3For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, and enslaved to various lusts and pleasures. Living in wickedness and envy, we were loathsome and hated one another.
8This saying is trustworthy. I want yoʋ to insist on these things, so that those who have put their trust in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are good and beneficial for people.
15All who are with me greet yoʋ. Greet those who love us in the faith.Grace be with you all.
10Yoʋ, then, why do yoʋ judge yoʋr brother? Or yoʋ, why do yoʋ despise yoʋr brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of 14:10 Christ 96% ¦ God CT 2.4%Christ.
2214:22 Do yoʋ have a firm belief about these things? Have ¦ Any firm belief that yoʋ have about these things, have CTDo yoʋ have a firm belief about these things? Have it privately before God. Blessed is he who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
26to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ. Amen.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
7so that the proven character of your faith—far more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire—may result in praise, 1:7 honor, and glory 𝔐14 • 𝔐6 ANT TR ¦ glory, and honor CT PCKhonor, and glory when Jesus Christ is revealed.
9because you are receiving the end result of 1:9 your ¦ --- WHyour faith—the salvation of your souls.
3both in every way and in every place we acknowledge it, most excellent Felix, with the utmost gratitude.
14But I confess this to yoʋ, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is 24:14 written throughout the Law and 78.4% ¦ in accordance with the law and that is written ANT CT 20.4% {Note: The Text und Textwert collation ignores a variant that affects the translation of this text. As a result, the percentages are not entirely accurate.}written throughout the Law and in the Prophets,
24After several days, when Felix came back with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in 24:24 Christ 𝔐14 ¦ Jesus Christ 𝔐11 CT PCKChrist.
12And there was much murmuring about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man." Others were saying, "No, he is deceiving the people."
26And behold, he is speaking openly, and they are saying nothing to him. Could it be that the rulers indeed know that he is 7:26 truly ¦ --- CTtruly the Christ?
28Then Jesus cried out as he taught in the temple courts, "You know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,
26Yet I have nothing definite to write to my lord about this man. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before yoʋ, King Agrippa, so that after we have had this preliminary hearing, I may have something to write.
2fixing our eyes upon Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
23to the festive gathering and assembly of the firstborn, whose names are enrolled in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous people who have been made perfect.
28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. 12:28 It is by our thankfulness that we ¦ And by our thankfulness let us ANT NA SBL TR WHIt is by our thankfulness that we offer God acceptable worship, with 12:28 reverence and godly fear 89.7% ¦ godly fear and awe CT 1.8%reverence and godly fear.
2Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
4Great is my boldness toward you; great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.
11Consider what earnestness this godly sorrow 7:11 of yours ¦ --- CTof yours has produced in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what righting of wrong! In everything you have shown yourselves to be clear in the matter.
3for you are still of the flesh. For where there is 3:3 jealousy, strife, and division 91.2% ¦ jealousy and strife CT 4.8%jealousy, strife, and division among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving like mere men?
9For we are fellow workers of God; you are God’s field, God’s building.
10According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I 3:10 have ¦ --- CThave laid a foundation, and another builds upon it. But each person must be careful how he builds upon it.
2make my joy complete by adopting the same mindset, having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.
15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world
16as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will have a reason to boast in the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
20But God said to him, ‘Yoʋ fool! This very night yoʋr life will be demanded12:20 back ¦ --- TH WHback from yoʋ, and the things yoʋ have prepared, whose will they be?’
28Now if God so clothes the grass12:28 in ¦ of ANTin the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
33Sell your possessions and give to the needy. Make yourselves moneybags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
10Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "Do not do that! I am a fellow servant of yoʋrs and of yoʋr brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! Its rider is 19:11 called Faithful and True 𝔐C,K [68.1%] • SBL WH [0.5%] ¦ faithful and true 𝔐A ECM† [27.2%]called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and wages war.
15Out of his mouth comes a sharp 19:15 two-edged 𝔐C,K [72.3%] • ANT [0.9%] ¦ --- 𝔐A CT TR [24.9%]two-edged sword with which he can strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury 19:15 of the 𝔐C,K [67.3%] ¦ and 𝔐A TR [23.8%]of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
1As God’s fellow workers, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? What fellowship does light have with darkness?
15What harmony does Christ have with Belial? What portion does a believer have with an unbeliever?
6I pray that yoʋr fellowship with us in the faith may be effective in deepening yoʋr understanding of every blessing that 1:6 we [64.4%] ¦ you PCK TR [34.7%]we have in Christ 1:6 Jesus [96.6%] ¦ --- CT [2.1%]Jesus.
20Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from yoʋ in the Lord. Refresh my heart in 1:20 the Lord 74.4% ¦ Christ CT 20.3%the Lord.
21Trusting in yoʋr obedience, I write to yoʋ, knowing that yoʋ will do even more than I ask.
3Beloved, although I was quite eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
20But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
25to 1:25 the only wise God our 82.3% ¦ the only God our CT 7.4% ¦ our only wise MSS 5.5%the only wise God our 1:25 Savior, 77.9% ¦ Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, CT 21.1%Savior, be 1:25 glory and majesty, power [86.4%] ¦ glory, majesty, power, CT [11.2%]glory and majesty, power and authority, 1:25 both 78.4% ¦ before all ages and CT 13.2% • MSS 8.2%both now and forevermore.