Romans 15:29

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

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

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

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

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

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

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

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.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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.

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

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

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’ ”

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.

oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

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

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

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

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,

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

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

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

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?

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

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

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?

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.”

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

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

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing.

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

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

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

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.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

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

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

Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

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;

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,