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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.

Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:

He will give his angels orders concerning you,

and they will support you with their hands

so that you will not strike

your foot against a stone.”

“Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they will be called sons of God.

“But I tell you, don't take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God's throne;

“But seek first the kingdom of God[fn] and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

Suddenly they shouted, “What do you have to do with us,[fn] Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time? ”

“how he entered the house of God, and they ate[fn] the bread of the Presence ​— ​which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

“If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Then those in the boat worshiped him and said, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

He answered them, “Why do you break God's commandment because of your tradition?

he does not have to honor his father.'[fn] In this way, you have nullified the word of God[fn] because of your tradition.

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus turned and told Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me because you're not thinking about God's concerns[fn] but human concerns.”

“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Jesus went into the temple[fn] and threw out all those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

“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.

“Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You don't care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality.[fn]

“Caesar's,” they said to him.

Then he said to them, “Give, then, to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, because you don't know the Scriptures or the power of God.

“Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read what was spoken to you by God:

“And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God's throne and by him who sits on it.

stated, “This man said, ‘I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.' ”

But Jesus kept silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

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! ”

When the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was the Son of God! ”

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.[fn]

After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the good news[fn][fn] of God:

“What do you have to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are ​— ​the Holy One of God! ”

“how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence ​— ​which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests ​— ​and also gave some to his companions? ”

Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God! ”

“Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

“The kingdom of God is like this,” he said. “A man scatters seed on the ground.

And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you before God, don't torment me! ”

“Abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition.”[fn]

“You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other similar things.”

But turning around and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! You are not thinking about God's concerns[fn] but human concerns.”

Then he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

“And if your eye causes you to fall away, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! ”

Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.

When they came, they said to him, “Teacher, we know you are truthful and don't care what anyone thinks, nor do you show partiality but teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we? ”

Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” And they were utterly amazed at him.

Jesus spoke to them, “Isn't this the reason why you're mistaken: you don't know the Scriptures or the power of God?

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.

“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.”

When the centurion, who was standing opposite him, saw the way he[fn] breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God! ”[fn]

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.

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

Both were righteous in God's sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

When his division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and tell you this good news.

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

The angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

Because of our God's merciful compassion,

the dawn from on high will visit us

The boy grew up and became strong, filled with wisdom, and God's grace was on him.

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God's word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

and everyone will see the salvation of God.

son of Enos, son of Seth,

son of Adam, son of God.

The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

So he took him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.

“Leave us alone! What do you have to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are ​— ​the Holy One of God! ”

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.

But he said to them, “It is necessary for me to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose.”

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God's word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.[fn]

“how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat? He even gave some to those who were with him.”

During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.

Then looking up at his disciples, he said:

Blessed are you who are poor,

because the kingdom of God is yours.

“I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John,[fn] but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

Afterward he was traveling from one town and village to another, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,

So he said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,

and hearing they may not understand.

But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said in a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me! ”

Then he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

When the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

“But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am? ”

Peter answered, “God's Messiah.”

“Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

And they were all astonished at the greatness of God.

While everyone was amazed at all the things he was doing, he told his disciples,

But he told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

“Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.'

“‘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.'

“If I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

He said, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”

“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth[fn] of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass[fn] justice and love for God.[fn] These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

“Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,'

“Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies?[fn] Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.

“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,

He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?

Again he said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God to?

“There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

When one of those who reclined at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is the one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God! ”

“I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents.”

And he told them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God's sight.

When he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable;

Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to me, and don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Seeing that he became sad,[fn] Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

They questioned him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and you don't show partiality[fn] but teach truthfully the way of God.

“Well then,” he told them, “give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

“For they can no longer die, because they are like angels and are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection.

“In the same way, when you see these things happening, recognize[fn] that the kingdom of God is near.

“For I tell you, I will not eat it again[fn] until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

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

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

The people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing: “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God's Messiah, the Chosen One! ”

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.

“What things? ” he asked them.

So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be[fn] children of God, to those who believe in his name,

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

“I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”[fn]

When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God! ”

“Rabbi,” Nathanael replied, “You are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel! ”

Then he said, “Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

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.”

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

“Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

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

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son[fn] will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,' you would ask him, and he would give you living water.”

“Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

“but I know you ​— ​that you have no love for God within you.

“How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

“What can we do to perform the works of God? ” they asked.

“For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

“It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to me ​— ​

“We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”[fn]

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

“But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn't come on my own, but he sent me.

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

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus answered. “This came about so that God's works might be displayed in him.

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.

“If this man were not from God, he wouldn't be able to do anything.”

“If he called those to whom the word of God came ‘gods' ​— ​and the Scripture cannot be broken ​— ​

When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

“Yes, Lord,” she told him, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”

Jesus said to her, “Didn't I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God? ”

and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God.

For they loved human praise more than praise from God.

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.

“For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.[fn]

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

“We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,[fn] and that by believing you may have life in his name.

After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

“Cretans and Arabs ​— ​we hear them declaring the magnificent acts of God in our own tongues.”

“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.

“Therefore, since he has been exalted to the right hand of God and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

Peter and John answered them, “Whether it's right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God boldly.

“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.

The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.

So the word of God spread, the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly in number, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

“You took up the tent of Moloch

and the star of your god Rephan,

the images that you made to worship.

So I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.

“He found favor in God's sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God[fn] of Jacob.

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

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]

But when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

Immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues: “He is the Son of God.”

He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.

“and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered in God's sight.

“So I immediately sent for you, and it was good of you to come. So now we are all in the presence of God to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”

“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 apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

But the word of God spread and multiplied.

Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.

He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

“For David, after serving God's purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed,

After the synagogue had been dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

Paul and Barnabas boldly replied, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

strengthening the[fn] disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”

From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you[fn] a way of salvation, are the servants of the Most High God.”

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.

“Since, then, we are God's offspring, we shouldn't think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

He stayed there a year and a half, teaching the word of God among them.

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

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside[fn] and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly over a period of three months, arguing and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

“But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course[fn] and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God's grace.

“because I did not avoid declaring to you the whole plan of God.

He continued, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

Those standing nearby said, “Do you dare revile God's high priest? ”

“And now I stand on trial because of the hope in what God promised to our ancestors,

“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 ​— ​

“For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood by me

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.

“Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.”[fn]

proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle[fn] and set apart for the gospel of God ​— ​

and was appointed to be the powerful Son of God according to the Spirit of holiness[fn] by the resurrection of the dead.

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.

always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God's will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel,[fn] because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.

Although they know God's just sentence ​— ​that those who practice such things deserve to die[fn] ​— ​they not only do them, but even applaud[fn] others who practice them.

Now we know that God's judgment on those who do such things is based on the truth.

For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.

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.

Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the very words of God.

But if our unrighteousness highlights[fn] God's righteousness, what are we to say? I am using a human argument:[fn] Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?

But if by my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, attested by the Law and the Prophets.[fn]

God presented him as the mercy seat[fn] by his blood, through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.

As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations ​— ​ in the presence of the God in whom he believed, the one who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

He did not waver in unbelief at God's promise but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

We have also obtained access through him by faith[fn] into this grace in which we stand, and we boast[fn] in the hope of the glory of God.

This hope will not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man's trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflowed to the many.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For in my inner self[fn] I delight in God's law,

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am serving the law of God, but with my flesh, the law of sin.

The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God's law. Indeed, it is unable to do so.

You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.

For all those led by God's Spirit are God's sons.

The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God's children,

For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God's sons to be revealed.

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

Who can bring an accusation against God's elect? God is the one who justifies.

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.

Now it is not as though the word of God has failed, because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

That is, it is not the children by physical descent[fn] who are God's children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring.

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 —

So then, it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.

And it will be in the place where they were told,

you are not my people,

there they will be called sons of the living God.

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Therefore, consider God's kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God's kindness toward you ​— ​if you remain in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

since God's gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.[fn]

Oh, the depth of the riches

and the wisdom and the knowledge of God!

How unsearchable his judgments

and untraceable his ways!

Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.[fn]

Let everyone submit to the governing authorities, since there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are instituted by God.

For it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For it is God's servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God's servants, continually attending to these tasks.[fn]

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Do not tear down God's work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make someone fall by what he eats.

Whatever you believe about these things, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

Therefore welcome one another, just as[fn] Christ also welcomed you, to the glory of God.

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]

and that, by God's will, I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you.

but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles ​— ​

Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, and Sosthenes our brother:

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved.

For since, in God's wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached.

Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God,

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

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, announcing the mystery[fn] of God to you, I did not come with brilliance of speech or wisdom.

so that your faith might not be based on human wisdom but on God's power.

On the contrary, we speak God's hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.

Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, since the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

But the person without the Spirit[fn] does not receive what comes from God's Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated[fn] spiritually.

For we are God's coworkers.[fn] You are God's field, God's building.

Don't you yourselves know that you are God's temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you?

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God.

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.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God's kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or males who have sex with males,[fn]

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,

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.

Circumcision does not matter and uncircumcision does not matter. Keeping God's commands is what matters.

But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

A man should not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God. So too, woman is the glory of man.

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

If anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other[fn] custom, nor do the churches of God.

Don't you have homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you in this matter!

Therefore I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

Or did the word of God originate from you, or did it come to you only?

For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Moreover, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified wrongly about God that he raised up Christ ​— ​whom he did not raise up, if in fact the dead are not raised.

Come to your senses[fn] and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, and Timothy our[fn] brother:

To the church of God at Corinth, with all the saints who are throughout Achaia.

He comforts us in all our affliction,[fn] so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God's grace.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you ​— ​Silvanus,[fn] Timothy, and I ​— ​did not become “Yes and no.” On the contrary, in him it is always “Yes.”

For we do not market the word of God for profit like so many.[fn] On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

You show that you are Christ's letter, delivered[fn] by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God ​— ​not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.[fn]

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

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting deceitfully or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone's conscience by an open display of the truth.

In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,[fn] who is the image of 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.

Indeed, everything is for your benefit so that, as grace extends through more and more people, it may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.

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.

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

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf, “Be reconciled to God.”

Working together with him, we also appeal to you, “Don't receive the grace of God in vain.”

Instead, as God's ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties,

by the word of truth,[fn] by the power of God; through weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,

And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we[fn] are the temple of the living God, as God said:

I will dwell

and walk among them,

and I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

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.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your devotion to us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.

We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that was given to the churches of Macedonia:

and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God's will.

And as they pray on your behalf, they will have deep affection for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I have promised you in marriage to one husband ​— ​to present a pure virgin to Christ.

Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

Have you been thinking all along that we were defending ourselves to you? No, in the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is for building you up.

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 ​— ​

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

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I intensely persecuted God's church and tried to destroy it.

I declare in the sight of God: I am not lying in what I write to you.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body,[fn] I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

My point is this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously established by God[fn] and thus cancel 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.

for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus.

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then God has made you an heir.

But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elements? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you.[fn] On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself.

envy,[fn] drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I am warning you about these things ​— ​as I warned you before ​— ​that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

May peace come to all those who follow this standard, and mercy even to the Israel of God![fn]

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will:

To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus[fn] at Ephesus.[fn]

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift ​— ​

So, then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God's household,

In him you are also being built together for God's dwelling in the Spirit.

assuming you have heard about the administration of God's grace that he gave me for you.

I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the working of his power.

This is so that God's multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

and to know Christ's love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God's Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ's fullness.

They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because[fn] of the hardness of their hearts.

And don't grieve God's Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him[fn] for the day of redemption.

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,

For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

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

Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil.

For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.

Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit ​— ​which is the word of God.

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.

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

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.

who, existing in the form of God,

did not consider equality with God

as something to be exploited.[fn]

and every tongue will confess

that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world,

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.

I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God's heavenly[fn] call in Christ Jesus.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, and Timothy our brother:

that has come to you. It is bearing fruit and growing all over the world, just as it has among you since the day you heard it and came to truly appreciate God's grace.[fn]

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,

He is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn over all creation.

I have become its servant, according to God's commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,

I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery ​— ​Christ.[fn]

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.

They don't hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with growth from God.

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Because of these, God's wrath is coming upon the disobedient,[fn]

Therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

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.

We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

On the contrary, after we had previously suffered and were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.

Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts.

We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker[fn] in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith,

How can we thank God for you in return for all the joy we experience before our God because of you,

May he make your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. Amen.[fn]

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

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout,[fn] with the archangel's voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

give thanks in everything; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

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

Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God's churches ​— ​about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring.

so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits[fn] in God's temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.

May the Lord direct your hearts to God's love and Christ's endurance.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope:

or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God's plan, which operates by faith.

that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which was entrusted to me.

This is good, and it pleases God our Savior,

For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God's church?)

But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.

All who are under the yoke as slaves should regard their own masters[fn] as worthy of all respect, so that God's name and his teaching will not be blasphemed.

But you, man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.

In the presence of God, who gives life to all, and of Christ Jesus, who gave a good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, for the sake of the promise of life in Christ Jesus:

Therefore, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.

So don't be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.  

for which I suffer to the point of being bound like a criminal. But the word of God is not bound.

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 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and his kingdom:

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for[fn] the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads[fn] to godliness,

In his own time he has revealed his word in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior:

As an overseer of God's household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,

to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God's word will not be slandered.

or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

while we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

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

Again, when he[fn] brings his firstborn into the world, he says,

And let all God's angels worship him.

At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to his will.

But we do see Jesus ​— ​made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God's grace he might taste death for everyone ​— ​crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death.

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.

Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God's people.

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens ​— ​Jesus the Son of God ​— ​let us hold fast to our confession.

No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.

and he was declared by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God's revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.

who tasted God's good word and the powers of the coming age,

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

Without father, mother, or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model[fn] of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that he might now appear in the presence of God for us.

But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.[fn]

and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,

How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane[fn] the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will, you may receive what was promised.

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]

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.

since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

keeping our eyes on Jesus,[fn] the pioneer and perfecter[fn] of our faith. For the joy that lay before him,[fn] he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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.