2 Corinthians 2:12

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

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.”

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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.”

When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.

I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.

When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.

When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

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

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

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?

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit? Didn’t we walk in the same steps?

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come, and the books, especially the parchments.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

For the Lord Yahweh will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed.

Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

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.”

When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them.

Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

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

My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

but there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you,

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,

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.

for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds,

When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.

But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.

There were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

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

We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known throughout all the assemblies.

seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all,

For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,