A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

“He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

John the Baptist Beheaded

King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”

In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Many Samaritans Believe

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?”

By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

“Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?

Even as he spoke, many believed in him.

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

“Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.

If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”

for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.

Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews

Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him.

Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him.

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

All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”

As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”

And again, Isaiah says, “The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; in him the Gentiles will hope.”

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.”

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with you.

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace

In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,

And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,

In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.

And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.

For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.