Acts 13:25

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 let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

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.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

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

John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

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.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.

I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

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

It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him.

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from within it, by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning.

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.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’ ”

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”

I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

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

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.

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.

“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.

He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”

Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”

But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

I don’t receive glory from men.

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.

“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

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

Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see!”

The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.

I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.

They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.

This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

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,

Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.’ ”

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’

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

I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

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

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.