Dedicated Service 1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God,which isyour spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Romans 13
Be Subject to Government 1 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. 3 For […]
Romans 14
Principles of Conscience 1 Now accept the one who is weak in faith,butnot forthe purpose ofpassing judgment on his opinions. 2 One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetablesonly. 3 The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, […]
Romans 15
Self-denial on Behalf of Others 1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and notjustplease ourselves. 2 Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those […]
Romans 16
Greetings and Love Expressed 1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea; 2 that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself […]
Acts 1
Introduction 1 The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when He was taken upto heaven,after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. 3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many […]
Acts 2
The Day of Pentecost 1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, […]
Acts 3
Healing the Lame Beggar 1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at theninthhour,the hour of prayer. 2 And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in […]
Acts 4
Peter and John Arrested 1 As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the templeguardand the Sadducees came up to them, 2 being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them and put them […]
Acts 5
Fate of Ananias and Sapphira 1 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and kept backsomeof the price for himself, with his wife’s full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled […]