Romans 1:11

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’ ”

Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”

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

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation; for I have written to you in few words.

but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.

Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’ ”

Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

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.

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.”

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

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.

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

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.

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.

Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

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

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

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.

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.”

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.

About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.

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King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”

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

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

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

He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,

while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news”, which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

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.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.

Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”

David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.