2 Corinthians 11:4

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

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

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”

She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,

Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.

and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

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

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;

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.

and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.

He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.

He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.

and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.

I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.

I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.

For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.

that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

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!”

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

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

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.

If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?

in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.

Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works.

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,