Acts 20:32

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

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

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.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Jesus said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

“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.

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.”

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”

Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling,

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

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.

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”

Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth?’

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.

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

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

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

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

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

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

if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

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

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’

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.

who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

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to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust in me.”

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

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.

From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

but Paul chose Silas and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

Some of you were such, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,