Ephesians 1:22

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

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.

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

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—

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

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.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

He must increase, but I must decrease.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Now there was long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker.

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. Yahweh said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’ ”

For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—

Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation, says these things:

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”

they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).

Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

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for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

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.”

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”

For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

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.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”

For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’ ”

Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

(but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.

who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don’t see all things subjected to him, yet.