For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.

maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.

So I began weeping bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen” (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).

He is dressed in clothing dipped in blood, and he is called the Word of God.

He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s.

(Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done!

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

When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin – that is, the whole high council of the Israelites – and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood – not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

Another angel holding a golden censer came and was stationed at the altar. A large amount of incense was given to him to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar that is before the throne.

Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.