Acts 9:3

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

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

The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

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

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.

But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’

The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.’

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on the earth.”

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”

He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.

Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.

a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said,

whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”

For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),

Yahweh’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”

For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.

God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.

He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

As I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.

But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”

He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

“I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.

His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

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.’ ”

When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Ananias departed and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off his hands.

at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

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

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.