2 Corinthians 6:8

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

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

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.”

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.”

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’

But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons or take bribes.

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you Yahweh’s City, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”

and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.

and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.

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 some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”

They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”

He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true.

These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!” He said, “Behold, it’s me, Lord.”

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

For there is no partiality with God.

Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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

and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy

When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”

she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.

But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!”

No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey.

in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.

When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”

The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?

When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”

and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.