1Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more. 2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3For this…

3:1For now the Sovereign, the LORD of hosts,is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judahsupport and staff —all support of bread,and all support of water —2warrior and soldier,judge and prophet,diviner and elder,3captain of fiftyand dignitary,counselor and skillful magicianand expert enchanter.4And I will make boys their princes,and babes shall rule over them.5The people will be oppressed,everyone…

1 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion,we were like those who dream.2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,and our tongue with shouts of joy;then it was said among the nations,“The LORD has done great things for them.”3 The LORD has done great things for us,and we rejoiced. 4 Restore our fortunes, O…

27Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28and asked him a question, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. 29Now there were seven brothers; the first married,…

1Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we decided to be left alone in Athens; 2and we sent Timothy, our brother and co-worker for God in proclaiming the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the sake of your faith, 3so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions. Indeed, you…

5O house of Jacob,come, let us walkin the light of the LORD!6For you have forsaken the ways of your people,O house of Jacob.Indeed they are full of diviners from the eastand of soothsayers like the Philistines,and they clasp hands with foreigners.7Their land is filled with silver and gold,and there is no end to their treasures;their…

1Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they commit abominable acts; there is no one who does good. 2God looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God. 3They have all fallen away, they are all alike perverse; there is…

19When the scribes and chief priests realized that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people. H20So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said, so as to…

13We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers. 14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the…

1The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 In days to comethe mountain of the LORD’s houseshall be established as the highest of the mountains,and shall be raised above the hills;all the nations shall stream to it.3 Many peoples shall come and say,“Come, let us go up to the mountain…