew
forth the praises
of him
who hath called
you out of darkness
into his marvellous light;
According
as his divine power
hath given
unto us all
things that
pertain
unto life
and godliness,
through the knowledge
of him that
hath called us
to glory
and virtue:
Whereby are given
unto us exceeding
great
and precious promises:
that by these
ye might be partakers
of the divine nature,
having escaped
the corruption
that is
in the world
through lust.
But the anointing
which ye
have received
of him abideth
in you,
and
ye need not
that any man
teach you:
but as the same anointing
teacheth you
of all things,
and is truth,
and is
no lie,
and
even as
it hath taught you,
ye shall abide in him.
If ye
know that
he is righteous,
ye know
that every one
that
doeth
righteousness
is born of him.
Whosoever
is born of God
doth not commit sin;
for his seed
remaineth in him:
and
he cannot sin,
because
he is born
of God.
Beloved,
let us
love one another:
for love
is of God;
and
every one
that loveth
is born of God,
and knoweth God.
Whosoever
believeth that Jesus
is the Christ
is born
of God:
and every one
that
loveth him
that begat
loveth him
also that is begotten of him.
For whatsoever is born
of God
overcometh the world:
and this
is the victory
that overcometh the world,
even our faith.
Who is
he that
overcometh the world,
but
he that believeth
that Jesus
is the Son
of God?
And this
is the record,
that God
hath given
to us eternal life,
and this life
is in his Son.
He that
hath the Son
hath life;
and he that
hath not
the Son of God
hath not life.
We know
that whosoever
is born
of God
sinneth not;
but he
that is begotten
of God
keepeth himself,
and
that wicked one
toucheth him not.