1Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3His divine power has given us everything…

8:16Bind up the testimony, seal the teaching among my disciples. 17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. 18See, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who…

1   The LORD says to my lord,           “Sit at my right hand      until I make your enemies your footstool.”  2   The LORD sends out from Zion           your mighty scepter.           Rule in the midst of your foes. 3   Your people will offer themselves willingly           on the day you lead your forces           on the holy mountains.      From the womb of the morning,           like dew, your youth will come to…

22After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized. 23John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized 24 — John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison. 25Now…

18You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, 19and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. 20(For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even…

1The oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw. 2On a bare hill raise a signal,      cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter      the gates of the nobles. 3I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,      have summoned my warriors, my proudly exulting ones,      to execute my anger. 4Listen, a tumult on the mountains      as of a great…

1 The LORD says to my lord,“Sit at my right handuntil I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The LORD sends out from Zionyour mighty scepter.Rule in the midst of your foes.3 Your people will offer themselves willinglyon the day you lead your forceson the holy mountains.From the womb of the morning,like dew, your youth…

1 The LORD says to my lord,“Sit at my right handuntil I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The LORD sends out from Zionyour mighty scepter.Rule in the midst of your foes.3 Your people will offer themselves willinglyon the day you lead your forceson the holy mountains.From the womb of the morning,like dew, your youth…

22After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized. 23John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized 24 — John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison. 25Now…

18You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, 19and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. 20(For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even…