⁶For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

 ⁷Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.   (Isaiah 9)


 

¹These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

 ²They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

 ³And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

 ⁴But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

 ⁵But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

 ⁶But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

 ⁷Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

 ⁸And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

 ⁹Of sin, because they believe not on me;

 ¹⁰Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

 ¹¹Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

 ¹²I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

 ¹³Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

 ¹⁴He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

 ¹⁵All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.   (John 16)


 

¹And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

 ²And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

 ³And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

 ⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

 ⁵And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

 ⁶Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

 ⁷And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

 ⁸And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

 ⁹Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

 ¹⁰Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

 ¹¹Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

 ¹²And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

 ¹³Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

 ¹⁴But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

 ¹⁵For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

 ¹⁶But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

 ¹⁷And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

 ¹⁸And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

 ¹⁹And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

 ²⁰The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

 ²¹And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

 ²²Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

 ²³Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

 ²⁴Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

 ²⁵For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

 ²⁶Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

 ²⁷Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

 ²⁸Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

 ²⁹Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

 ³⁰Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

 ³¹He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

 ³²This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

 ³³Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

 ³⁴For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

 ³⁵Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

 ³⁶Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

 ³⁷Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

 ³⁸Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

 ³⁹For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.

 ⁴⁰And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

 ⁴¹Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

 ⁴²And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

 ⁴³And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

 ⁴⁴And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

 ⁴⁵And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

 ⁴⁶And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

 ⁴⁷Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.   (Acts 2)

¹But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

 ²And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

 ³But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

 ⁴Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

 ⁵And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

 ⁶And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

 ⁷And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

 ⁸And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

 ⁹Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

 ¹⁰Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

 ¹¹And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

 ¹²And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

 ¹³And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

 ¹⁴And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

 ¹⁵Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.

 ¹⁶There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

 ¹⁷Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

 ¹⁸And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

 ¹⁹But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

 ²⁰Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

 ²¹And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

 ²²But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

 ²³Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

 ²⁴Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

 ²⁵Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

 ²⁶Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

 ²⁷And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

 ²⁸Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

 ²⁹Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

 ³⁰The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

 ³¹Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

 ³²And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

 ³³When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

 ³⁴Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

 ³⁵And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

 ³⁶For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

 ³⁷After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

 ³⁸And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

 ³⁹But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

 ⁴⁰And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

 ⁴¹And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

 ⁴²And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.   (Acts 5)

¹Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

 ²As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

 ³And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

 ⁴So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

 ⁵And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

 ⁶And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

 ⁷Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

 ⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

 ⁹Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.

 ¹⁰And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

 ¹¹And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

 ¹²Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.   (Acts 13)


 

¹⁰But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

 ¹¹Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

 ¹²Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

 ¹³But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

 ¹⁴But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

 ¹⁵And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

 ¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

 ¹⁷That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.   (2 Timothy 3)

²⁴Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

 ²⁵Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

 ²⁶Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

 ²⁷To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

 ²⁸Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

 ²⁹Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.   (Colossians 1)

 

⁸For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

 ¹⁹For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.   (Romans 8)