Acts 1
1 The former
treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both
to do and teach,
2 Until the day
in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost
had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3 To whom also he
shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible
proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the
things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
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4 And, being
assembled together with them, commanded them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the
Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5For John truly
baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost not many days hence.
6When they
therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord,
wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7And he said unto
them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which
the Father hath put in his own power.
8
But
ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me
both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the
earth.
9And when he had
spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a
cloud received him out of their sight.
10And while they
looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men
stood by them in white apparel;
11Which also
said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall
so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
12Then returned
they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from
Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
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13And when they
were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both
Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14These all
continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the
women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
15And in those
days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said,
(the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
16Men and
brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which
the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning
Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
17For he was
numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
18Now this man
purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling
headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels
gushed out.
19And it was
known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field
is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The
field of blood.
20For it is
written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate,
and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another
take.
21Wherefore of
these men which have companied with us all the time that the
Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22Beginning from
the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up
from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his
resurrection.
23And they
appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus,
and Matthias.
24And they
prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all
men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
25That he may
take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by
transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26And they gave
forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was
numbered with the eleven apostles.
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Acts 2
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1 And when the
day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one
accord in one place.
2 And
suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of
a rushing
mighty wind, and it filled all the house where
they were
sitting.
3 And
there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as
of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,
and
began to speak with other tongues,
as the Spirit
gave them utterance.
5 And
there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews,
devout
men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now
when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
together, and were confounded, because that
every
man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And
they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one
to another, Behold, are not all these which
speak
Galilaeans?
8 And
how hear we every man in our own tongue,
wherein
we were born?
9 Parthians,
and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers
in
Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia,
in
Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia,
and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,
Jews
and proselytes,
11 Cretes
and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our
tongues the wonderful works of God.
12 And
they were all amazed, and were in doubt,
saying
one to another, What meaneth this?
13 Others
mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14 But
Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up
his
voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea,
and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem,
be this
known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For
these are not drunken, as ye suppose,
seeing it
is but the third hour of the day.
16 But
this is that which was spoken by the prophet
Joel;
17 And
it shall come to pass
in the last days, saith
God,
I will pour out of my Spirit upon all
flesh:
and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And
on my servants and on my handmaidens I will
pour
out in those days of my Spirit;
and they shall
prophesy:
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19 And I will shew
wonders in heaven above,
and signs in the earth beneath;
blood,
and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall
be turned into darkness,
the moon into blood,
before the
great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall
come to pass,
that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
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Acts 2:22
Ye men of Israel, hear these words;
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God
among you by miracles and wonders and
signs, which God did by him in the midst of
you, as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him,
being delivered by the determinate counsel
and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken,
and by wicked hands
have crucified and slain:
24 Whom
God hath raised up,
having loosed the pains of death:
because it was not possible that he should be holden of
it.
25
For
David speaketh concerning him,
I foresaw the Lord always
before my face,
for he is on my right hand,
that I
should not be moved:
26
Therefore did my heart rejoice,
and my tongue was glad;
moreover
also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because
thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,
neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One
to see corruption.
28 Thou
hast made known to me the ways of life;
thou shalt make
me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and
brethren,
let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch
David,
that he is both dead and buried,
and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore
being a prophet,
and knowing that God had sworn with an
oath to him,
that of the fruit of his loins,
according
to the flesh,
He would raise up Christ to sit on his
throne;
31 He
seeing this before spake of the resurrection of
Christ,
that his soul was not left in hell,
neither his flesh
did see corruption.
32 This
Jesus hath God raised up,
whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore
being by the right hand of God exalted,
and having
received of the Father
the promise of the Holy Ghost,
He
hath shed forth this,
which ye now see and hear.
34 For
David is not ascended into the heavens:
but he saith
himself,
The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my
right hand,
35 Until I
make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore
let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
that God
hath made the same Jesus,
whom ye have crucified, both
Lord and Christ.
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37 Now
when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart,
and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men
and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then
Peter said unto them,
Repent, and be baptized every one
of you
in the
Name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of
sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For
the
promise is unto you, and to your children,
and to all
that are afar off,
even as many as the LORD our God
shall call.
40 And
with many other words did he testify and exhort,
saying, Save yourselves
from this untoward generation.
41 Then
they that gladly received his word
were baptized: and
the same day there
were added unto them about three
thousand souls.
42 And
they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
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Acts 2: 42 And they continued
stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of
bread, and in prayers.
43And fear came upon
every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
44 And
all that believed were together,
and had all things
common;
45And sold their
possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had
need.
46And they, continuing
daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to
house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47Praising God, and
having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church
daily such as should be saved.
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Luke 1
1 Forasmuch as many have
taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which
are most surely believed among us,
2 Even as they delivered
them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers
of the word;
3 It seemed good to me
also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very
first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 That thou mightest know
the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
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Luke 6:37-38
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged.
Do not condemn,
and you will not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Give, and it will be given to you.
A good measure, pressed down, shaken together
and running over, will be poured into your lap.
For with the measure you use,
it will be measured to you."
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5THERE was in the days of
Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the
course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name
was Elisabeth.
6And they were both
righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of
the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child,
because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken
in years.
8And it came to pass,
that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of
his course,
9 According to the custom
of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into
the temple of the Lord.
10 And the whole multitude
of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
11And there appeared unto
him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of
incense.
12And when Zacharias saw
him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13But the angel said unto
him, "Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife
Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. "
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13 But the angel said unto
him, "Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife
Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. "
14 And thou shalt have joy
and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15 For he shall be great
in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink;
and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
16 And many of the
children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before
him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers
to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make
ready a people prepared for the Lord.
18 And Zacharias said unto
the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife
well stricken in years.
19 And the angel answering
said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am
sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
20 And, behold, thou shalt
be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be
performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled
in their season.
21 And the people waited
for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
22 And when he came out,
he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a
vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained
speechless.
23And it came to pass,
that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he
departed to his own house.
24And after those days
his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
25Thus hath the Lord
dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my
reproach among men.
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26 And in the sixth month
the angel Gabriel was sent from
God unto a city of Galilee, named
Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to
a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's
name
was Mary.
28 And the angel came in
unto her, and said, Hail, thou
that art highly favoured, the Lord is
with thee: blessed
art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him,
she was troubled at his saying,
and cast in her mind what manner of
salutation this
should be.
30 And the angel said unto
her, Fear not, Mary: for thou
hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt
conceive in thy womb, and
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name
JESUS.
32 He shall be great, and
shall be called the Son of the
Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto
him the
throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over
the house of Jacob for ever;
and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the
angel,
How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered
and said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
and the power of
the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which
shall be born
of thee shall be called the Son of God.
36 And, behold, thy cousin
Elisabeth, she hath also
conceived a son in her old age: and this is the
sixth
month with her, who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing
shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said,
Behold
the handmaid of the Lord;
be it unto me according to thy word.
And the
angel departed from her.
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39 And Mary arose in those
days, and went into the hill
country with haste, into a city of Juda;
40 And entered into the
house of Zacharias,
and saluted Elisabeth.
41 And it came to pass,
that, when Elisabeth heard the
salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in
her womb;
and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
42 And she spake out with
a loud voice, and said,
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb.
43 And whence is this to
me, that the mother of my Lord
should come to me?
44 For, lo, as soon as the
voice of thy salutation
sounded in mine ears,
the babe leaped in my womb
for joy.
45 And blessed is she that
believed:
for there shall be a performance of those things
which were
told her from the Lord.
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Luke 1:46 And Mary said,
My soul
doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath
rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded
the low estate of
his handmaiden:
for, behold, from henceforth
all
generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty
hath done to me great things;
and holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is on
them that fear him
from generation to generation.
51 He hath shewed strength
with his arm;
he hath scattered the proud
in the imagination of their
hearts.
52 He hath put down the
mighty from their seats,
and exalted them of low degree.
53 He hath filled the
hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54 He hath helped his
servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy;
55
As he spake to our
fathers,
to Abraham,
and to his seed for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her
about three months,
and returned to her own house.
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57Now Elisabeth's full
time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
58And her neighbours and
her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they
rejoiced with her.
59And it came to pass,
that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they
called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
60And his mother answered
and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
61And they said unto her,
There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
62And they made signs to
his father, how he would have him called.
63And he asked for a
writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled
all.
64And his mouth was
opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised
God.
65And fear came on all
that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad
throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
66And all they that heard
them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall
this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
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66 And all they that heard
them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall
this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
67And his father
Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68Blessed be the Lord God
of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
69And hath raised up an
horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
70As he spake by the
mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71That we should be saved
from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72To perform the mercy
promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73The oath which he sware
to our father Abraham,
74That he would grant
unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might
serve him without fear,
75In holiness and
righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76And thou, child, shalt
be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face
of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77To give knowledge of
salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
78Through the tender
mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
79To give light to them
that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into
the way of peace.
80And the child grew, and
waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his
shewing unto Israel.
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Romans 1
1 Paul, a servant of
Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel
of God,
2 (Which he had
promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3 Concerning his
Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David
according to the flesh;
4 And declared to
be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
5 By whom we have
received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among
all nations, for his name:
6 Among whom are
ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7 To all that be
in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and
peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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8 First,
I thank
my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that
your faith is
spoken of throughout the whole world.
9For God is my
witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son,
that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
10Making request,
if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey
by the will of God to come unto you.
11For I long to
see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the
end ye may be established;
12That is, that I
may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of
you and me.
13Now I would not
have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come
unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might
have some fruit
among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
14I am debtor
both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and
to the unwise.
15So, as much as
in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at
Rome also.
16 For I am not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is
the power of God unto
salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek.
17 For therein is
the righteousness of God revealed
from faith to faith: as it is
written, The just shall live by faith.
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15 So, as much as
in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at
Rome also.
16 For I am not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is
the power of God unto
salvation
to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek.
17 For therein is
the righteousness of God revealed
from faith to faith: as it is
written,
The just shall
live by
faith.
18 For
the wrath
of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men,
who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that
which may be known of God
is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
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20 For the
invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even
his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21Because that,
when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were
thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing
themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23And changed the
glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to
corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and
creeping things.
24Wherefore God
also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own
hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the
truth of God into a lie, and
worshipped and served the creature
more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
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Romans 1:26 For this cause God gave them
up
unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into
that which is against nature:
27 And likewise
also the men, leaving the natural use of
the woman, burned in
their lust one toward another;
men with men working that which
is unseemly,
and receiving in themselves
that recompence of
their error which was meet.
28 And even as
they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave
them over to a reprobate mind,
to do those things which are not
convenient;
29 Being
filled
with
all
unrighteousness,
  
    
fornication,
wickedness,
covetousness,
maliciousness;
full of envy,
murder,
debate,
deceit,
malignity;
whisperers,
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30 Backbiters,
haters of God,
despiteful,
proud,
boasters,
inventors of evil
things,
disobedient to parents,
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31 Without
understanding,
covenantbreakers,
without natural affection,
implacable,
unmerciful:
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32 Who knowing
the
judgment of God,
that
they which commit such things
are worthy
of death,
not only do the same,
but have pleasure in them that do them.
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Romans 2:1
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever
thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another,
thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the
same things.
2 But we
are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth
against them which commit such things.
3 And
thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do
such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape
the judgment of God?
4 Or
despisest thou the riches of his goodness and
forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the
goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
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4 Or despisest
thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee
to repentance?
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