2 Corinthians 4:13

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

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

and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;

Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all interpret?

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

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,

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

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

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me.

they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

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

whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.

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.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

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

But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

But say the things which fit sound doctrine,

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

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:

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,

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.

who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”

that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,