2 John 1:12

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”

Since then, there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face,

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.

you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.

Be diligent to come to me soon,

You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

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,

I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;

Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.

Yahweh your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers,

But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.

The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”

Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,

Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen.”

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.

In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.

When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.

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 jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.

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.

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”

With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

“To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?

that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.”

Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”

This city will be to me for a name of joy, for praise, and for glory, before all the nations of the earth, which will hear all the good that I do to them, and will fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I provide to it.’ ”

Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’ ”

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat, and celebrate;

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.

“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.

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.

But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.

Know that our brother Timothy has been freed, with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.