mGNT Concordance for ἀπὸ

So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, fourteen generations.

“She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord's angel had commanded him. He married her

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

Now John had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for him,[fn] and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.

From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

“For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter[fn] or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all things are accomplished.

“If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

“Give to the one who asks you, and don't turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

“And do not bring us into[fn] temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.[fn]

“Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

“So you'll recognize them by their fruit.

When he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

“I tell you that many will come from east and west to share the banquet[fn] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

“No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.

Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” he said. “Your faith has saved you.”[fn] And the woman was made well from that moment.[fn]

“Beware of them, because they will hand you over to local courts[fn] and flog you in their synagogues.

“Don't fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence,[fn] and the violent have been seizing it by force.

“The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ' Yet wisdom is vindicated[fn] by her deeds.”[fn]

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn't find any.

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open my mouth in parables;

I will declare things kept secret

from the foundation of the world.[fn]

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.

“This is John the Baptist,” he told his servants. “He has been raised from the dead, and that's why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

When Jesus heard about it, he withdrew from there by boat to a remote place to be alone. When the crowds heard this, they followed him on foot from the towns.

Meanwhile, the boat was already some distance[fn] from land,[fn] battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It's a ghost! ” they said, and they cried out in fear.

He said, “Come.”

And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus.

Then Jesus was approached by Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem, who asked,

Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out,[fn] “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely tormented by a demon.”

“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.”

Then Jesus told them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

“Why is it you don't understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,' it wasn't about bread? ”

From then on Jesus began to point out to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.

Then Jesus rebuked the demon,[fn] and it[fn] came out of him, and from that moment[fn] the boy was healed.

“Yes,” he said.

When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first,[fn] “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes? From their sons or from strangers? ”[fn]

“Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses will inevitably come, but woe to that person by whom the offense comes.

“So also my heavenly Father will do to you unless every one of you forgives his brother or sister[fn] from your[fn] heart.”

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan.

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.'

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.

A very large crowd spread their clothes on the road; others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?[fn]

As Jesus left and was going out of the temple, his disciples came up and called his attention to its buildings.

“For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

“Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

“All the nations[fn] will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

And from that time he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him.

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob with swords and clubs was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Peter was following him at a distance right to the high priest's courtyard. He went in and was sitting with the servants to see the outcome.

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took[fn] the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him whose price was set by the Israelites,

The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you? ”

“Barabbas! ” they answered.

When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man's blood.[fn] See to it yourselves! ”

and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross! ”

“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the King of Israel! Let him[fn] come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

From noon until three in the afternoon,[fn] darkness came over the whole land.[fn]

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and looked after him were there, watching from a distance.

When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

“So give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come, steal him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

The guards were so shaken by fear of him that they became like dead men.

“Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there.' Listen, I have told you.”

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and a large crowd followed from Judea,

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.”

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him.

Then they began to beg him to leave their region.

Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

“Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be healed from your affliction.”

but many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they ran on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.[fn]

They picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish.

The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him.

When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

But she replied to him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.”

So he took him away from the crowd in private. After putting his fingers in the man's ears and spitting, he touched his tongue.

“If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance.”

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign from heaven to test him.

Then he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

“But from the beginning of creation God[fn] made them male and female.

They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

The next day when they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from them.

When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question him any longer.

He also said in his teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who want greetings in the marketplaces,

“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants,[fn] warming himself by the fire.

“save yourself by coming down from the cross! ”

“Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.

There were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went to Pilate and asked for Jesus's body.

When he found out from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph.

They went out and ran from the tomb, because trembling and astonishment overwhelmed them. And they said nothing to anyone, since they were afraid.

[Some of the earliest mss conclude with 16:8.][fn]

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the accompanying signs.]

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

because he has looked with favor

on the humble condition of his servant.

Surely, from now on all generations

will call me blessed,

he has toppled the mighty from their thrones

and exalted the lowly.

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,

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,[fn]

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Then Jesus left the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

After he left the synagogue, he entered Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him about her.

Also, demons were coming out of many, shouting and saying, “You are the Son of God! ” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.

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.

and so were James and John, Zebedee's sons, who were Simon's partners.

“Don't be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people.”

But the news[fn] about him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old.

After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

“If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don't hold back your shirt either.

Jesus went with them, and when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, don't trouble yourself, since I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

At that time Jesus healed many people of diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and he granted sight to many blind people.

“Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary, called Magdalene (seven demons had come out of her);

“The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

A woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all she had on doctors[fn] and yet could not be healed by any,

“If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

saying, “It is necessary that the Son of Man suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.”

The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them? ”[fn]

At that time he[fn] rejoiced in the Holy[fn] Spirit and said, “I praise[fn] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure.[fn]

Jesus took up the question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then[fn] says, ‘I'll go back to my house that I came from.'

“so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world[fn] ​— ​

Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

“I say to you, my friends, don't fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

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.”

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared ​— ​whose will they be? '

“From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?

“They will come from east and west, from north and south, to share the banquet[fn] in the kingdom of God.

“But without exception[fn] they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.'

“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently invited to enter it.[fn]

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and everyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

“He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man's table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

“And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

“ ‘No, father Abraham,' he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

“But first it is necessary that he suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

“But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

“And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.'

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

“ ‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace ​— ​but now it is hidden from your eyes.

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

“People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

“For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

When he got up from prayer and came to the disciples, he found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

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

“Why do we need any more testimony,” they said, “since we've heard it ourselves from his mouth? ”

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.”

But all who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest.

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles[fn] from Jerusalem.

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.

But while they still were amazed and in disbelief because of their joy, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat? ”

“and repentance for[fn] forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

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

This man came to him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could perform these signs you do unless God were with him.”

“For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

“Doesn't the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David's offspring[fn] and from the town of Bethlehem, where David lived? ”

When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the center.

“No one, Lord,”[fn] she answered.

“Neither do I condemn you,” said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”]

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

So they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his hands, that he had come from God, and that he was going back to God.

“Now we know that you know everything and don't need anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”

Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

Jesus answered, “Are you asking this on your own, or have others told you about me? ”

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus ​— ​but secretly because of his fear of the Jews ​— ​asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus's body. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away.

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

“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” he told them, “and you'll find some.” So they did,[fn] and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.

Since they were not far from land (about a hundred yards[fn] away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.

“Bring some of the fish you've just caught,” Jesus told them.

While he was[fn] with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father's promise. “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about;

After he had said this, he was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem ​— ​a Sabbath day's journey away.

“beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us ​— ​from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, devout people from every nation under heaven.

“And it will be in the last days, says God,

that I will pour out my Spirit on all people;

then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

“Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: This Jesus of Nazareth was a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through him, just as you yourselves know.

With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt[fn] generation! ”

“Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,

“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also foretold these days.

“God raised up his servant[fn] and sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus by birth, the one the apostles called Barnabas (which is translated Son of Encouragement),

However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife's knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.

“So in the present case, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of human origin, it will fail;

Then they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be treated shamefully on behalf of the Name.[fn]

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.

“Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David.

They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God.”[fn]

“Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, your heart's intent may be forgiven.

An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip: “Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is the desert road.[fn])

In his humiliation justice was denied him.

Who will describe his generation?

For his life is taken from the earth.

Philip proceeded to tell him the good news about Jesus, beginning with that Scripture.

Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

“Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem.

At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.

Peter then invited them in and gave them lodging.

The next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon,[fn] I was[fn] praying in my house. Just then a man in dazzling clothing stood before me

“You know the events that took place throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:

“At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.

Now those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

About that time King Herod violently attacked some who belonged to the church,

She recognized Peter's voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the outer gate.

After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and went back to Jerusalem.

“From this man's descendants, as he promised, God brought to Israel the Savior, Jesus.[fn]

“When they had carried out all that had been written about him, they took him down from the tree and put him in a tomb.

“and he appeared for many days to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

“Everyone who believes is justified[fn] through him from everything that you could not be justified from through the law of Moses.

But the Jews incited the prominent God-fearing women and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.

“People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

“Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,

After spending some time there, they were sent back in peace by the brothers and sisters to those who had sent them.[fn][fn]

But Paul insisted that they should not take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,

He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.

So they came to appease them, and escorting them from prison, they urged them to leave town.

As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and upsetting[fn] the crowds.

“He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

where he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,

When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself to preaching the word[fn] and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

So he drove them from the tribunal.

but he said farewell and added,[fn] “I'll come back to you again, if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

so that even facecloths or aprons[fn] that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

but we sailed away from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread. In five days we reached them at Troas, where we spent seven days.

and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church.

“Therefore I declare to you this day that I am innocent[fn] of the blood of all of you,

When we completed our voyage[fn] from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day.

After we had been there for several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us and brought us to Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.

“But they have been informed about you ​— ​that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to live according to our customs.

When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd, and seized him,

“Since I couldn't see because of the brightness of the light,[fn] I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and went into Damascus.

They listened to him up to this point. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this man off the face of the earth! He should not be allowed to live! ”

“Don't let them persuade you, because there are more than forty of them lying in ambush ​— ​men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”

He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready with seventy cavalry and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.[fn]

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

“While I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.

Three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges that they were not able to prove.

“to open their eyes so that they may turn[fn] from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

“To this very day, I have had help from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said would take place ​— ​

Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, “You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.

“So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

The rest were to follow, some on planks and some on debris from the ship. In this way, everyone safely reached the shore.

As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

Then they said to him, “We haven't received any letters about you from Judea. None of the brothers has come and reported or spoken anything evil about you.

After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and testified about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them about Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath.

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression. He is a type of the Coming One.

since a person who has died is freed[fn] from sin.

and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification ​— ​and the outcome is eternal life!

For example, a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband.

But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law.

because the law[fn] of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you[fn] free from the law[fn] of sin and death.

that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God's children.

Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off[fn] from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.

I don't want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points[fn] because of the grace given me by God

by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, and by the power of God's Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.[fn]

But now I no longer have any work to do in these regions,[fn] and I have strongly desired for many years to come to you

Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, that my ministry to[fn] Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us ​— ​our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption ​— ​

So don't judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

Don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

To the married I give this command ​— ​not I, but the Lord ​— ​a wife is not to leave[fn] her husband.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread,

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

just as you have partially understood us ​— ​that we are your reason for pride, just as you also are ours in the day of our[fn] Lord Jesus.

and to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and then come to you again from Macedonia and be helped by you on my journey to Judea.

If anyone has caused pain, he has caused pain not so much to me but to some degree ​— ​not to exaggerate ​— ​to all of you.

We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at[fn] the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.[fn]

So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective.[fn] Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective,[fn] yet now we no longer know him in this way.

So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion[fn] in the fear of God.

For this reason we have been comforted.

In addition to our own comfort, we rejoiced even more over the joy Titus had, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.

And in this matter I am giving advice because it is profitable for you, who began last year not only to do something but also to want to do it.

For I know your eagerness, and I boast about you to the Macedonians, “Achaia has been ready since last year,” and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure[fn] devotion to Christ.

When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, since the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.

Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord[fn] Jesus Christ,

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel ​— ​

Now from those recognized as important (what they[fn] once were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism[fn]) ​— ​they added nothing to me.

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.

These things are being taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery ​— ​this is Hagar.

You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.

Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

not being frightened in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your salvation ​— ​and this is from God.

And you Philippians know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone.

To the saints in Christ at Colossae, who are faithful brothers and sisters.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father.[fn]

You learned this from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your[fn] behalf,

if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.

If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:

knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ.

for they themselves report[fn] what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

For this is God's will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality,

Stay away from every kind of evil.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord's presence and from his glorious strength

not to be easily upset or troubled, either by a prophecy[fn] or by a message or by a letter supposedly from us, alleging that the day of the Lord[fn] has come.

and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not all have faith.[fn]

Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or sister who is idle and does not live[fn] according to the tradition received from us.

To Timothy, my true son in the faith.

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the[fn] Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the devil's trap.

For the love of money is a root[fn] of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

To Timothy, my dearly loved son.

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone who calls on the name of[fn] the Lord turn away from wickedness.

So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable,[fn] he will be a special[fn] instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

To Titus, my true son in our common faith.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won't be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

For we who have believed enter the rest, in keeping with what[fn] he has said,

So I swore in my anger,

“They will not enter my rest,”

even though his works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

For the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his.

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.

Therefore, let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God,

For the ground that drinks the rain that often falls on it and that produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings,

For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,[fn]

and each his brother or sister, saying, “Know the Lord,”

because they will all know me,

from the least to the greatest of them.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our[fn] consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?

Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

quenched the raging of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.

Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who are from Italy send you greetings.

No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God,” since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn't tempt anyone.

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

My brothers and sisters, if any among you strays from the truth, and someone turns him back,

For the one who wants to love life

and to see good days,

let him keep his tongue from evil

and his lips from speaking deceit,

For the time has come for judgment to begin with God's household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.[fn]

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

since they set out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from pagans.[fn]

It was about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied: “Look! The Lord comes with tens of thousands of his holy ones

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

John: To the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace to you from[fn] the one who is, who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits[fn] before his throne,

“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.

And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

Then I saw another angel rising up from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were allowed to harm the earth and the sea,

A third of the human race was killed by these three plagues ​— ​by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came from their mouths.

The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, to be nourished there[fn] for 1,260 days.

The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent's presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, times, and half a time.

All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book[fn] of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.[fn]

They sang[fn] a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, but no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses' bridles for about 180 miles.[fn]

The sixth[fn] poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

Then the seventh[fn] poured out his bowl into the air,[fn] and a loud voice came out of the temple[fn] from the throne, saying, “It is done! ”

“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss and go to destruction. Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and is to come.

They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying,

Woe, woe, the great city,

Babylon, the mighty city!

For in a single hour

your judgment has come.

The fruit you craved has left you.

All your splendid and glamorous things are gone;

they will never find them again.

for in a single hour

such fabulous wealth was destroyed!

And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off

A voice came from the throne, saying,

Praise our God,

all his servants, and the ones who fear him,

both small and great!

Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

I also saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

He then carried me away in the Spirit[fn] to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, which are written about in this book.

Bethany was near Jerusalem (less than two miles[fn] away).