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.
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”
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.
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—
For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:
Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
saying, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”
Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things.
It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
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.
“‘Look, you scoffers, be astounded and perish; for I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’”
And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations.
I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com.