Divorce

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

The Golden Rule

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,

but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”

So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.

And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.”

So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius.

Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’

So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.

And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’

He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,

Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’

Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Peter Denies Jesus

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,

And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,

There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

Jesus Is Buried

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.

And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”

how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”

And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach

And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,

And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them.

For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died.

So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates.

and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.”

So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”

Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened,

And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?”

To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.

He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.”

And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’

Acknowledge Christ Before Men

“And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

Interpreting the Time

He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens.

And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.

The Parable of the Great Banquet

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.

The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,

for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’

So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:

And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me,

And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out.

Afterward the woman also died.

So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

Who Is the Greatest?

A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, “This man also was with him.”

And a little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”

And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.”

They also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?”

The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine

There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.”

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.

So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.

But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.

The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived?

They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”

Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.

But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?”

and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

The Plot to Kill Lazarus

When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”

If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.

If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,

that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.

The servant girl at the door said to Peter, “You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.”

Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

Peter Denies Jesus Again

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe.

Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;

Jesus and the Beloved Apostle

Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”

Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.

therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope.

“And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.

Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

The Healing of Aeneas

Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

Peter Reports to the Church

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house.

When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, “‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’

Therefore he says also in another psalm, “‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’

“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.

And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.

A Riot at Ephesus

Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”

take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law.

as the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.

So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.

The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.”

Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”

And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”

When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.

The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so.

but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.

And Paul said, “Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains.”

saying, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”

And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

They also honored us greatly, and when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever we needed.

So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

God's Judgment and the Law

For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.

and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,

even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?

so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.

Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.

For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

For they were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

(I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)

For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,

In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.

Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

The Collection for the Saints

Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.

If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.

Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.

and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,

always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,

knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.

and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true.

But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also.

I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it.

for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man.

The Cheerful Giver

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.

Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.

So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.

For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.

(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),

yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.

Brothers, I entreat you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong.

But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?

He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,

Final Greetings

So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything.

For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.

Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,

In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.

When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—

And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

The Judgment at Christ's Coming

This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—

likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.

For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.

and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;

if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—

but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.

for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”;

as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”

and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.

And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”

Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.

So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

False Prophets and Teachers

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,

that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Greeting

The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth,

So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.

It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,

Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,

Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,

he also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.

they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.

Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement.

through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.