Revelation – Chapter 1

 

1:1 This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

1:2 who testified to God’s word and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is near.

1:4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

1:6 and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1:7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

1:9 I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

1:11 saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

1:12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.

1:13 And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.

1:14 His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.

1:15 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.

1:16 He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

1:17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

1:18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

1:19 Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter.

1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.

Jude – Chapter 1

 

1:1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

1:2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

1:3 Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

1:4 For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

1:5 Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.

1:6 Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

1:8 Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.

1:9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

1:10 But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.

1:11 Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

1:12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

1:13 wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

1:14 About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

1:15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

1:16 These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

1:17 But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1:18 They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”

1:19 These are those who cause divisions and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

1:20 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

1:21 Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

1:22 On some have compassion, making a distinction,

1:23 and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

1:24 Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

1:25 to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

3 John – Chapter 1

 

1:1 The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

1:3 For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.

1:4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth.

1:5 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

1:6 They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,

1:7 because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

1:9 I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.

1:10 Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, he doesn’t receive the brothers himself, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.

1:11 Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

1:12 Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

1:13 I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;

1:14 but I hope to see you soon. Then we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

2 John – Chapter 1

 

1:1 The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those who know the truth,

1:2 for the truth’s sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:

1:3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

1:4 I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

1:5 Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

1:6 This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

1:7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don’t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

1:8 Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

1:9 Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

1:10 If anyone comes to you and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,

1:11 for he who welcomes him participates in his evil deeds.

1:12 Having many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.

1:13 The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.

1 John – Chapter 1

 

1:1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

1:2 (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);

1:3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

1:4 And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.

1:5 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and don’t tell the truth.

1:7 But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1:10 If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

2 Peter – Chapter 1

 

1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

1:2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

1:3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,

1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

1:5 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

1:6 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness;

1:7 and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

1:8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1:9 For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

1:10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

1:11 For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

1:12 Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them and are established in the present truth.

1:13 I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,

1:14 knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

1:15 Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.

1:16 For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

1:17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

1:18 We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

1:19 We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts,

1:20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.

1:21 For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter – Chapter 1

 

1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1:4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

1:5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1:6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

1:7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

1:8 whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

1:9 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1:10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

1:11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow them.

1:12 To them it was revealed that they served not themselves, but you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

1:13 Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

1:14 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

1:15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior,

1:16 because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

1:17 If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

1:18 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,

1:19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,

1:20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,

1:21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

1:22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

1:24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

1:25 but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

James – Chapter 1

 

1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

1:2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

1:3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

1:4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

1:6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

1:7 For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

1:8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

1:9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

1:10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

1:11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.

1:12 Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

1:14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

1:15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.

1:16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.

1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.

1:18 Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

1:19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

1:20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

1:21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

1:22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;

1:24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

1:26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Hebrews – Chapter 1

 

1:1 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

1:2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

1:4 having become as much better than the angels as the more excellent name he has inherited is better than theirs.

1:5 For to which of the angels did he say at any time, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father?” and again, “I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?”

1:6 When he again brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.”

1:7 Of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire.”

1:8 But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.

1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

1:10 And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.

1:11 They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does.

1:12 You will roll them up like a mantle, and they will be changed; but you are the same. Your years won’t fail.”

1:13 But which of the angels has he told at any time, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?”

1:14 Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

Philemon – Chapter 1

 

1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,

1:2 to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:4 I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

1:5 hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

1:6 that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

1:7 For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

1:8 Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

1:9 yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

1:10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,

1:11 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

1:12 I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

1:13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

1:14 But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

1:15 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while that you would have him forever,

1:16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

1:17 If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

1:18 But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account.

1:19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).

1:20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

1:21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

1:22 Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

1:23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

1:24 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.