18 And Jesus approached and[a] spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 28:18 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb

20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,[a] 21 in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.[b]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:20 Or perhaps “capstone”
  2. Ephesians 2:22 Or “are built up together in spirit = spiritually into a dwelling place of God” (cf. nrsv)

17 and everything whatever[a] you do in word or in deed, giving thanks for all things in the name of the Lord Jesus to God the Father through him.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:17 Literally “if anything that”