mGNT Concordance for ἐκ

Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Aram,

Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,

Obed fathered Jesse,

The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged[fn] to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.

But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

“And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah:

Because out of you will come a ruler

who will shepherd my people Israel.”

“And don't presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”

“But let your ‘yes' mean ‘yes,' and your ‘no' mean ‘no.' Anything more than this is from the evil one.

“Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,' and look, there's a beam of wood in your own eye?

When he had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes,[fn] two demon-possessed men met him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

“Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good, or make the tree bad[fn] and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

“For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

“The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look ​— ​something greater than Solomon is here.

“The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all who cause sin[fn] and those guilty of lawlessness.[fn]

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,

“So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

“Therefore,” he said to them, “every teacher of the law[fn] who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.”

“It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth ​— ​this defiles a person.”

“But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.

The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered[fn] them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him! ”

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don't tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised[fn] from the dead.”

“For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept it should accept it.”

“After agreeing with the workers on one denarius,[fn] he sent them into his vineyard for the day.

“What do you want? ” he asked her.

“Promise,”[fn] she said to him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”

He told them, “You will indeed drink my cup,[fn] but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

and said to him, “Do you hear what these children are saying? ”

Jesus replied, “Yes, have you never read:

You have prepared[fn] praise

from the mouths of infants and nursing babies? ”

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again! ” At once the fig tree withered.

“Which of the two did his father's will? ”

They said, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

“The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at my right hand

until I put your enemies under your feet'?[fn]

“A man on the housetop[fn] must not come down to get things out of his house,

“He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

“The foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'

“He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.

“But I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.”

Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this[fn] cannot pass[fn] unless I drink it, your will be done.”

After leaving them, he went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

“You have said it,” Jesus told him. “But I tell you, in the future[fn] you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Then two criminals[fn] were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.

And they came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.

As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew's house with James and John.

As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.

For he had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit! ”

King Herod heard about it, because Jesus's name had become well known. Some[fn] said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that's why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded,

As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized him.

“Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”[fn]

And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

The woman was a Gentile,[fn] a Syrophoenician by birth, and she was asking him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

Then he told her, “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

Again, leaving the region of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through[fn] the region of the Decapolis.

A cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my beloved Son; listen to him! ”

As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak.

“How long has this been happening to him? ” Jesus asked his father.

“From childhood,” he said.

He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.”

“But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

Many people spread their clothes on the road, and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields.[fn]

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again! ” And his disciples heard it.

Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.

“For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.

“David himself says by the Holy Spirit:

The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at my right hand

until I put your enemies under your feet.'

“For they all gave out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had ​— ​all she had to live on.”

As he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look! What massive stones! What impressive buildings! ”

“A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house,

“the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

“He will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

“Truly I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new[fn] in the kingdom of God.”

“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered when Jesus had spoken the word to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

They crucified two criminals[fn] with him, one on his right and one on his left.[fn]

After he bought some linen cloth, Joseph took him down and wrapped him in the linen. Then he laid him in a tomb cut out of the rock and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us? ”

So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah's division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.

“For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother's womb.

Then they said to her, “None of your relatives has that name.”

salvation from our enemies

and from the hand of those who hate us.

having been rescued

from the hand of our enemies,

would serve him without fear

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

“and a sword will pierce your own soul ​— ​that the thoughts[fn] of many hearts may be revealed.”

“Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don't start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

They were all speaking well of him[fn] and were amazed by the gracious words that came from his mouth; yet they said, “Isn't this Joseph's son? ”

He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

On one of those days while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord's power to heal was in him.

“Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam of wood in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter in your brother's eye.

“For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren't gathered from thornbushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush.

Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others who were supporting them from their possessions.

When he got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was going on. He was perplexed, because some said that John had been raised from the dead,

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, the Chosen One;[fn] listen to him! ”

“‘We are wiping off even the dust of your town that clings to our feet as a witness against you. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.'

He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

As he was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the one who nursed you! ”

“The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look ​— ​something greater than Solomon is here.

they were lying in wait for him to trap him in something he said.[fn]

Someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one's life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

“You are to be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

“He longed to eat his fill from[fn] the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything.

“I know what I'll do so that when I'm removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.'

“And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth[fn] so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

“But he told him, ‘If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.' ”

“Which one of you having a servant tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat'?

“For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in his day.

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

“He told him, ‘I will condemn you by what you have said, you evil servant! If you knew I was a harsh man, collecting what I didn't deposit and reaping what I didn't sow,

“But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

“For David himself says in the Book of Psalms:

The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at my right hand

“For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

“but not a hair of your head will be lost.

Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered among the Twelve.

“But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

Finding that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed.

He also said to them, “This is what is written:[fn] The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead the third day,

who were born, not of natural descent,[fn] or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man,[fn] but of God.

Indeed, we have all received grace upon[fn] grace from his fullness,

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him.

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.

“Can anything good come out of Nazareth? ” Nathanael asked him.

“Come and see,” Philip answered.

After making a whip out of cords, he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers' coins and overturned the tables.

So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

“Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.

“The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

“No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven ​— ​the Son of Man.[fn]

Then a dispute arose between John's disciples and a Jew[fn] about purification.

John responded, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms.[fn] The one who comes from heaven is above all.

For the one whom God sent speaks God's words, since he[fn] gives the Spirit without measure.

Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, worn out from his journey, sat down at the well. It was about noon.[fn]

Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again.

“You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.

They left the town and made their way to him.

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of what the woman said[fn] when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”

When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him and pleaded with him to come down and heal his son, since he was about to die.

Now this was also the second sign Jesus performed after he came from Judea to Galilee.

“Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks he distributed them to those who were seated ​— ​so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

Some boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw[fn] the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

“Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

Therefore the Jews started grumbling about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

“This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept[fn] it? ”

He said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.”

He was referring to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son,[fn] one of the Twelve, because he was going to betray him.

“If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

“This is why Moses has given you circumcision ​— ​not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers ​— ​and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

Some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

However, many from the crowd believed in him and said, “When the Messiah comes, he won't perform more signs than this man has done, will he? ”

“The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”

When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This truly is the Prophet.”

“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him?

“You aren't from Galilee too, are you? ” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”

“You are from below,” he told them, “I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

“You're doing what your father does.”

“We weren't born of sexual immorality,” they said. “We have one Father ​— ​God.”

“You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,[fn] because he is a liar and the father of lies.

“The one who is from God listens to God's words. This is why you don't listen, because you are not from God.”

So they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden[fn] and went out of the temple.[fn]

As he was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth.

After he said these things he spit on the ground, made some mud from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes.

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs? ” And there was a division among them.

So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

“Throughout history[fn] no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and asked him, “We aren't blind too, are we? ”

“But I have other sheep that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

“But you don't believe because you are not of my sheep.[fn]

“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me? ”

Then they were trying again to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

Now a man was sick ​— ​Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he did believed in him.

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus[fn] was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.

Then a large crowd of the Jews learned he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead.

Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.[fn]

Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival.

“Now my soul is troubled. What should I say ​— ​Father, save me from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour.

“As for me, if I am lifted up[fn] from the earth I will draw all people to myself.”

Then the crowd replied to him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah will remain forever. So how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man? ”

Nevertheless, many did believe in him even among the rulers, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, so that they would not be banned from the synagogue.

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

So he got up from supper, laid aside his outer clothing, took a towel, and tied it around himself.

One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was reclining close beside Jesus.[fn]

“If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

“He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.

Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this he's telling us: ‘In a little while, you will not see me; again in a little while, you will see me,' and, ‘Because I am going to the Father'? ”

“I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

“I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from the world. They were yours, you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

“I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

So Judas took a company of soldiers and some officials[fn] from the chief priests and the Pharisees and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then the servant girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You aren't one of this man's disciples too, are you? ”

“I am not,” he said.

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “You aren't one of his disciples too, are you? ”

He denied it and said, “I am not.”

“My kingdom is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I wouldn't be handed over to the Jews. But as it is,[fn] my kingdom is not from here.”

From that moment Pilate kept trying[fn] to release him. But the Jews shouted, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Anyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar! ”

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.

But Thomas (called “Twin”[fn]), one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

Simon Peter, Thomas (called “Twin”[fn]), Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, Zebedee's sons, and two others of his disciples were together.

This was now the third time Jesus appeared[fn] to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst, his body burst open and his intestines spilled out.

Then they prayed, “You, Lord, know everyone's hearts; show which of these two you have chosen

Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.

“For David says of him:

I saw the Lord ever before me;

because he is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.

“Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants[fn] on his throne.

“For it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but he himself says:

The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at my right hand

A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.

“You killed the source[fn] of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.

“Moses said:[fn] The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you.

because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family.

“let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead ​— ​by him this man is standing here before you healthy.

“but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him.

Opposition arose, however, from some members of the Freedmen's Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, and they began to argue with Stephen.

“and said to him: Leave your country and relatives, and come to the land that I will show you.

“and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

“This is the Moses who said to the Israelites: God[fn] will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.

“They told Aaron: Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what's happened to him.

Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any longer but went on his way rejoicing.

As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.

There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment.

Again, a second time, the voice said to him, “What God has made clean, do not call impure.”

“not by all the people, but by us whom God appointed as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

When Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him,

“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a trance, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

“But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call impure.'

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he woke him up and said, “Quick, get up! ” And the chains fell off his wrists.

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”

Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Tell these things to James and the brothers,” he said, and he left and went to another place.

“Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

“But God raised him from the dead,

“As to his raising him from the dead, never to return to decay, he has spoken in this way, I will give you the holy and sure promises of David.

In Lystra a man was sitting who was without strength in his feet, had never walked, and had been lame from birth.

“For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”

explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”

“because he has set a day when he is going to judge the world in righteousness by the man he has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

So Paul left their presence.

After this, he[fn] left Athens and went to Corinth,

Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.

When he had assembled them, as well as the workers engaged in this type of business, he said, “Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this business.

Some Jews in the crowd gave instructions to Alexander[fn] after they pushed him to the front. Motioning with his hand, Alexander wanted to make his defense to the people.

The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

“As I was traveling and approaching Damascus, about noon an intense light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

“And he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the words from his mouth,

When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, take him away from them, and bring him into the barracks.

After he[fn] read it, he asked what province he was from. When he learned he was from Cilicia,

When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me.

“All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

“I will rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

Then, fearing we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight to come.

When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David[fn] according to the flesh

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith,[fn] just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.[fn]

and know his will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who keeps the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.

On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ​— ​by the Spirit, not the letter.[fn] That person's praise is not from people but from God.

God presented him to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

And he became the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.

If those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made empty and the promise nullified,

This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants ​— ​not only to the one who is of the law[fn] but also to the one who is of Abraham's faith. He is the father of us all.

but also for us. It will be credited to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace[fn] with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

And the gift is not like the one man's sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification.[fn]

Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness[fn] of life.

because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will not die again. Death no longer rules over him.

And do not offer any parts[fn] of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness.

But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed[fn] over,

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the body of Christ so that you may belong to another. You belong to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through[fn] his Spirit who lives in you.

For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to election might stand —

Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?

What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness ​— ​namely the righteousness that comes from faith.

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works.[fn] They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

since Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.

If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

For if you were cut off from your native wild olive tree and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these ​— ​the natural branches ​— ​be grafted into their own olive tree?

And in this way all[fn] Israel will be saved, as it is written,

The Deliverer will come from Zion;

he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

But whoever doubts stands condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith,[fn] and everything that is not from faith is sin.

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

And you are arrogant! Shouldn't you be filled with grief and remove from your congregation the one who did this?

I did not mean the immoral people of this world or the greedy and swindlers or idolaters; otherwise you would have to leave the world.

Do not deprive one another ​— ​except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to[fn] prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one person has this gift, another has that.

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

Don't you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?

Although I am free from all and not anyone's slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, since all of us share the one bread.

For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.

Let a person examine himself; in this way let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.

If the foot should say, “Because I'm not a hand, I don't belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.

Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

For now we see only a reflection[fn] as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say, “There is no resurrection of the dead”?

But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is[fn] from heaven.

He has delivered us from such a terrible death, and he will deliver us. We have put our hope in him that he will deliver us again

For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart ​— ​not to cause you pain, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.

To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. Who is adequate for these things?

It is not that we are competent in[fn] ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ.

For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.

In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

Therefore, come out from among them

and be separate, says the Lord;

do not touch any unclean thing,

and I will welcome you.

Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have.

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart ​— ​not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, and dangers among false brothers;

For he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by God's power.

Paul, an apostle ​— ​not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead ​— ​

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

But when God, who from my mother's womb set me apart and called me by his grace, was pleased

For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.

and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ,[fn] even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ[fn] and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will[fn] be justified.

You know, then, that those who have faith, these are Abraham's sons.

Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live by faith.

For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise; but God has graciously given it to Abraham through the promise.

Is the law therefore contrary to God's promises? Absolutely not! For if the law had been granted with the ability to give life, then righteousness would certainly be on the basis of the law.

The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.

When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.

For we eagerly await through the Spirit, by faith, the hope of righteousness.

This persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.

because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens ​— ​

No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need,[fn] so that it gives grace to those who hear.

for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said:

Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you.

Don't work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing God's will from your heart.

I am torn between the two. I long to depart and be with Christ ​— ​which is far better ​— ​

circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee;

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ[fn] ​— ​the righteousness from God based on faith.

assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.

All the saints send you greetings, especially those who belong to Caesar's household.

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.

He is also the head of the body, the church;

he is the beginning,

the firstborn from the dead,

so that he might come to have

first place in everything.

when you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

But now, put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people,

and so does Jesus who is called Justus. These alone of the circumcised are my coworkers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

After this letter has been read at your gathering, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead ​— ​Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

For our exhortation didn't come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way,

Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead and descended from David, according to my gospel,

Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

For among them are those who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of passions,

along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured ​— ​and yet the Lord rescued me from them all.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party.

Now to which of the angels has he ever said:

Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies your footstool?

During his earthly life,[fn] he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

Now consider how great this man was: even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the plunder to him.

not like the covenant

that I made with their ancestors

on the day I took them by the hand

to lead them out of the land of Egypt.

I showed no concern for them, says the Lord,

because they did not continue in my covenant.

so also Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but[fn] to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

But my righteous one[fn] will live by faith;

and if he draws back,

I have no pleasure[fn] in him.

By faith we understand that the universe was[fn] created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.[fn]

He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead; therefore, he received him back, figuratively speaking.[fn]

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus ​— ​the great Shepherd of the sheep ​— ​through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.”[fn] Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith by my works.

You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was made complete,

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.

Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct he should show that his works are done in the gentleness that comes from wisdom.

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don't they come from your passions that wage war within you?[fn]

let that person know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

But you are a chosen race,[fn] a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises[fn] of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,[fn] so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.

For everything in the world ​— ​the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one's possessions ​— ​is not from the Father, but is from the world.

I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

The one who commits[fn] sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the devil's works.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts before him

The one who keeps his commands remains in him, and he in him. And the way we know that he remains in us is from the Spirit he has given us.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father[fn] also loves the one born of him.

because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the one who is born of God keeps him,[fn] and the evil one does not touch him.

I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.

This is why, if I come, I will remind him of the works he is doing, slandering us with malicious words. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to welcome fellow believers, but he even stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church.

Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus[fn] saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;

save others by snatching them from the fire; have mercy on others but with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and has set us free[fn] from our sins by his blood,

He had seven stars in his right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from his mouth, and his face was shining like the sun at full strength.

“Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you[fn] and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in[fn] the paradise of God.

“I know your[fn] affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.

“I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

“In the same way, the one who conquers will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.

“Note this: I will make those from the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying ​— ​I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.

“The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never go out again. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God ​— ​the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God ​— ​and my new name.

“So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit[fn] you out of my mouth.

“I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed, and ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may see.

Flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder came from the throne. Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Look, the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered so that he is able to open the scroll and[fn] its seven seals.”

He went and took the scroll out of the right hand of the one seated on the throne.

And they sang a new song:

You are worthy to take the scroll

and to open its seals,

because you were slaughtered,

and you purchased[fn] people[fn]

for God by your blood

from every tribe and language

and people and nation.

Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven[fn] seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come! ”

Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.

They cried out with a loud voice, “Lord,[fn] the one who is holy and true, how long until you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood? ”

the sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

And I heard the number of the sealed:

144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites: