Ephesians 3:6

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

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.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.

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.

The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,

For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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

that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

Yahweh called your name, “A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit.” With the noise of a great roar he has kindled fire on it, and its branches are broken.

It will happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live among you, who will father children among you. Then they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel. They shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,

Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

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.

I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

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

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

Command and teach these things.

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.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.

I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.

“You, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

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.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

In that he says, “A new covenant”, he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.

But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your sisters, your elder sisters and your younger; and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.

I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,

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

Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

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.

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”

saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;

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

Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.