├── README.md ├── Holy Bible%2F2 John.md ├── Holy Bible%2F3 John.md ├── Holy Bible.md ├── Holy Bible%2FPhilemon.md ├── Holy Bible%2FObadiah.md ├── Holy Bible%2FJude.md ├── Holy Bible%2FTitus.md ├── Holy Bible%2FHaggai.md ├── Holy Bible%2F2 Thessalonians.md ├── Holy Bible%2FNahum.md ├── Holy Bible%2FJonah.md ├── Holy Bible%2FHabakkuk.md ├── Holy Bible%2FZephaniah.md ├── Holy Bible%2F2 Peter.md ├── Holy Bible%2FMalachi.md ├── Holy Bible%2F2 Timothy.md ├── Holy Bible%2FJoel.md ├── Holy Bible%2F1 Thessalonians.md ├── Holy Bible%2FColossians.md ├── Holy Bible%2FRuth.md ├── Holy Bible%2FJames.md ├── Holy Bible%2FPhilippians.md ├── Holy Bible%2F1 Peter.md ├── Holy Bible%2F1 John.md └── Holy Bible%2F1 Timothy.md /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Berean Standard (Study) Bible Markdown for Logseq 2 | 3 | I've reformatted the BSB for use in Logseq so that bible verses can be used anywhere in Logseq by using block references (()). The files use namesspaces so each book is located at 'Holy Bible/Name of Book'. 4 | 5 | The 'Holy Bible' page lists the 66 books grouped by Old and New Testament. 6 | 7 | The original files are [located here](https://bereanbible.com/bsb.txt) and the license is as follows: 8 | 9 | > The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible, Copyright ©2016, 2020 by Bible Hub. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Free Licensing for use in Websites, Apps, Software, and Audio: http://berean.bible/licensing.htm 10 | 11 | ## Use of the Berean Standard Bible Markdown for Logseq 12 | 13 | 1. Simply download a zip of the files and unzip to your Logseq graph directory. I recommend deleting the Readme.md file. 14 | 2. Re-index your graph 15 | 3. The files use namespaces to group the books together: Holy Bible/Name of Book so you can visit [[Holy Bible]] to view all the books grouped by Old and New Testament. 16 | 4. To reference a verse anywhere in Logseq, type (( and type the name of the book plus the chapter and verse. For instance (( John 3:16 )) - this will then display the verse in your current page. 17 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2F2 John.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/2 John 2 | 3 | - **2 John 1:1** 4 | The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth— 5 | - **2 John 1:2** 6 | because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: 7 | - **2 John 1:3** 8 | Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love. 9 | - **2 John 1:4** 10 | I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us. 11 | - **2 John 1:5** 12 | And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. 13 | - **2 John 1:6** 14 | And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. 15 | - **2 John 1:7** 16 | For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 17 | - **2 John 1:8** 18 | Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded. 19 | - **2 John 1:9** 20 | Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son. 21 | - **2 John 1:10** 22 | If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. 23 | - **2 John 1:11** 24 | Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds. 25 | - **2 John 1:12** 26 | I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 27 | - **2 John 1:13** 28 | The children of your elect sister send you greetings. 29 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2F3 John.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/3 John 2 | 3 | - **3 John 1:1** 4 | The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth: 5 | - **3 John 1:2** 6 | Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers. 7 | - **3 John 1:3** 8 | For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk. 9 | - **3 John 1:4** 10 | I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 11 | - **3 John 1:5** 12 | Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you. 13 | - **3 John 1:6** 14 | They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. 15 | - **3 John 1:7** 16 | For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 17 | - **3 John 1:8** 18 | Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth. 19 | - **3 John 1:9** 20 | I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction. 21 | - **3 John 1:10** 22 | So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church. 23 | - **3 John 1:11** 24 | Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God. 25 | - **3 John 1:12** 26 | Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true. 27 | - **3 John 1:13** 28 | I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink. 29 | - **3 John 1:14** 30 | Instead, I hope to see you soon and speak with you face to face. Peace to you. The friends here send you greetings. Greet each of our friends there by name. 31 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | - Copyright & License Information: 2 | collapsed:: true 3 | - The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible, Copyright ©2016, 2020 by Bible Hub. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Free Licensing for use in Websites, Apps, Software, and Audio: http://berean.bible/licensing.htm 4 | - ## Old Testament 5 | collapsed:: true 6 | - [[Holy Bible/Genesis]] 7 | - [[Holy Bible/Exodus]] 8 | - [[Holy Bible/Leviticus]] 9 | - [[Holy Bible/Numbers]] 10 | - [[Holy Bible/Deuteronomy]] 11 | - [[Holy Bible/Joshua]] 12 | - [[Holy Bible/Judges]] 13 | - [[Holy Bible/Ruth]] 14 | - [[Holy Bible/1 Samuel]] 15 | - [[Holy Bible/2 Samuel]] 16 | - [[Holy Bible/1 Kings]] 17 | - [[Holy Bible/2 Kings]] 18 | - [[Holy Bible/1 Chronicles]] 19 | - [[Holy Bible/2 Chronicles]] 20 | - [[Holy Bible/Ezra]] 21 | - [[Holy Bible/Nehemiah]] 22 | - [[Holy Bible/Esther]] 23 | - [[Holy Bible/Job]] 24 | - [[Holy Bible/Psalms]] 25 | - [[Holy Bible/Proverbs]] 26 | - [[Holy Bible/Ecclesiastes]] 27 | - [[Holy Bible/Song of Solomon]] 28 | - [[Holy Bible/Isaiah]] 29 | - [[Holy Bible/Jeremiah]] 30 | - [[Holy Bible/Lamentations]] 31 | - [[Holy Bible/Ezekiel]] 32 | - [[Holy Bible/Daniel]] 33 | - [[Holy Bible/Hosea]] 34 | - [[Holy Bible/Joel]] 35 | - [[Holy Bible/Amos]] 36 | - [[Holy Bible/Obadiah]] 37 | - [[Holy Bible/Jonah]] 38 | - [[Holy Bible/Micah]] 39 | - [[Holy Bible/Nahum]] 40 | - [[Holy Bible/Habakkuk]] 41 | - [[Holy Bible/Zephaniah]] 42 | - [[Holy Bible/Haggai]] 43 | - [[Holy Bible/Zechariah]] 44 | - [[Holy Bible/Malachi]] 45 | - 46 | - ## New Testament 47 | collapsed:: true 48 | - [[Holy Bible/Matthew]] 49 | - [[Holy Bible/Mark]] 50 | - [[Holy Bible/Luke]] 51 | - [[Holy Bible/John]] 52 | - [[Holy Bible/Acts]] 53 | - [[Holy Bible/Romans]] 54 | - [[Holy Bible/1 Corinthians]] 55 | - [[Holy Bible/2 Corinthians]] 56 | - [[Holy Bible/Galatians]] 57 | - [[Holy Bible/Ephesians]] 58 | - [[Holy Bible/Philippians]] 59 | - [[Holy Bible/Colossians]] 60 | - [[Holy Bible/1 Thessalonians]] 61 | - [[Holy Bible/2 Thessalonians]] 62 | - [[Holy Bible/1 Timothy]] 63 | - [[Holy Bible/2 Timothy]] 64 | - [[Holy Bible/Titus]] 65 | - [[Holy Bible/Philemon]] 66 | - [[Holy Bible/Hebrews]] 67 | - [[Holy Bible/James]] 68 | - [[Holy Bible/1 Peter]] 69 | - [[Holy Bible/2 Peter]] 70 | - [[Holy Bible/1 John]] 71 | - [[Holy Bible/2 John]] 72 | - [[Holy Bible/3 John]] 73 | - [[Holy Bible/Jude]] 74 | - [[Holy Bible/Revelation]] 75 | - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FPhilemon.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Philemon 2 | 3 | - **Philemon 1:1** 4 | Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker, 5 | - **Philemon 1:2** 6 | to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house: 7 | - **Philemon 1:3** 8 | Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 9 | - **Philemon 1:4** 10 | I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers, 11 | - **Philemon 1:5** 12 | because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. 13 | - **Philemon 1:6** 14 | I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ. 15 | - **Philemon 1:7** 16 | I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints. 17 | - **Philemon 1:8** 18 | So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper, 19 | - **Philemon 1:9** 20 | I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well. 21 | - **Philemon 1:10** 22 | I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains. 23 | - **Philemon 1:11** 24 | Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me. 25 | - **Philemon 1:12** 26 | I am sending back to you him who is my very heart. 27 | - **Philemon 1:13** 28 | I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel. 29 | - **Philemon 1:14** 30 | But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will. 31 | - **Philemon 1:15** 32 | For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good— 33 | - **Philemon 1:16** 34 | no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord. 35 | - **Philemon 1:17** 36 | So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me. 37 | - **Philemon 1:18** 38 | But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account. 39 | - **Philemon 1:19** 40 | I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self. 41 | - **Philemon 1:20** 42 | Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. 43 | - **Philemon 1:21** 44 | Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask. 45 | - **Philemon 1:22** 46 | In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you. 47 | - **Philemon 1:23** 48 | Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings, 49 | - **Philemon 1:24** 50 | as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. 51 | - **Philemon 1:25** 52 | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 53 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FObadiah.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Obadiah 2 | 3 | - **Obadiah 1:1** 4 | This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”— 5 | - **Obadiah 1:2** 6 | “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised. 7 | - **Obadiah 1:3** 8 | The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ 9 | - **Obadiah 1:4** 10 | Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD. 11 | - **Obadiah 1:5** 12 | “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? 13 | - **Obadiah 1:6** 14 | But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out! 15 | - **Obadiah 1:7** 16 | All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it. 17 | - **Obadiah 1:8** 18 | In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau? 19 | - **Obadiah 1:9** 20 | Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter. 21 | - **Obadiah 1:10** 22 | Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. 23 | - **Obadiah 1:11** 24 | On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. 25 | - **Obadiah 1:12** 26 | But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress. 27 | - **Obadiah 1:13** 28 | You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster. 29 | - **Obadiah 1:14** 30 | Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress. 31 | - **Obadiah 1:15** 32 | For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head. 33 | - **Obadiah 1:16** 34 | For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed. 35 | - **Obadiah 1:17** 36 | But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession. 37 | - **Obadiah 1:18** 38 | Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken. 39 | - **Obadiah 1:19** 40 | Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead. 41 | - **Obadiah 1:20** 42 | And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev. 43 | - **Obadiah 1:21** 44 | The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD. 45 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FJude.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Jude 2 | 3 | - **Jude 1:1** 4 | Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ: 5 | - **Jude 1:2** 6 | Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. 7 | - **Jude 1:3** 8 | Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints. 9 | - **Jude 1:4** 10 | For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. 11 | - **Jude 1:5** 12 | Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe. 13 | - **Jude 1:6** 14 | And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day. 15 | - **Jude 1:7** 16 | In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire. 17 | - **Jude 1:8** 18 | Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings. 19 | - **Jude 1:9** 20 | But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 21 | - **Jude 1:10** 22 | These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively. 23 | - **Jude 1:11** 24 | Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion. 25 | - **Jude 1:12** 26 | These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted. 27 | - **Jude 1:13** 28 | They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. 29 | - **Jude 1:14** 30 | Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones 31 | - **Jude 1:15** 32 | to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.” 33 | - **Jude 1:16** 34 | These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage. 35 | - **Jude 1:17** 36 | But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ 37 | - **Jude 1:18** 38 | when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.” 39 | - **Jude 1:19** 40 | These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit. 41 | - **Jude 1:20** 42 | But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 43 | - **Jude 1:21** 44 | keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life. 45 | - **Jude 1:22** 46 | And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt; 47 | - **Jude 1:23** 48 | save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh. 49 | - **Jude 1:24** 50 | Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy— 51 | - **Jude 1:25** 52 | to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen. 53 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FTitus.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Titus 2 | 3 | - **Titus 1:1** 4 | Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness, 5 | - **Titus 1:2** 6 | in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. 7 | - **Titus 1:3** 8 | In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior. 9 | - **Titus 1:4** 10 | To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. 11 | - **Titus 1:5** 12 | The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. 13 | - **Titus 1:6** 14 | An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination. 15 | - **Titus 1:7** 16 | As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money. 17 | - **Titus 1:8** 18 | Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. 19 | - **Titus 1:9** 20 | He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it. 21 | - **Titus 1:10** 22 | For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision, 23 | - **Titus 1:11** 24 | who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not. 25 | - **Titus 1:12** 26 | As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 27 | - **Titus 1:13** 28 | This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith 29 | - **Titus 1:14** 30 | and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth. 31 | - **Titus 1:15** 32 | To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled. 33 | - **Titus 1:16** 34 | They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed. 35 | - **Titus 2:1** 36 | But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine. 37 | - **Titus 2:2** 38 | Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance. 39 | - **Titus 2:3** 40 | Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. 41 | - **Titus 2:4** 42 | In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, 43 | - **Titus 2:5** 44 | to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited. 45 | - **Titus 2:6** 46 | In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. 47 | - **Titus 2:7** 48 | In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity, 49 | - **Titus 2:8** 50 | and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us. 51 | - **Titus 2:9** 52 | Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 53 | - **Titus 2:10** 54 | not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior. 55 | - **Titus 2:11** 56 | For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. 57 | - **Titus 2:12** 58 | It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 59 | - **Titus 2:13** 60 | as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. 61 | - **Titus 2:14** 62 | He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. 63 | - **Titus 2:15** 64 | Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. 65 | - **Titus 3:1** 66 | Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work, 67 | - **Titus 3:2** 68 | to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone. 69 | - **Titus 3:3** 70 | For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 71 | - **Titus 3:4** 72 | But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 73 | - **Titus 3:5** 74 | He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 75 | - **Titus 3:6** 76 | This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 77 | - **Titus 3:7** 78 | so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life. 79 | - **Titus 3:8** 80 | This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people. 81 | - **Titus 3:9** 82 | But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless. 83 | - **Titus 3:10** 84 | Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition, 85 | - **Titus 3:11** 86 | knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned. 87 | - **Titus 3:12** 88 | As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there. 89 | - **Titus 3:13** 90 | Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need. 91 | - **Titus 3:14** 92 | And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful. 93 | - **Titus 3:15** 94 | All who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you. 95 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FHaggai.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Haggai 2 | 3 | - **Haggai 1:1** 4 | In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating 5 | - **Haggai 1:2** 6 | that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’” 7 | - **Haggai 1:3** 8 | Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying: 9 | - **Haggai 1:4** 10 | “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?” 11 | - **Haggai 1:5** 12 | Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. 13 | - **Haggai 1:6** 14 | You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” 15 | - **Haggai 1:7** 16 | This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. 17 | - **Haggai 1:8** 18 | Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD. 19 | - **Haggai 1:9** 20 | You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house. 21 | - **Haggai 1:10** 22 | Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. 23 | - **Haggai 1:11** 24 | I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.” 25 | - **Haggai 1:12** 26 | Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD. 27 | - **Haggai 1:13** 28 | Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD. 29 | - **Haggai 1:14** 30 | So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God, 31 | - **Haggai 1:15** 32 | on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius. 33 | - **Haggai 2:1** 34 | On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying: 35 | - **Haggai 2:2** 36 | “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them, 37 | - **Haggai 2:3** 38 | ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’ 39 | - **Haggai 2:4** 40 | But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts. 41 | - **Haggai 2:5** 42 | This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.” 43 | - **Haggai 2:6** 44 | For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 45 | - **Haggai 2:7** 46 | I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts. 47 | - **Haggai 2:8** 48 | The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts. 49 | - **Haggai 2:9** 50 | The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.” 51 | - **Haggai 2:10** 52 | On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying, 53 | - **Haggai 2:11** 54 | “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling. 55 | - **Haggai 2:12** 56 | If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests. 57 | - **Haggai 2:13** 58 | So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered. 59 | - **Haggai 2:14** 60 | Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled. 61 | - **Haggai 2:15** 62 | Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD, 63 | - **Haggai 2:16** 64 | from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty. 65 | - **Haggai 2:17** 66 | I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD. 67 | - **Haggai 2:18** 68 | Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully: 69 | - **Haggai 2:19** 70 | Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.” 71 | - **Haggai 2:20** 72 | For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying, 73 | - **Haggai 2:21** 74 | “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth: 75 | - **Haggai 2:22** 76 | I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother. 77 | - **Haggai 2:23** 78 | On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.” 79 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2F2 Thessalonians.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/2 Thessalonians 2 | 3 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:1** 4 | Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 5 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:2** 6 | Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 7 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:3** 8 | We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing. 9 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:4** 10 | That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring. 11 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:5** 12 | All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. 13 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:6** 14 | After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 15 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:7** 16 | and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels 17 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:8** 18 | in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 19 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:9** 20 | They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, 21 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:10** 22 | on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony. 23 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:11** 24 | To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith, 25 | - **2 Thessalonians 1:12** 26 | so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. 27 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:1** 28 | Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers, 29 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:2** 30 | not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come. 31 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:3** 32 | Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. 33 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:4** 34 | He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 35 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:5** 36 | Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you? 37 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:6** 38 | And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 39 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:7** 40 | For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way. 41 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:8** 42 | And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival. 43 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:9** 44 | The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, 45 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:10** 46 | and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. 47 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:11** 48 | For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, 49 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:12** 50 | in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. 51 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:13** 52 | But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. 53 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:14** 54 | To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 55 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:15** 56 | Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter. 57 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:16** 58 | Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope, 59 | - **2 Thessalonians 2:17** 60 | encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed. 61 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:1** 62 | Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you. 63 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:2** 64 | And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith. 65 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:3** 66 | But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. 67 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:4** 68 | And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. 69 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:5** 70 | May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 71 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:6** 72 | Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us. 73 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:7** 74 | For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you, 75 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:8** 76 | nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you. 77 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:9** 78 | Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate. 79 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:10** 80 | For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” 81 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:11** 82 | Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies. 83 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:12** 84 | We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living. 85 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:13** 86 | But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing. 87 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:14** 88 | Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed. 89 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:15** 90 | Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. 91 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:16** 92 | Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. 93 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:17** 94 | This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write. 95 | - **2 Thessalonians 3:18** 96 | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. 97 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FNahum.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Nahum 2 | 3 | - **Nahum 1:1** 4 | This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite: 5 | - **Nahum 1:2** 6 | The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies. 7 | - **Nahum 1:3** 8 | The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. 9 | - **Nahum 1:4** 10 | He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts. 11 | - **Nahum 1:5** 12 | The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. 13 | - **Nahum 1:6** 14 | Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him. 15 | - **Nahum 1:7** 16 | The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him. 17 | - **Nahum 1:8** 18 | But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness. 19 | - **Nahum 1:9** 20 | Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time. 21 | - **Nahum 1:10** 22 | For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry. 23 | - **Nahum 1:11** 24 | From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness. 25 | - **Nahum 1:12** 26 | This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer. 27 | - **Nahum 1:13** 28 | For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.” 29 | - **Nahum 1:14** 30 | The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.” 31 | - **Nahum 1:15** 32 | Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off. 33 | - **Nahum 2:1** 34 | One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength! 35 | - **Nahum 2:2** 36 | For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine. 37 | - **Nahum 2:3** 38 | The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished. 39 | - **Nahum 2:4** 40 | The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning. 41 | - **Nahum 2:5** 42 | He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place. 43 | - **Nahum 2:6** 44 | The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses. 45 | - **Nahum 2:7** 46 | It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts. 47 | - **Nahum 2:8** 48 | Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back. 49 | - **Nahum 2:9** 50 | “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing. 51 | - **Nahum 2:10** 52 | She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale! 53 | - **Nahum 2:11** 54 | Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away? 55 | - **Nahum 2:12** 56 | The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey. 57 | - **Nahum 2:13** 58 | “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.” 59 | - **Nahum 3:1** 60 | Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey. 61 | - **Nahum 3:2** 62 | The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! 63 | - **Nahum 3:3** 64 | Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead— 65 | - **Nahum 3:4** 66 | because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft. 67 | - **Nahum 3:5** 68 | “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms. 69 | - **Nahum 3:6** 70 | I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you. 71 | - **Nahum 3:7** 72 | Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?” 73 | - **Nahum 3:8** 74 | Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water? 75 | - **Nahum 3:9** 76 | Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies. 77 | - **Nahum 3:10** 78 | Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains. 79 | - **Nahum 3:11** 80 | You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy. 81 | - **Nahum 3:12** 82 | All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater! 83 | - **Nahum 3:13** 84 | Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars. 85 | - **Nahum 3:14** 86 | Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln! 87 | - **Nahum 3:15** 88 | There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust! 89 | - **Nahum 3:16** 90 | You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. 91 | - **Nahum 3:17** 92 | Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where. 93 | - **Nahum 3:18** 94 | O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. 95 | - **Nahum 3:19** 96 | There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty? 97 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FJonah.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Jonah 2 | 3 | - **Jonah 1:1** 4 | Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, 5 | - **Jonah 1:2** 6 | “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.” 7 | - **Jonah 1:3** 8 | Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. 9 | - **Jonah 1:4** 10 | Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart. 11 | - **Jonah 1:5** 12 | The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 13 | - **Jonah 1:6** 14 | The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.” 15 | - **Jonah 1:7** 16 | “Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. 17 | - **Jonah 1:8** 18 | “Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?” 19 | - **Jonah 1:9** 20 | “I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.” 21 | - **Jonah 1:10** 22 | Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. 23 | - **Jonah 1:11** 24 | Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?” 25 | - **Jonah 1:12** 26 | “Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.” 27 | - **Jonah 1:13** 28 | Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more. 29 | - **Jonah 1:14** 30 | So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.” 31 | - **Jonah 1:15** 32 | At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm. 33 | - **Jonah 1:16** 34 | Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him. 35 | - **Jonah 1:17** 36 | Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish. 37 | - **Jonah 2:1** 38 | From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God, 39 | - **Jonah 2:2** 40 | saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. 41 | - **Jonah 2:3** 42 | For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me. 43 | - **Jonah 2:4** 44 | At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’ 45 | - **Jonah 2:5** 46 | The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head. 47 | - **Jonah 2:6** 48 | To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God! 49 | - **Jonah 2:7** 50 | As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple. 51 | - **Jonah 2:8** 52 | Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion. 53 | - **Jonah 2:9** 54 | But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!” 55 | - **Jonah 2:10** 56 | And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. 57 | - **Jonah 3:1** 58 | Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 59 | - **Jonah 3:2** 60 | “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.” 61 | - **Jonah 3:3** 62 | This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey. 63 | - **Jonah 3:4** 64 | On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!” 65 | - **Jonah 3:5** 66 | And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. 67 | - **Jonah 3:6** 68 | When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 69 | - **Jonah 3:7** 70 | Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink. 71 | - **Jonah 3:8** 72 | Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands. 73 | - **Jonah 3:9** 74 | Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.” 75 | - **Jonah 3:10** 76 | When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them. 77 | - **Jonah 4:1** 78 | Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry. 79 | - **Jonah 4:2** 80 | So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster. 81 | - **Jonah 4:3** 82 | And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 83 | - **Jonah 4:4** 84 | But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?” 85 | - **Jonah 4:5** 86 | Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city. 87 | - **Jonah 4:6** 88 | So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant. 89 | - **Jonah 4:7** 90 | When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered. 91 | - **Jonah 4:8** 92 | As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.” 93 | - **Jonah 4:9** 94 | Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!” 95 | - **Jonah 4:10** 96 | But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night. 97 | - **Jonah 4:11** 98 | So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?” 99 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FHabakkuk.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Habakkuk 2 | 3 | - **Habakkuk 1:1** 4 | This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision: 5 | - **Habakkuk 1:2** 6 | How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save? 7 | - **Habakkuk 1:3** 8 | Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds. 9 | - **Habakkuk 1:4** 10 | Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. 11 | - **Habakkuk 1:5** 12 | “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you. 13 | - **Habakkuk 1:6** 14 | For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. 15 | - **Habakkuk 1:7** 16 | They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty. 17 | - **Habakkuk 1:8** 18 | Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour. 19 | - **Habakkuk 1:9** 20 | All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand. 21 | - **Habakkuk 1:10** 22 | They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it. 23 | - **Habakkuk 1:11** 24 | Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.” 25 | - **Habakkuk 1:12** 26 | Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction. 27 | - **Habakkuk 1:13** 28 | Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? 29 | - **Habakkuk 1:14** 30 | You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler. 31 | - **Habakkuk 1:15** 32 | The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly. 33 | - **Habakkuk 1:16** 34 | Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich. 35 | - **Habakkuk 1:17** 36 | Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy? 37 | - **Habakkuk 2:1** 38 | I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected. 39 | - **Habakkuk 2:2** 40 | Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it. 41 | - **Habakkuk 2:3** 42 | For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay. 43 | - **Habakkuk 2:4** 44 | Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith— 45 | - **Habakkuk 2:5** 46 | and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own. 47 | - **Habakkuk 2:6** 48 | Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ 49 | - **Habakkuk 2:7** 50 | Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey. 51 | - **Habakkuk 2:8** 52 | Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers. 53 | - **Habakkuk 2:9** 54 | Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! 55 | - **Habakkuk 2:10** 56 | You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. 57 | - **Habakkuk 2:11** 58 | For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork. 59 | - **Habakkuk 2:12** 60 | Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity! 61 | - **Habakkuk 2:13** 62 | Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain? 63 | - **Habakkuk 2:14** 64 | For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. 65 | - **Habakkuk 2:15** 66 | Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! 67 | - **Habakkuk 2:16** 68 | You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory. 69 | - **Habakkuk 2:17** 70 | For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers. 71 | - **Habakkuk 2:18** 72 | What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. 73 | - **Habakkuk 2:19** 74 | Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.” 75 | - **Habakkuk 2:20** 76 | But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him. 77 | - **Habakkuk 3:1** 78 | This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth: 79 | - **Habakkuk 3:2** 80 | O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy! 81 | - **Habakkuk 3:3** 82 | God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth. 83 | - **Habakkuk 3:4** 84 | His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden. 85 | - **Habakkuk 3:5** 86 | Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps. 87 | - **Habakkuk 3:6** 88 | He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. 89 | - **Habakkuk 3:7** 90 | I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling. 91 | - **Habakkuk 3:8** 92 | Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation? 93 | - **Habakkuk 3:9** 94 | You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers. 95 | - **Habakkuk 3:10** 96 | The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high. 97 | - **Habakkuk 3:11** 98 | Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. 99 | - **Habakkuk 3:12** 100 | You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath. 101 | - **Habakkuk 3:13** 102 | You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah 103 | - **Habakkuk 3:14** 104 | With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak. 105 | - **Habakkuk 3:15** 106 | You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters. 107 | - **Habakkuk 3:16** 108 | I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us. 109 | - **Habakkuk 3:17** 110 | Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, 111 | - **Habakkuk 3:18** 112 | yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! 113 | - **Habakkuk 3:19** 114 | GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. 115 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FZephaniah.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Zephaniah 2 | 3 | - **Zephaniah 1:1** 4 | This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah: 5 | - **Zephaniah 1:2** 6 | “I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. 7 | - **Zephaniah 1:3** 8 | “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. 9 | - **Zephaniah 1:4** 10 | “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests— 11 | - **Zephaniah 1:5** 12 | those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom, 13 | - **Zephaniah 1:6** 14 | and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.” 15 | - **Zephaniah 1:7** 16 | Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests. 17 | - **Zephaniah 1:8** 18 | “On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel. 19 | - **Zephaniah 1:9** 20 | On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit. 21 | - **Zephaniah 1:10** 22 | On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills. 23 | - **Zephaniah 1:11** 24 | Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off. 25 | - **Zephaniah 1:12** 26 | And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’ 27 | - **Zephaniah 1:13** 28 | Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine. 29 | - **Zephaniah 1:14** 30 | The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. 31 | - **Zephaniah 1:15** 32 | That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, 33 | - **Zephaniah 1:16** 34 | a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. 35 | - **Zephaniah 1:17** 36 | I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung. 37 | - **Zephaniah 1:18** 38 | Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth. 39 | - **Zephaniah 2:1** 40 | Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation, 41 | - **Zephaniah 2:2** 42 | before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you. 43 | - **Zephaniah 2:3** 44 | Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger. 45 | - **Zephaniah 2:4** 46 | For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted. 47 | - **Zephaniah 2:5** 48 | Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.” 49 | - **Zephaniah 2:6** 50 | So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep. 51 | - **Zephaniah 2:7** 52 | The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives. 53 | - **Zephaniah 2:8** 54 | “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. 55 | - **Zephaniah 2:9** 56 | Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” 57 | - **Zephaniah 2:10** 58 | This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. 59 | - **Zephaniah 2:11** 60 | The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place. 61 | - **Zephaniah 2:12** 62 | “You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.” 63 | - **Zephaniah 2:13** 64 | And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. 65 | - **Zephaniah 2:14** 66 | Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. 67 | - **Zephaniah 2:15** 68 | This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. 69 | - **Zephaniah 3:1** 70 | Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! 71 | - **Zephaniah 3:2** 72 | She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. 73 | - **Zephaniah 3:3** 74 | Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. 75 | - **Zephaniah 3:4** 76 | Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law. 77 | - **Zephaniah 3:5** 78 | The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame. 79 | - **Zephaniah 3:6** 80 | “I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant. 81 | - **Zephaniah 3:7** 82 | I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds. 83 | - **Zephaniah 3:8** 84 | Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy. 85 | - **Zephaniah 3:9** 86 | For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder. 87 | - **Zephaniah 3:10** 88 | From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering. 89 | - **Zephaniah 3:11** 90 | On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain. 91 | - **Zephaniah 3:12** 92 | But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD. 93 | - **Zephaniah 3:13** 94 | The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.” 95 | - **Zephaniah 3:14** 96 | Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! 97 | - **Zephaniah 3:15** 98 | The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm. 99 | - **Zephaniah 3:16** 100 | On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp. 101 | - **Zephaniah 3:17** 102 | The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.” 103 | - **Zephaniah 3:18** 104 | “I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach. 105 | - **Zephaniah 3:19** 106 | Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth. 107 | - **Zephaniah 3:20** 108 | At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD. 109 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2F2 Peter.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/2 Peter 2 | 3 | - **2 Peter 1:1** 4 | Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: 5 | - **2 Peter 1:2** 6 | Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 7 | - **2 Peter 1:3** 8 | His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 9 | - **2 Peter 1:4** 10 | Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. 11 | - **2 Peter 1:5** 12 | For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 13 | - **2 Peter 1:6** 14 | and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 15 | - **2 Peter 1:7** 16 | and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 17 | - **2 Peter 1:8** 18 | For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 19 | - **2 Peter 1:9** 20 | But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. 21 | - **2 Peter 1:10** 22 | Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble, 23 | - **2 Peter 1:11** 24 | and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 25 | - **2 Peter 1:12** 26 | Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have. 27 | - **2 Peter 1:13** 28 | I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body, 29 | - **2 Peter 1:14** 30 | because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 31 | - **2 Peter 1:15** 32 | And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure, you will be able to recall these things at all times. 33 | - **2 Peter 1:16** 34 | For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 35 | - **2 Peter 1:17** 36 | For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 37 | - **2 Peter 1:18** 38 | And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 39 | - **2 Peter 1:19** 40 | We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 41 | - **2 Peter 1:20** 42 | Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation. 43 | - **2 Peter 1:21** 44 | For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 45 | - **2 Peter 2:1** 46 | Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 47 | - **2 Peter 2:2** 48 | Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. 49 | - **2 Peter 2:3** 50 | In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. 51 | - **2 Peter 2:4** 52 | For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; 53 | - **2 Peter 2:5** 54 | if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; 55 | - **2 Peter 2:6** 56 | if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; 57 | - **2 Peter 2:7** 58 | and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 59 | - **2 Peter 2:8** 60 | (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 61 | - **2 Peter 2:9** 62 | if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 63 | - **2 Peter 2:10** 64 | Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings. 65 | - **2 Peter 2:11** 66 | Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord. 67 | - **2 Peter 2:12** 68 | These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed. 69 | - **2 Peter 2:13** 70 | The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you. 71 | - **2 Peter 2:14** 72 | Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. 73 | - **2 Peter 2:15** 74 | They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. 75 | - **2 Peter 2:16** 76 | But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. 77 | - **2 Peter 2:17** 78 | These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. 79 | - **2 Peter 2:18** 80 | With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error. 81 | - **2 Peter 2:19** 82 | They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. 83 | - **2 Peter 2:20** 84 | If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. 85 | - **2 Peter 2:21** 86 | It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them. 87 | - **2 Peter 2:22** 88 | Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.” 89 | - **2 Peter 3:1** 90 | Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking 91 | - **2 Peter 3:2** 92 | by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles. 93 | - **2 Peter 3:3** 94 | Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 95 | - **2 Peter 3:4** 96 | “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.” 97 | - **2 Peter 3:5** 98 | But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water, 99 | - **2 Peter 3:6** 100 | through which the world of that time perished in the flood. 101 | - **2 Peter 3:7** 102 | And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. 103 | - **2 Peter 3:8** 104 | Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 105 | - **2 Peter 3:9** 106 | The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. 107 | - **2 Peter 3:10** 108 | But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. 109 | - **2 Peter 3:11** 110 | Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness 111 | - **2 Peter 3:12** 112 | as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. 113 | - **2 Peter 3:13** 114 | But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. 115 | - **2 Peter 3:14** 116 | Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight. 117 | - **2 Peter 3:15** 118 | Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him. 119 | - **2 Peter 3:16** 120 | He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 121 | - **2 Peter 3:17** 122 | Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing. 123 | - **2 Peter 3:18** 124 | But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 125 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FMalachi.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Malachi 2 | 3 | - **Malachi 1:1** 4 | This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi: 5 | - **Malachi 1:2** 6 | “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, 7 | - **Malachi 1:3** 8 | but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” 9 | - **Malachi 1:4** 10 | Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever. 11 | - **Malachi 1:5** 12 | You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’” 13 | - **Malachi 1:6** 14 | “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ 15 | - **Malachi 1:7** 16 | By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible. 17 | - **Malachi 1:8** 18 | When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts. 19 | - **Malachi 1:9** 20 | “But ask now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts. 21 | - **Malachi 1:10** 22 | “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands. 23 | - **Malachi 1:11** 24 | For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. 25 | - **Malachi 1:12** 26 | “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’ 27 | - **Malachi 1:13** 28 | You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD. 29 | - **Malachi 1:14** 30 | “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations. 31 | - **Malachi 2:1** 32 | “And now this decree is for you, O priests: 33 | - **Malachi 2:2** 34 | If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart. 35 | - **Malachi 2:3** 36 | Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it. 37 | - **Malachi 2:4** 38 | Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts. 39 | - **Malachi 2:5** 40 | “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name. 41 | - **Malachi 2:6** 42 | True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 43 | - **Malachi 2:7** 44 | For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts. 45 | - **Malachi 2:8** 46 | But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts. 47 | - **Malachi 2:9** 48 | “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.” 49 | - **Malachi 2:10** 50 | Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? 51 | - **Malachi 2:11** 52 | Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. 53 | - **Malachi 2:12** 54 | As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts. 55 | - **Malachi 2:13** 56 | And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands. 57 | - **Malachi 2:14** 58 | Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 59 | - **Malachi 2:15** 60 | Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. 61 | - **Malachi 2:16** 62 | “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith. 63 | - **Malachi 2:17** 64 | You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?” 65 | - **Malachi 3:1** 66 | “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts. 67 | - **Malachi 3:2** 68 | But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. 69 | - **Malachi 3:3** 70 | And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. 71 | - **Malachi 3:4** 72 | Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by. 73 | - **Malachi 3:5** 74 | “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts. 75 | - **Malachi 3:6** 76 | “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed. 77 | - **Malachi 3:7** 78 | Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’ 79 | - **Malachi 3:8** 80 | Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. 81 | - **Malachi 3:9** 82 | You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. 83 | - **Malachi 3:10** 84 | Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. 85 | - **Malachi 3:11** 86 | I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts. 87 | - **Malachi 3:12** 88 | “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts. 89 | - **Malachi 3:13** 90 | “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ 91 | - **Malachi 3:14** 92 | You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts? 93 | - **Malachi 3:15** 94 | So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’” 95 | - **Malachi 3:16** 96 | At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name. 97 | - **Malachi 3:17** 98 | “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him. 99 | - **Malachi 3:18** 100 | So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.” 101 | - **Malachi 4:1** 102 | “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.” 103 | - **Malachi 4:2** 104 | “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. 105 | - **Malachi 4:3** 106 | Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts. 107 | - **Malachi 4:4** 108 | “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb. 109 | - **Malachi 4:5** 110 | Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. 111 | - **Malachi 4:6** 112 | And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.” 113 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2F2 Timothy.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/2 Timothy 2 | 3 | - **2 Timothy 1:1** 4 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, 5 | - **2 Timothy 1:2** 6 | To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 7 | - **2 Timothy 1:3** 8 | I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. 9 | - **2 Timothy 1:4** 10 | Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 11 | - **2 Timothy 1:5** 12 | I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well. 13 | - **2 Timothy 1:6** 14 | For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 15 | - **2 Timothy 1:7** 16 | For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. 17 | - **2 Timothy 1:8** 18 | So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God. 19 | - **2 Timothy 1:9** 20 | He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. 21 | - **2 Timothy 1:10** 22 | And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel, 23 | - **2 Timothy 1:11** 24 | to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher. 25 | - **2 Timothy 1:12** 26 | For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day. 27 | - **2 Timothy 1:13** 28 | Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 29 | - **2 Timothy 1:14** 30 | Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. 31 | - **2 Timothy 1:15** 32 | You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. 33 | - **2 Timothy 1:16** 34 | May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains. 35 | - **2 Timothy 1:17** 36 | Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me. 37 | - **2 Timothy 1:18** 38 | May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus. 39 | - **2 Timothy 2:1** 40 | You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 41 | - **2 Timothy 2:2** 42 | And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well. 43 | - **2 Timothy 2:3** 44 | Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 45 | - **2 Timothy 2:4** 46 | A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him. 47 | - **2 Timothy 2:5** 48 | Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules. 49 | - **2 Timothy 2:6** 50 | The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops. 51 | - **2 Timothy 2:7** 52 | Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things. 53 | - **2 Timothy 2:8** 54 | Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel, 55 | - **2 Timothy 2:9** 56 | for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained! 57 | - **2 Timothy 2:10** 58 | For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 59 | - **2 Timothy 2:11** 60 | This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him; 61 | - **2 Timothy 2:12** 62 | if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us; 63 | - **2 Timothy 2:13** 64 | if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. 65 | - **2 Timothy 2:14** 66 | Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin. 67 | - **2 Timothy 2:15** 68 | Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth. 69 | - **2 Timothy 2:16** 70 | But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness, 71 | - **2 Timothy 2:17** 72 | and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 73 | - **2 Timothy 2:18** 74 | who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some. 75 | - **2 Timothy 2:19** 76 | Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.” 77 | - **2 Timothy 2:20** 78 | A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. 79 | - **2 Timothy 2:21** 80 | So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work. 81 | - **2 Timothy 2:22** 82 | Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 83 | - **2 Timothy 2:23** 84 | But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. 85 | - **2 Timothy 2:24** 86 | And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. 87 | - **2 Timothy 2:25** 88 | He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. 89 | - **2 Timothy 2:26** 90 | Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will. 91 | - **2 Timothy 3:1** 92 | But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. 93 | - **2 Timothy 3:2** 94 | For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 95 | - **2 Timothy 3:3** 96 | unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, 97 | - **2 Timothy 3:4** 98 | traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 99 | - **2 Timothy 3:5** 100 | having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these! 101 | - **2 Timothy 3:6** 102 | They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, 103 | - **2 Timothy 3:7** 104 | who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 105 | - **2 Timothy 3:8** 106 | Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith. 107 | - **2 Timothy 3:9** 108 | But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone. 109 | - **2 Timothy 3:10** 110 | You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance, 111 | - **2 Timothy 3:11** 112 | my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 113 | - **2 Timothy 3:12** 114 | Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 115 | - **2 Timothy 3:13** 116 | while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 117 | - **2 Timothy 3:14** 118 | But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them. 119 | - **2 Timothy 3:15** 120 | From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 121 | - **2 Timothy 3:16** 122 | All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 123 | - **2 Timothy 3:17** 124 | so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. 125 | - **2 Timothy 4:1** 126 | I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom: 127 | - **2 Timothy 4:2** 128 | Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 129 | - **2 Timothy 4:3** 130 | For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 131 | - **2 Timothy 4:4** 132 | So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 133 | - **2 Timothy 4:5** 134 | But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 135 | - **2 Timothy 4:6** 136 | For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 137 | - **2 Timothy 4:7** 138 | I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 139 | - **2 Timothy 4:8** 140 | From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing. 141 | - **2 Timothy 4:9** 142 | Make every effort to come to me quickly, 143 | - **2 Timothy 4:10** 144 | because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 145 | - **2 Timothy 4:11** 146 | Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry. 147 | - **2 Timothy 4:12** 148 | Tychicus, however, I have sent to Ephesus. 149 | - **2 Timothy 4:13** 150 | When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments. 151 | - **2 Timothy 4:14** 152 | Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds. 153 | - **2 Timothy 4:15** 154 | You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message. 155 | - **2 Timothy 4:16** 156 | At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them. 157 | - **2 Timothy 4:17** 158 | But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion. 159 | - **2 Timothy 4:18** 160 | And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 161 | - **2 Timothy 4:19** 162 | Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus. 163 | - **2 Timothy 4:20** 164 | Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus. 165 | - **2 Timothy 4:21** 166 | Make every effort to come to me before winter. Eubulus sends you greetings, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers. 167 | - **2 Timothy 4:22** 168 | The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all. 169 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FJoel.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Joel 2 | 3 | - **Joel 1:1** 4 | This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: 5 | - **Joel 1:2** 6 | Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers? 7 | - **Joel 1:3** 8 | Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation. 9 | - **Joel 1:4** 10 | What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten. 11 | - **Joel 1:5** 12 | Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth. 13 | - **Joel 1:6** 14 | For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness. 15 | - **Joel 1:7** 16 | It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white. 17 | - **Joel 1:8** 18 | Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth. 19 | - **Joel 1:9** 20 | Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD. 21 | - **Joel 1:10** 22 | The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. 23 | - **Joel 1:11** 24 | Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. 25 | - **Joel 1:12** 26 | The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up. 27 | - **Joel 1:13** 28 | Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. 29 | - **Joel 1:14** 30 | Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. 31 | - **Joel 1:15** 32 | Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty. 33 | - **Joel 1:16** 34 | Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God? 35 | - **Joel 1:17** 36 | The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away. 37 | - **Joel 1:18** 38 | How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. 39 | - **Joel 1:19** 40 | To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. 41 | - **Joel 1:20** 42 | Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures. 43 | - **Joel 2:1** 44 | Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near— 45 | - **Joel 2:2** 46 | a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come. 47 | - **Joel 2:3** 48 | Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them. 49 | - **Joel 2:4** 50 | Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds. 51 | - **Joel 2:5** 52 | With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle. 53 | - **Joel 2:6** 54 | Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale. 55 | - **Joel 2:7** 56 | They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course. 57 | - **Joel 2:8** 58 | They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks. 59 | - **Joel 2:9** 60 | They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves. 61 | - **Joel 2:10** 62 | Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness. 63 | - **Joel 2:11** 64 | The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it? 65 | - **Joel 2:12** 66 | “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” 67 | - **Joel 2:13** 68 | So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. 69 | - **Joel 2:14** 70 | Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God. 71 | - **Joel 2:15** 72 | Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly. 73 | - **Joel 2:16** 74 | Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. 75 | - **Joel 2:17** 76 | Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” 77 | - **Joel 2:18** 78 | Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people. 79 | - **Joel 2:19** 80 | And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations. 81 | - **Joel 2:20** 82 | The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things. 83 | - **Joel 2:21** 84 | Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things. 85 | - **Joel 2:22** 86 | Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best. 87 | - **Joel 2:23** 88 | Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. 89 | - **Joel 2:24** 90 | The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. 91 | - **Joel 2:25** 92 | I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you. 93 | - **Joel 2:26** 94 | You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame. 95 | - **Joel 2:27** 96 | Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame. 97 | - **Joel 2:28** 98 | And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 99 | - **Joel 2:29** 100 | Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 101 | - **Joel 2:30** 102 | I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 103 | - **Joel 2:31** 104 | The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. 105 | - **Joel 2:32** 106 | And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD. 107 | - **Joel 3:1** 108 | “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity, 109 | - **Joel 3:2** 110 | I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land. 111 | - **Joel 3:3** 112 | They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink. 113 | - **Joel 3:4** 114 | Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads. 115 | - **Joel 3:5** 116 | For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. 117 | - **Joel 3:6** 118 | You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland. 119 | - **Joel 3:7** 120 | Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads. 121 | - **Joel 3:8** 122 | I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken. 123 | - **Joel 3:9** 124 | Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! 125 | - **Joel 3:10** 126 | Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’ 127 | - **Joel 3:11** 128 | Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD. 129 | - **Joel 3:12** 130 | Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side. 131 | - **Joel 3:13** 132 | Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great. 133 | - **Joel 3:14** 134 | Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 135 | - **Joel 3:15** 136 | The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine. 137 | - **Joel 3:16** 138 | The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel. 139 | - **Joel 3:17** 140 | Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners. 141 | - **Joel 3:18** 142 | And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias. 143 | - **Joel 3:19** 144 | Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. 145 | - **Joel 3:20** 146 | But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. 147 | - **Joel 3:21** 148 | For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion. 149 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2F1 Thessalonians.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/1 Thessalonians 2 | 3 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:1** 4 | Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you. 5 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:2** 6 | We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers 7 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:3** 8 | and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:4** 10 | Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you, 11 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:5** 12 | because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake. 13 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:6** 14 | And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering. 15 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:7** 16 | As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 17 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:8** 18 | For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more. 19 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:9** 20 | For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 21 | - **1 Thessalonians 1:10** 22 | and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. 23 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:1** 24 | You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain. 25 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:2** 26 | As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God. 27 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:3** 28 | For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery. 29 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:4** 30 | Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts. 31 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:5** 32 | As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness! 33 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:6** 34 | Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it. 35 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:7** 36 | On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children. 37 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:8** 38 | We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us. 39 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:9** 40 | Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 41 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:10** 42 | You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed. 43 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:11** 44 | For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children— 45 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:12** 46 | encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. 47 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:13** 48 | And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe. 49 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:14** 50 | For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews, 51 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:15** 52 | who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, 53 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:16** 54 | hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them. 55 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:17** 56 | Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense. 57 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:18** 58 | For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us. 59 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:19** 60 | After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? 61 | - **1 Thessalonians 2:20** 62 | You are indeed our glory and our joy. 63 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:1** 64 | So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens. 65 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:2** 66 | We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 67 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:3** 68 | so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this. 69 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:4** 70 | Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass. 71 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:5** 72 | For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain. 73 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:6** 74 | But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you. 75 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:7** 76 | For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith. 77 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:8** 78 | For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord. 79 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:9** 80 | How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence? 81 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:10** 82 | Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith. 83 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:11** 84 | Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. 85 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:12** 86 | And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows, 87 | - **1 Thessalonians 3:13** 88 | so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen. 89 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:1** 90 | Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more. 91 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:2** 92 | For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 93 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:3** 94 | For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; 95 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:4** 96 | each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 97 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:5** 98 | not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; 99 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:6** 100 | and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you. 101 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:7** 102 | For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness. 103 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:8** 104 | Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit. 105 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:9** 106 | Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. 107 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:10** 108 | And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more 109 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:11** 110 | and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. 111 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:12** 112 | Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone. 113 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:13** 114 | Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. 115 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:14** 116 | For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. 117 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:15** 118 | By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. 119 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:16** 120 | For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. 121 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:17** 122 | After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. 123 | - **1 Thessalonians 4:18** 124 | Therefore encourage one another with these words. 125 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:1** 126 | Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you. 127 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:2** 128 | For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 129 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:3** 130 | While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 131 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:4** 132 | But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. 133 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:5** 134 | For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 135 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:6** 136 | So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. 137 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:7** 138 | For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 139 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:8** 140 | But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation. 141 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:9** 142 | For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 143 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:10** 144 | He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him. 145 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:11** 146 | Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing. 147 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:12** 148 | But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction. 149 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:13** 150 | In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another. 151 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:14** 152 | And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone. 153 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:15** 154 | Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people. 155 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:16** 156 | Rejoice at all times. 157 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:17** 158 | Pray without ceasing. 159 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:18** 160 | Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 161 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:19** 162 | Do not extinguish the Spirit. 163 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:20** 164 | Do not treat prophecies with contempt, 165 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:21** 166 | but test all things. Hold fast to what is good. 167 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:22** 168 | Abstain from every form of evil. 169 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:23** 170 | Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 171 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:24** 172 | The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it. 173 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:25** 174 | Brothers, pray for us as well. 175 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:26** 176 | Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. 177 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:27** 178 | I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers. 179 | - **1 Thessalonians 5:28** 180 | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 181 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FColossians.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Colossians 2 | 3 | - **Colossians 1:1** 4 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 5 | - **Colossians 1:2** 6 | To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. 7 | - **Colossians 1:3** 8 | We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 9 | - **Colossians 1:4** 10 | because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints— 11 | - **Colossians 1:5** 12 | the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel 13 | - **Colossians 1:6** 14 | that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God. 15 | - **Colossians 1:7** 16 | You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 17 | - **Colossians 1:8** 18 | and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit. 19 | - **Colossians 1:9** 20 | For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 21 | - **Colossians 1:10** 22 | so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 23 | - **Colossians 1:11** 24 | being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully 25 | - **Colossians 1:12** 26 | giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 27 | - **Colossians 1:13** 28 | He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, 29 | - **Colossians 1:14** 30 | in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 31 | - **Colossians 1:15** 32 | The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 33 | - **Colossians 1:16** 34 | For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. 35 | - **Colossians 1:17** 36 | He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 37 | - **Colossians 1:18** 38 | And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence. 39 | - **Colossians 1:19** 40 | For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, 41 | - **Colossians 1:20** 42 | and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross. 43 | - **Colossians 1:21** 44 | Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds. 45 | - **Colossians 1:22** 46 | But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence— 47 | - **Colossians 1:23** 48 | if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. 49 | - **Colossians 1:24** 50 | Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church. 51 | - **Colossians 1:25** 52 | I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God, 53 | - **Colossians 1:26** 54 | the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints. 55 | - **Colossians 1:27** 56 | To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 57 | - **Colossians 1:28** 58 | We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. 59 | - **Colossians 1:29** 60 | To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me. 61 | - **Colossians 2:1** 62 | For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face, 63 | - **Colossians 2:2** 64 | that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, 65 | - **Colossians 2:3** 66 | in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 67 | - **Colossians 2:4** 68 | I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric. 69 | - **Colossians 2:5** 70 | For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ. 71 | - **Colossians 2:6** 72 | Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him, 73 | - **Colossians 2:7** 74 | rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 75 | - **Colossians 2:8** 76 | id:: 6307ea4e-80ff-4d65-bb99-5b0c506bfd68 77 | See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ. 78 | - **Colossians 2:9** 79 | For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form. 80 | - **Colossians 2:10** 81 | And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. 82 | - **Colossians 2:11** 83 | In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands. 84 | - **Colossians 2:12** 85 | And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead. 86 | - **Colossians 2:13** 87 | When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, 88 | - **Colossians 2:14** 89 | having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! 90 | - **Colossians 2:15** 91 | And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. 92 | - **Colossians 2:16** 93 | Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. 94 | - **Colossians 2:17** 95 | These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. 96 | - **Colossians 2:18** 97 | Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind. 98 | - **Colossians 2:19** 99 | He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow. 100 | - **Colossians 2:20** 101 | If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations: 102 | - **Colossians 2:21** 103 | “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? 104 | - **Colossians 2:22** 105 | These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. 106 | - **Colossians 2:23** 107 | Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh. 108 | - **Colossians 3:1** 109 | Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 110 | - **Colossians 3:2** 111 | Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 112 | - **Colossians 3:3** 113 | For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 114 | - **Colossians 3:4** 115 | When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 116 | - **Colossians 3:5** 117 | Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. 118 | - **Colossians 3:6** 119 | Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. 120 | - **Colossians 3:7** 121 | When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. 122 | - **Colossians 3:8** 123 | But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 124 | - **Colossians 3:9** 125 | Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, 126 | - **Colossians 3:10** 127 | and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 128 | - **Colossians 3:11** 129 | Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all. 130 | - **Colossians 3:12** 131 | Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 132 | - **Colossians 3:13** 133 | Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 134 | - **Colossians 3:14** 135 | And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity. 136 | - **Colossians 3:15** 137 | Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful. 138 | - **Colossians 3:16** 139 | Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 140 | - **Colossians 3:17** 141 | And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. 142 | - **Colossians 3:18** 143 | Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 144 | - **Colossians 3:19** 145 | Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. 146 | - **Colossians 3:20** 147 | Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. 148 | - **Colossians 3:21** 149 | Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged. 150 | - **Colossians 3:22** 151 | Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord. 152 | - **Colossians 3:23** 153 | Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, 154 | - **Colossians 3:24** 155 | because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 156 | - **Colossians 3:25** 157 | Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism. 158 | - **Colossians 4:1** 159 | Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven. 160 | - **Colossians 4:2** 161 | Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful, 162 | - **Colossians 4:3** 163 | as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 164 | - **Colossians 4:4** 165 | Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should. 166 | - **Colossians 4:5** 167 | Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time. 168 | - **Colossians 4:6** 169 | Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. 170 | - **Colossians 4:7** 171 | Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord. 172 | - **Colossians 4:8** 173 | I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts. 174 | - **Colossians 4:9** 175 | With him I am sending Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here. 176 | - **Colossians 4:10** 177 | My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him. 178 | - **Colossians 4:11** 179 | Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. 180 | - **Colossians 4:12** 181 | Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God. 182 | - **Colossians 4:13** 183 | For I testify about him that he goes to great pains for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis. 184 | - **Colossians 4:14** 185 | Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings. 186 | - **Colossians 4:15** 187 | Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house. 188 | - **Colossians 4:16** 189 | After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea. 190 | - **Colossians 4:17** 191 | Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.” 192 | - **Colossians 4:18** 193 | This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FRuth.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Ruth 2 | 3 | - **Ruth 1:1** 4 | In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab. 5 | - **Ruth 1:2** 6 | The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there. 7 | - **Ruth 1:3** 8 | Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons, 9 | - **Ruth 1:4** 10 | who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years, 11 | - **Ruth 1:5** 12 | both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband. 13 | - **Ruth 1:6** 14 | When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab. 15 | - **Ruth 1:7** 16 | Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah. 17 | - **Ruth 1:8** 18 | Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me. 19 | - **Ruth 1:9** 20 | May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud 21 | - **Ruth 1:10** 22 | and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.” 23 | - **Ruth 1:11** 24 | But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands? 25 | - **Ruth 1:12** 26 | Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons, 27 | - **Ruth 1:13** 28 | would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.” 29 | - **Ruth 1:14** 30 | Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. 31 | - **Ruth 1:15** 32 | “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.” 33 | - **Ruth 1:16** 34 | But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. 35 | - **Ruth 1:17** 36 | Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.” 37 | - **Ruth 1:18** 38 | When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her. 39 | - **Ruth 1:19** 40 | So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?” 41 | - **Ruth 1:20** 42 | “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me. 43 | - **Ruth 1:21** 44 | I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.” 45 | - **Ruth 1:22** 46 | So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. 47 | - **Ruth 2:1** 48 | Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 49 | - **Ruth 2:2** 50 | And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied. 51 | - **Ruth 2:3** 52 | So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech. 53 | - **Ruth 2:4** 54 | Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied. 55 | - **Ruth 2:5** 56 | And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?” 57 | - **Ruth 2:6** 58 | The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab. 59 | - **Ruth 2:7** 60 | She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.” 61 | - **Ruth 2:8** 62 | Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls. 63 | - **Ruth 2:9** 64 | Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.” 65 | - **Ruth 2:10** 66 | At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?” 67 | - **Ruth 2:11** 68 | Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before. 69 | - **Ruth 2:12** 70 | May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.” 71 | - **Ruth 2:13** 72 | “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.” 73 | - **Ruth 2:14** 74 | At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over. 75 | - **Ruth 2:15** 76 | When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her. 77 | - **Ruth 2:16** 78 | Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.” 79 | - **Ruth 2:17** 80 | So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley. 81 | - **Ruth 2:18** 82 | She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi. 83 | - **Ruth 2:19** 84 | Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said. 85 | - **Ruth 2:20** 86 | Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.” 87 | - **Ruth 2:21** 88 | Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’” 89 | - **Ruth 2:22** 90 | And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.” 91 | - **Ruth 2:23** 92 | So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law. 93 | - **Ruth 3:1** 94 | One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you? 95 | - **Ruth 3:2** 96 | Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor. 97 | - **Ruth 3:3** 98 | Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. 99 | - **Ruth 3:4** 100 | When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.” 101 | - **Ruth 3:5** 102 | “I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered. 103 | - **Ruth 3:6** 104 | So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do. 105 | - **Ruth 3:7** 106 | After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. 107 | - **Ruth 3:8** 108 | At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman! 109 | - **Ruth 3:9** 110 | “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.” 111 | - **Ruth 3:10** 112 | Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 113 | - **Ruth 3:11** 114 | And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character. 115 | - **Ruth 3:12** 116 | Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I. 117 | - **Ruth 3:13** 118 | Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.” 119 | - **Ruth 3:14** 120 | So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.” 121 | - **Ruth 3:15** 122 | And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city. 123 | - **Ruth 3:16** 124 | When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her. 125 | - **Ruth 3:17** 126 | And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” 127 | - **Ruth 3:18** 128 | “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.” 129 | - **Ruth 4:1** 130 | Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. 131 | - **Ruth 4:2** 132 | Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. 133 | - **Ruth 4:3** 134 | And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech. 135 | - **Ruth 4:4** 136 | I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied. 137 | - **Ruth 4:5** 138 | Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.” 139 | - **Ruth 4:6** 140 | The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.” 141 | - **Ruth 4:7** 142 | Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel. 143 | - **Ruth 4:8** 144 | So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” 145 | - **Ruth 4:9** 146 | At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon. 147 | - **Ruth 4:10** 148 | Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.” 149 | - **Ruth 4:11** 150 | “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem. 151 | - **Ruth 4:12** 152 | And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.” 153 | - **Ruth 4:13** 154 | So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 155 | - **Ruth 4:14** 156 | Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel. 157 | - **Ruth 4:15** 158 | He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.” 159 | - **Ruth 4:16** 160 | And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him. 161 | - **Ruth 4:17** 162 | The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David. 163 | - **Ruth 4:18** 164 | Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, 165 | - **Ruth 4:19** 166 | Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab, 167 | - **Ruth 4:20** 168 | Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon, 169 | - **Ruth 4:21** 170 | Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed, 171 | - **Ruth 4:22** 172 | Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David. 173 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FJames.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/James 2 | 3 | - **James 1:1** 4 | James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings. 5 | - **James 1:2** 6 | Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 7 | - **James 1:3** 8 | because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 9 | - **James 1:4** 10 | Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 11 | - **James 1:5** 12 | Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 13 | - **James 1:6** 14 | But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 15 | - **James 1:7** 16 | That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 17 | - **James 1:8** 18 | He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. 19 | - **James 1:9** 20 | The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position. 21 | - **James 1:10** 22 | But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. 23 | - **James 1:11** 24 | For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits. 25 | - **James 1:12** 26 | Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. 27 | - **James 1:13** 28 | When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone. 29 | - **James 1:14** 30 | But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. 31 | - **James 1:15** 32 | Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. 33 | - **James 1:16** 34 | Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 35 | - **James 1:17** 36 | Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow. 37 | - **James 1:18** 38 | He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation. 39 | - **James 1:19** 40 | My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, 41 | - **James 1:20** 42 | for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires. 43 | - **James 1:21** 44 | Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. 45 | - **James 1:22** 46 | Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. 47 | - **James 1:23** 48 | For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, 49 | - **James 1:24** 50 | and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 51 | - **James 1:25** 52 | But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does. 53 | - **James 1:26** 54 | If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless. 55 | - **James 1:27** 56 | Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. 57 | - **James 2:1** 58 | My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism. 59 | - **James 2:2** 60 | Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. 61 | - **James 2:3** 62 | If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,” 63 | - **James 2:4** 64 | have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 65 | - **James 2:5** 66 | Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him? 67 | - **James 2:6** 68 | But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? 69 | - **James 2:7** 70 | Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called? 71 | - **James 2:8** 72 | If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 73 | - **James 2:9** 74 | But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 75 | - **James 2:10** 76 | Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 77 | - **James 2:11** 78 | For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. 79 | - **James 2:12** 80 | Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom. 81 | - **James 2:13** 82 | For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment. 83 | - **James 2:14** 84 | What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 85 | - **James 2:15** 86 | Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 87 | - **James 2:16** 88 | If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? 89 | - **James 2:17** 90 | So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead. 91 | - **James 2:18** 92 | But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 93 | - **James 2:19** 94 | You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. 95 | - **James 2:20** 96 | O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless? 97 | - **James 2:21** 98 | Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 99 | - **James 2:22** 100 | You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did. 101 | - **James 2:23** 102 | And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God. 103 | - **James 2:24** 104 | As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone. 105 | - **James 2:25** 106 | In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route? 107 | - **James 2:26** 108 | As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. 109 | - **James 3:1** 110 | Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 111 | - **James 3:2** 112 | We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body. 113 | - **James 3:3** 114 | When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal. 115 | - **James 3:4** 116 | Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined. 117 | - **James 3:5** 118 | In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. 119 | - **James 3:6** 120 | The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 121 | - **James 3:7** 122 | All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 123 | - **James 3:8** 124 | but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 125 | - **James 3:9** 126 | With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. 127 | - **James 3:10** 128 | Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be! 129 | - **James 3:11** 130 | Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 131 | - **James 3:12** 132 | My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. 133 | - **James 3:13** 134 | Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 135 | - **James 3:14** 136 | But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. 137 | - **James 3:15** 138 | Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 139 | - **James 3:16** 140 | For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice. 141 | - **James 3:17** 142 | But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. 143 | - **James 3:18** 144 | Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness. 145 | - **James 4:1** 146 | What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? 147 | - **James 4:2** 148 | You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. 149 | - **James 4:3** 150 | And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. 151 | - **James 4:4** 152 | You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God. 153 | - **James 4:5** 154 | Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy? 155 | - **James 4:6** 156 | But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 157 | - **James 4:7** 158 | Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 159 | - **James 4:8** 160 | Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 161 | - **James 4:9** 162 | Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 163 | - **James 4:10** 164 | Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. 165 | - **James 4:11** 166 | Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. 167 | - **James 4:12** 168 | There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? 169 | - **James 4:13** 170 | Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” 171 | - **James 4:14** 172 | You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 173 | - **James 4:15** 174 | Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.” 175 | - **James 4:16** 176 | As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil. 177 | - **James 4:17** 178 | Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin. 179 | - **James 5:1** 180 | Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. 181 | - **James 5:2** 182 | Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. 183 | - **James 5:3** 184 | Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. 185 | - **James 5:4** 186 | Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. 187 | - **James 5:5** 188 | You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. 189 | - **James 5:6** 190 | You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you. 191 | - **James 5:7** 192 | Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. 193 | - **James 5:8** 194 | You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near. 195 | - **James 5:9** 196 | Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door! 197 | - **James 5:10** 198 | Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 199 | - **James 5:11** 200 | See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. 201 | - **James 5:12** 202 | Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment. 203 | - **James 5:13** 204 | Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises. 205 | - **James 5:14** 206 | Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 207 | - **James 5:15** 208 | And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 209 | - **James 5:16** 210 | Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. 211 | - **James 5:17** 212 | Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 213 | - **James 5:18** 214 | Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. 215 | - **James 5:19** 216 | My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, 217 | - **James 5:20** 218 | consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins. 219 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2FPhilippians.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/Philippians 2 | 3 | - **Philippians 1:1** 4 | Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: 5 | - **Philippians 1:2** 6 | Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 7 | - **Philippians 1:3** 8 | I thank my God every time I remember you. 9 | - **Philippians 1:4** 10 | In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy, 11 | - **Philippians 1:5** 12 | because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 13 | - **Philippians 1:6** 14 | being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 15 | - **Philippians 1:7** 16 | It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me. 17 | - **Philippians 1:8** 18 | God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 19 | - **Philippians 1:9** 20 | And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 21 | - **Philippians 1:10** 22 | so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 23 | - **Philippians 1:11** 24 | filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. 25 | - **Philippians 1:12** 26 | Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel. 27 | - **Philippians 1:13** 28 | As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 29 | - **Philippians 1:14** 30 | And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear. 31 | - **Philippians 1:15** 32 | It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. 33 | - **Philippians 1:16** 34 | The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. 35 | - **Philippians 1:17** 36 | The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains. 37 | - **Philippians 1:18** 38 | What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, 39 | - **Philippians 1:19** 40 | id:: 6307ea67-41f5-4b2e-a968-780ce1bb87b4 41 | because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance. 42 | - **Philippians 1:20** 43 | I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 44 | - **Philippians 1:21** 45 | For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 46 | - **Philippians 1:22** 47 | But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know. 48 | - **Philippians 1:23** 49 | I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed. 50 | - **Philippians 1:24** 51 | But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. 52 | - **Philippians 1:25** 53 | Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, 54 | - **Philippians 1:26** 55 | so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound on account of me. 56 | - **Philippians 1:27** 57 | Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel, 58 | - **Philippians 1:28** 59 | without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God. 60 | - **Philippians 1:29** 61 | For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, 62 | - **Philippians 1:30** 63 | since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have. 64 | - **Philippians 2:1** 65 | Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 66 | - **Philippians 2:2** 67 | then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. 68 | - **Philippians 2:3** 69 | Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. 70 | - **Philippians 2:4** 71 | Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. 72 | - **Philippians 2:5** 73 | Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: 74 | - **Philippians 2:6** 75 | Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 76 | - **Philippians 2:7** 77 | but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. 78 | - **Philippians 2:8** 79 | And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. 80 | - **Philippians 2:9** 81 | Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, 82 | - **Philippians 2:10** 83 | that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 84 | - **Philippians 2:11** 85 | and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 86 | - **Philippians 2:12** 87 | Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 88 | - **Philippians 2:13** 89 | For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose. 90 | - **Philippians 2:14** 91 | Do everything without complaining or arguing, 92 | - **Philippians 2:15** 93 | so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world 94 | - **Philippians 2:16** 95 | as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. 96 | - **Philippians 2:17** 97 | But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 98 | - **Philippians 2:18** 99 | So you too should be glad and rejoice with me. 100 | - **Philippians 2:19** 101 | Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing. 102 | - **Philippians 2:20** 103 | I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs. 104 | - **Philippians 2:21** 105 | For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 106 | - **Philippians 2:22** 107 | But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel. 108 | - **Philippians 2:23** 109 | So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me. 110 | - **Philippians 2:24** 111 | And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon. 112 | - **Philippians 2:25** 113 | But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs. 114 | - **Philippians 2:26** 115 | For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. 116 | - **Philippians 2:27** 117 | He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. 118 | - **Philippians 2:28** 119 | Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious. 120 | - **Philippians 2:29** 121 | Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him, 122 | - **Philippians 2:30** 123 | because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me. 124 | - **Philippians 3:1** 125 | Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 126 | - **Philippians 3:2** 127 | Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh! 128 | - **Philippians 3:3** 129 | For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 130 | - **Philippians 3:4** 131 | though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 132 | - **Philippians 3:5** 133 | circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 134 | - **Philippians 3:6** 135 | as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless. 136 | - **Philippians 3:7** 137 | But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. 138 | - **Philippians 3:8** 139 | More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 140 | - **Philippians 3:9** 141 | and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith. 142 | - **Philippians 3:10** 143 | I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, 144 | - **Philippians 3:11** 145 | and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. 146 | - **Philippians 3:12** 147 | Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 148 | - **Philippians 3:13** 149 | Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 150 | - **Philippians 3:14** 151 | I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus. 152 | - **Philippians 3:15** 153 | All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well. 154 | - **Philippians 3:16** 155 | Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained. 156 | - **Philippians 3:17** 157 | Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you. 158 | - **Philippians 3:18** 159 | For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 160 | - **Philippians 3:19** 161 | Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. 162 | - **Philippians 3:20** 163 | But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 164 | - **Philippians 3:21** 165 | who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body. 166 | - **Philippians 4:1** 167 | Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. 168 | - **Philippians 4:2** 169 | I urge Euodia and Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord. 170 | - **Philippians 4:3** 171 | Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life. 172 | - **Philippians 4:4** 173 | Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 174 | - **Philippians 4:5** 175 | Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near. 176 | - **Philippians 4:6** 177 | Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 178 | - **Philippians 4:7** 179 | And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 180 | - **Philippians 4:8** 181 | Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things. 182 | - **Philippians 4:9** 183 | Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. 184 | - **Philippians 4:10** 185 | Now I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 186 | - **Philippians 4:11** 187 | I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. 188 | - **Philippians 4:12** 189 | I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need. 190 | - **Philippians 4:13** 191 | I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. 192 | - **Philippians 4:14** 193 | Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction. 194 | - **Philippians 4:15** 195 | And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving. 196 | - **Philippians 4:16** 197 | For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again. 198 | - **Philippians 4:17** 199 | Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account. 200 | - **Philippians 4:18** 201 | I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. 202 | - **Philippians 4:19** 203 | And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. 204 | - **Philippians 4:20** 205 | To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. 206 | - **Philippians 4:21** 207 | Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you greetings. 208 | - **Philippians 4:22** 209 | All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar. 210 | - **Philippians 4:23** 211 | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2F1 Peter.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/1 Peter 2 | 3 | - **1 Peter 1:1** 4 | Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen 5 | - **1 Peter 1:2** 6 | according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. 7 | - **1 Peter 1:3** 8 | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 9 | - **1 Peter 1:4** 10 | and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, 11 | - **1 Peter 1:5** 12 | who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 13 | - **1 Peter 1:6** 14 | In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials 15 | - **1 Peter 1:7** 16 | so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 17 | - **1 Peter 1:8** 18 | Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 19 | - **1 Peter 1:9** 20 | now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 21 | - **1 Peter 1:10** 22 | Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, 23 | - **1 Peter 1:11** 24 | trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. 25 | - **1 Peter 1:12** 26 | It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. 27 | - **1 Peter 1:13** 28 | Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 29 | - **1 Peter 1:14** 30 | As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. 31 | - **1 Peter 1:15** 32 | But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 33 | - **1 Peter 1:16** 34 | for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” 35 | - **1 Peter 1:17** 36 | Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners. 37 | - **1 Peter 1:18** 38 | For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, 39 | - **1 Peter 1:19** 40 | but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. 41 | - **1 Peter 1:20** 42 | He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake. 43 | - **1 Peter 1:21** 44 | Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God. 45 | - **1 Peter 1:22** 46 | Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. 47 | - **1 Peter 1:23** 48 | For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 49 | - **1 Peter 1:24** 50 | For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 51 | - **1 Peter 1:25** 52 | but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you. 53 | - **1 Peter 2:1** 54 | Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. 55 | - **1 Peter 2:2** 56 | Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 57 | - **1 Peter 2:3** 58 | now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 59 | - **1 Peter 2:4** 60 | As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, 61 | - **1 Peter 2:5** 62 | you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 63 | - **1 Peter 2:6** 64 | For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” 65 | - **1 Peter 2:7** 66 | To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” 67 | - **1 Peter 2:8** 68 | and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed. 69 | - **1 Peter 2:9** 70 | But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 71 | - **1 Peter 2:10** 72 | Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 73 | - **1 Peter 2:11** 74 | Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul. 75 | - **1 Peter 2:12** 76 | Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us. 77 | - **1 Peter 2:13** 78 | Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, 79 | - **1 Peter 2:14** 80 | or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. 81 | - **1 Peter 2:15** 82 | For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men. 83 | - **1 Peter 2:16** 84 | Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. 85 | - **1 Peter 2:17** 86 | Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king. 87 | - **1 Peter 2:18** 88 | Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable. 89 | - **1 Peter 2:19** 90 | For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended. 91 | - **1 Peter 2:20** 92 | How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 93 | - **1 Peter 2:21** 94 | For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: 95 | - **1 Peter 2:22** 96 | “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.” 97 | - **1 Peter 2:23** 98 | When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. 99 | - **1 Peter 2:24** 100 | He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.” 101 | - **1 Peter 2:25** 102 | For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 103 | - **1 Peter 3:1** 104 | Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives 105 | - **1 Peter 3:2** 106 | when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. 107 | - **1 Peter 3:3** 108 | Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, 109 | - **1 Peter 3:4** 110 | but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight. 111 | - **1 Peter 3:5** 112 | For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands, 113 | - **1 Peter 3:6** 114 | just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear. 115 | - **1 Peter 3:7** 116 | Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. 117 | - **1 Peter 3:8** 118 | Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble. 119 | - **1 Peter 3:9** 120 | Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 121 | - **1 Peter 3:10** 122 | For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. 123 | - **1 Peter 3:11** 124 | He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. 125 | - **1 Peter 3:12** 126 | For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 127 | - **1 Peter 3:13** 128 | Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 129 | - **1 Peter 3:14** 130 | But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.” 131 | - **1 Peter 3:15** 132 | But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect, 133 | - **1 Peter 3:16** 134 | keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ. 135 | - **1 Peter 3:17** 136 | For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 137 | - **1 Peter 3:18** 138 | For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit, 139 | - **1 Peter 3:19** 140 | in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison 141 | - **1 Peter 3:20** 142 | who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. 143 | - **1 Peter 3:21** 144 | And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 145 | - **1 Peter 3:22** 146 | who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him. 147 | - **1 Peter 4:1** 148 | Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. 149 | - **1 Peter 4:2** 150 | Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God. 151 | - **1 Peter 4:3** 152 | For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. 153 | - **1 Peter 4:4** 154 | Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. 155 | - **1 Peter 4:5** 156 | But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 157 | - **1 Peter 4:6** 158 | That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 159 | - **1 Peter 4:7** 160 | The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray. 161 | - **1 Peter 4:8** 162 | Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 163 | - **1 Peter 4:9** 164 | Show hospitality to one another without complaining. 165 | - **1 Peter 4:10** 166 | As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another. 167 | - **1 Peter 4:11** 168 | If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. 169 | - **1 Peter 4:12** 170 | Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. 171 | - **1 Peter 4:13** 172 | But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. 173 | - **1 Peter 4:14** 174 | If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 175 | - **1 Peter 4:15** 176 | Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler. 177 | - **1 Peter 4:16** 178 | But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name. 179 | - **1 Peter 4:17** 180 | For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God? 181 | - **1 Peter 4:18** 182 | And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” 183 | - **1 Peter 4:19** 184 | So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good. 185 | - **1 Peter 5:1** 186 | As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you: 187 | - **1 Peter 5:2** 188 | Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; 189 | - **1 Peter 5:3** 190 | not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. 191 | - **1 Peter 5:4** 192 | And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. 193 | - **1 Peter 5:5** 194 | Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 195 | - **1 Peter 5:6** 196 | Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you. 197 | - **1 Peter 5:7** 198 | Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 199 | - **1 Peter 5:8** 200 | Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 201 | - **1 Peter 5:9** 202 | Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering. 203 | - **1 Peter 5:10** 204 | And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you. 205 | - **1 Peter 5:11** 206 | To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen. 207 | - **1 Peter 5:12** 208 | Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it. 209 | - **1 Peter 5:13** 210 | The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark. 211 | - **1 Peter 5:14** 212 | Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. 213 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2F1 John.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/1 John 2 | 3 | - **1 John 1:1** 4 | That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life. 5 | - **1 John 1:2** 6 | And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us. 7 | - **1 John 1:3** 8 | We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. 9 | - **1 John 1:4** 10 | We write these things so that our joy may be complete. 11 | - **1 John 1:5** 12 | And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 13 | - **1 John 1:6** 14 | If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 15 | - **1 John 1:7** 16 | But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 17 | - **1 John 1:8** 18 | If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 19 | - **1 John 1:9** 20 | If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 21 | - **1 John 1:10** 22 | If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us. 23 | - **1 John 2:1** 24 | My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 25 | - **1 John 2:2** 26 | He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. 27 | - **1 John 2:3** 28 | By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. 29 | - **1 John 2:4** 30 | If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 31 | - **1 John 2:5** 32 | But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: 33 | - **1 John 2:6** 34 | Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. 35 | - **1 John 2:7** 36 | Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard. 37 | - **1 John 2:8** 38 | Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining. 39 | - **1 John 2:9** 40 | If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. 41 | - **1 John 2:10** 42 | Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. 43 | - **1 John 2:11** 44 | But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. 45 | - **1 John 2:12** 46 | I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name. 47 | - **1 John 2:13** 48 | I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. 49 | - **1 John 2:14** 50 | I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. 51 | - **1 John 2:15** 52 | Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 53 | - **1 John 2:16** 54 | For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. 55 | - **1 John 2:17** 56 | The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. 57 | - **1 John 2:18** 58 | Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. 59 | - **1 John 2:19** 60 | They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us. 61 | - **1 John 2:20** 62 | You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 63 | - **1 John 2:21** 64 | I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth. 65 | - **1 John 2:22** 66 | Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son. 67 | - **1 John 2:23** 68 | Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. 69 | - **1 John 2:24** 70 | As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father. 71 | - **1 John 2:25** 72 | And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life. 73 | - **1 John 2:26** 74 | I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 75 | - **1 John 2:27** 76 | And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught. 77 | - **1 John 2:28** 78 | And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming. 79 | - **1 John 2:29** 80 | If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him. 81 | - **1 John 3:1** 82 | id:: 6307ea46-c758-48d4-a72d-f4ddd35b0af3 83 | Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. 84 | - **1 John 3:2** 85 | Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. 86 | - **1 John 3:3** 87 | And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure. 88 | - **1 John 3:4** 89 | Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness. 90 | - **1 John 3:5** 91 | But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. 92 | - **1 John 3:6** 93 | No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. 94 | - **1 John 3:7** 95 | Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. 96 | - **1 John 3:8** 97 | The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 98 | - **1 John 3:9** 99 | Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 100 | - **1 John 3:10** 101 | By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother. 102 | - **1 John 3:11** 103 | This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 104 | - **1 John 3:12** 105 | Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. 106 | - **1 John 3:13** 107 | So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. 108 | - **1 John 3:14** 109 | We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 110 | - **1 John 3:15** 111 | Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer. 112 | - **1 John 3:16** 113 | id:: 6307ea46-abfb-465b-8932-211ecda54309 114 | By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 115 | - **1 John 3:17** 116 | If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? 117 | - **1 John 3:18** 118 | Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. 119 | - **1 John 3:19** 120 | And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence: 121 | - **1 John 3:20** 122 | Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. 123 | - **1 John 3:21** 124 | Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God, 125 | - **1 John 3:22** 126 | and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. 127 | - **1 John 3:23** 128 | And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. 129 | - **1 John 3:24** 130 | Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us. 131 | - **1 John 4:1** 132 | Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. 133 | - **1 John 4:2** 134 | By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 135 | - **1 John 4:3** 136 | and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time. 137 | - **1 John 4:4** 138 | You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. 139 | - **1 John 4:5** 140 | They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. 141 | - **1 John 4:6** 142 | We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. 143 | - **1 John 4:7** 144 | Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 145 | - **1 John 4:8** 146 | Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 147 | - **1 John 4:9** 148 | This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. 149 | - **1 John 4:10** 150 | And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 151 | - **1 John 4:11** 152 | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 153 | - **1 John 4:12** 154 | No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. 155 | - **1 John 4:13** 156 | By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit. 157 | - **1 John 4:14** 158 | And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world. 159 | - **1 John 4:15** 160 | If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 161 | - **1 John 4:16** 162 | And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 163 | - **1 John 4:17** 164 | In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him. 165 | - **1 John 4:18** 166 | There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love. 167 | - **1 John 4:19** 168 | id:: 6307ea46-4765-4564-a194-e25d44fe00d1 169 | We love because He first loved us. 170 | - **1 John 4:20** 171 | If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 172 | - **1 John 4:21** 173 | And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well. 174 | - **1 John 5:1** 175 | Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him. 176 | - **1 John 5:2** 177 | By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. 178 | - **1 John 5:3** 179 | For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, 180 | - **1 John 5:4** 181 | because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. 182 | - **1 John 5:5** 183 | Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 184 | - **1 John 5:6** 185 | This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth. 186 | - **1 John 5:7** 187 | For there are three that testify: 188 | - **1 John 5:8** 189 | the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement. 190 | - **1 John 5:9** 191 | Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son. 192 | - **1 John 5:10** 193 | Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son. 194 | - **1 John 5:11** 195 | And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 196 | - **1 John 5:12** 197 | Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 198 | - **1 John 5:13** 199 | I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. 200 | - **1 John 5:14** 201 | And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 202 | - **1 John 5:15** 203 | And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him. 204 | - **1 John 5:16** 205 | If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin. 206 | - **1 John 5:17** 207 | All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death. 208 | - **1 John 5:18** 209 | We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him. 210 | - **1 John 5:19** 211 | We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one. 212 | - **1 John 5:20** 213 | And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 214 | - **1 John 5:21** 215 | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Holy Bible%2F1 Timothy.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title:: Holy Bible/1 Timothy 2 | 3 | - **1 Timothy 1:1** 4 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 5 | - **1 Timothy 1:2** 6 | To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 7 | - **1 Timothy 1:3** 8 | As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines 9 | - **1 Timothy 1:4** 10 | or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith. 11 | - **1 Timothy 1:5** 12 | The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. 13 | - **1 Timothy 1:6** 14 | Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk. 15 | - **1 Timothy 1:7** 16 | They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert. 17 | - **1 Timothy 1:8** 18 | Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately. 19 | - **1 Timothy 1:9** 20 | We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, 21 | - **1 Timothy 1:10** 22 | for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching 23 | - **1 Timothy 1:11** 24 | that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted. 25 | - **1 Timothy 1:12** 26 | I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service. 27 | - **1 Timothy 1:13** 28 | I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy. 29 | - **1 Timothy 1:14** 30 | And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 31 | - **1 Timothy 1:15** 32 | This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst. 33 | - **1 Timothy 1:16** 34 | But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life. 35 | - **1 Timothy 1:17** 36 | Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 37 | - **1 Timothy 1:18** 38 | Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight, 39 | - **1 Timothy 1:19** 40 | holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith. 41 | - **1 Timothy 1:20** 42 | Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme. 43 | - **1 Timothy 2:1** 44 | First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— 45 | - **1 Timothy 2:2** 46 | for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. 47 | - **1 Timothy 2:3** 48 | This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 49 | - **1 Timothy 2:4** 50 | who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 51 | - **1 Timothy 2:5** 52 | For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 53 | - **1 Timothy 2:6** 54 | who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time. 55 | - **1 Timothy 2:7** 56 | For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything. 57 | - **1 Timothy 2:8** 58 | Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension. 59 | - **1 Timothy 2:9** 60 | Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 61 | - **1 Timothy 2:10** 62 | but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God. 63 | - **1 Timothy 2:11** 64 | A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. 65 | - **1 Timothy 2:12** 66 | I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. 67 | - **1 Timothy 2:13** 68 | For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. 69 | - **1 Timothy 2:14** 70 | And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression. 71 | - **1 Timothy 2:15** 72 | Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. 73 | - **1 Timothy 3:1** 74 | This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task. 75 | - **1 Timothy 3:2** 76 | An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 77 | - **1 Timothy 3:3** 78 | not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. 79 | - **1 Timothy 3:4** 80 | An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity. 81 | - **1 Timothy 3:5** 82 | For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God? 83 | - **1 Timothy 3:6** 84 | He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil. 85 | - **1 Timothy 3:7** 86 | Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil. 87 | - **1 Timothy 3:8** 88 | Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money. 89 | - **1 Timothy 3:9** 90 | They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 91 | - **1 Timothy 3:10** 92 | Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons. 93 | - **1 Timothy 3:11** 94 | In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things. 95 | - **1 Timothy 3:12** 96 | A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household. 97 | - **1 Timothy 3:13** 98 | For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. 99 | - **1 Timothy 3:14** 100 | Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things 101 | - **1 Timothy 3:15** 102 | in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. 103 | - **1 Timothy 3:16** 104 | By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory. 105 | - **1 Timothy 4:1** 106 | Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, 107 | - **1 Timothy 4:2** 108 | influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. 109 | - **1 Timothy 4:3** 110 | They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 111 | - **1 Timothy 4:4** 112 | For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, 113 | - **1 Timothy 4:5** 114 | because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 115 | - **1 Timothy 4:6** 116 | By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed. 117 | - **1 Timothy 4:7** 118 | But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness. 119 | - **1 Timothy 4:8** 120 | For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come. 121 | - **1 Timothy 4:9** 122 | This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance. 123 | - **1 Timothy 4:10** 124 | To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe. 125 | - **1 Timothy 4:11** 126 | Command and teach these things. 127 | - **1 Timothy 4:12** 128 | Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 129 | - **1 Timothy 4:13** 130 | Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. 131 | - **1 Timothy 4:14** 132 | Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders. 133 | - **1 Timothy 4:15** 134 | Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. 135 | - **1 Timothy 4:16** 136 | Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you. 137 | - **1 Timothy 5:1** 138 | Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers, 139 | - **1 Timothy 5:2** 140 | older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity. 141 | - **1 Timothy 5:3** 142 | Honor the widows who are truly widows. 143 | - **1 Timothy 5:4** 144 | But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. 145 | - **1 Timothy 5:5** 146 | The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers. 147 | - **1 Timothy 5:6** 148 | But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive. 149 | - **1 Timothy 5:7** 150 | Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach. 151 | - **1 Timothy 5:8** 152 | If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 153 | - **1 Timothy 5:9** 154 | A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man, 155 | - **1 Timothy 5:10** 156 | and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work. 157 | - **1 Timothy 5:11** 158 | But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry, 159 | - **1 Timothy 5:12** 160 | and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith. 161 | - **1 Timothy 5:13** 162 | At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention. 163 | - **1 Timothy 5:14** 164 | So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander. 165 | - **1 Timothy 5:15** 166 | For some have already turned aside to follow Satan. 167 | - **1 Timothy 5:16** 168 | If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need. 169 | - **1 Timothy 5:17** 170 | Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. 171 | - **1 Timothy 5:18** 172 | For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.” 173 | - **1 Timothy 5:19** 174 | Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 175 | - **1 Timothy 5:20** 176 | But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin. 177 | - **1 Timothy 5:21** 178 | I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality. 179 | - **1 Timothy 5:22** 180 | Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. 181 | - **1 Timothy 5:23** 182 | Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments. 183 | - **1 Timothy 5:24** 184 | The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later. 185 | - **1 Timothy 5:25** 186 | In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even the ones that are inconspicuous cannot remain hidden. 187 | - **1 Timothy 6:1** 188 | All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited. 189 | - **1 Timothy 6:2** 190 | Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles. 191 | - **1 Timothy 6:3** 192 | If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, 193 | - **1 Timothy 6:4** 194 | he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, 195 | - **1 Timothy 6:5** 196 | and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain. 197 | - **1 Timothy 6:6** 198 | Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. 199 | - **1 Timothy 6:7** 200 | For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. 201 | - **1 Timothy 6:8** 202 | But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 203 | - **1 Timothy 6:9** 204 | Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. 205 | - **1 Timothy 6:10** 206 | For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. 207 | - **1 Timothy 6:11** 208 | But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. 209 | - **1 Timothy 6:12** 210 | Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses. 211 | - **1 Timothy 6:13** 212 | I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate: 213 | - **1 Timothy 6:14** 214 | Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, 215 | - **1 Timothy 6:15** 216 | which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time. 217 | - **1 Timothy 6:16** 218 | He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. 219 | - **1 Timothy 6:17** 220 | Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. 221 | - **1 Timothy 6:18** 222 | Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, 223 | - **1 Timothy 6:19** 224 | treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. 225 | - **1 Timothy 6:20** 226 | O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,” 227 | - **1 Timothy 6:21** 228 | which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all. 229 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------