1 Corinthians 12:18

There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.

All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

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

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.

These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,

In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,

saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.

I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have planned. I will also do it.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood among your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them.

“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!

But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. This is the name by which she will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.”

Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.

The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

G3588=T-DSM G1161=CONJ G1410=V-PNP-DSM G4771=P-2AP G4741=V-AAN G2596=PREP G3588=T-ASN G2098=N-ASN G3165=P-1GS G2532=CONJ G3588=T-ASN G2782=N-ASN G2424G=N-GSM-P G5547=N-GSM-T G2596=PREP G0602=N-ASF G3466=N-GSN G5550=N-DPM G0166=A-DPM G4601=V-RPP-GSN

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

Some of you were such, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.

Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”

In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,

But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

“Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?