For the loveof Christcontrolsus, having concludedthis,that onediedfor all,thereforealldied;
"I have been crucifiedwith Christ;and it is no longerI who live,but Christlivesin me; and the [life] whichI nowlivein the fleshI liveby faithin the Sonof God,who lovedme and gaveHimselfup for me.
But the free giftis not likethe transgression.For ifby the transgressionof the onethe manydied,muchmoredid the graceof Godand the giftby the graceof the oneMan,JesusChrist,aboundto the many.
justas the Sonof Mandid not cometo be served,but to serve,and to giveHis lifea ransomfor many."
and though you have not seenHim, you loveHim, and though you do not seeHim now,but believein Him, you greatly rejoicewith joyinexpressibleand full of glory,
The next dayhe sawJesuscomingto him and said,"Behold,the Lambof Godwho takes awaythe sinof the world!
For Godis not unjustso as to forgetyour workand the lovewhichyou have showntowardHis name,in having ministeredand in still ministeringto the saints.
For ifthe ministryof condemnationhas glory,muchmoredoes the ministryof righteousnessaboundin glory.
But we do seeHim who was madefor a little whilelowerthanthe angels,[namely], Jesus,becauseof the sufferingof deathcrownedwith gloryand honor,sothat by the graceof GodHe might tastedeathfor everyone.
For we alsooncewere foolishourselves,disobedient,deceived,enslavedto variouslustsand pleasures,spending our lifein maliceand envy,hateful,hatingone another.
But she who gives herself to wanton pleasureis deadeven while she lives.
Ifanyonedoes not lovethe Lord,he is to be accursed.Maranatha.
who gaveHimselfas a ransomfor all,the testimony[given] at the propertime.
When you were deadin your transgressionsand the uncircumcisionof your flesh,He made you alive togetherwith Him, having forgivenus allour transgressions,
Gracebe with allthosewho loveour LordJesusChristwith incorruptible[love].
Jesussaidto her, "I amthe resurrectionand the life;he who believesin Me will liveeven ifhe dies,
"Drawme afteryou [and] let us run[together]! The kinghas broughtme into his chambers.""We will rejoicein you and be glad;We will extolyour lovemorethanwine.Rightlydo they loveyou."
But a naturalmandoes not acceptthe things of the Spiritof God,for they are foolishnessto him; and he cannotunderstandthem, becausethey are spirituallyappraised.
for thissonof minewas deadand has come to life again;he was lostand has been found.'And they beganto celebrate.
Allof us like sheephave goneastray,Eachof us has turnedto his own way;But the LORDhas caused the iniquityof us allTo fallon Him.
We knowthat we are of God,and that the wholeworldliesin [the power of] the evil one.
But ifthe ministryof death,in lettersengravedon stones,camewith glory,sothat the sonsof Israelcouldnot look intentlyat the faceof Mosesbecauseof the gloryof his face,fading[as] it was,
And we knowthat the judgmentof Godrightlyfallsupon thosewho practicesuch things.
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, an houris comingand nowis, whenthe deadwill hearthe voiceof the Sonof God,and thosewho hearwill live.
"For I am fullof words;The spiritwithinme constrainsme.
But whenSilasand Timothycame downfrom Macedonia,Paul[began] devoting himself completelyto the word,solemnly testifyingto the Jewsthat Jesuswas the Christ.
But they urgedHim, saying,"Staywith us, for it is [getting] towardevening,and the dayis nownearly over."SoHe wentin to staywith them.
But we hadto celebrateand rejoice,for thisbrotherof yourswas deadand [has begun] to live,and [was] lostand has been found.'"
knowingthis,that our oldselfwas crucifiedwith [Him], in orderthat our bodyof sinmight be done awaywith, so that we would no longerbe slavesto sin;
and do not go on presentingthe membersof your body to sin[as] instrumentsof unrighteousness;but presentyourselvesto Godas those alivefrom the dead,and your members[as] instrumentsof righteousnessto God.
For you have diedand your lifeis hiddenwith Christin God.
So the threebrokethroughthe campof the Philistinesand drewwaterfrom the wellof Bethlehemwhich[was] by the gate,and took[it] and brought[it] to David;nevertheless Davidwouldnot drinkit, but pouredit out to the LORD;
