2 Corinthians 5:14

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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 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.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

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.

but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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.”

But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.

Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.

He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.

and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

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

However that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

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.

You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

These are those who cause divisions and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.

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.

If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be cursed. Come, Lord!

and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

But he refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’

I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;

For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.

Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them.

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away,

For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times,