You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.
Isaiah 55:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I have appointed him (Him) [David, as a representative of the Messiah, or the Messiah Himself] to be a witness [one (One) who shall testify of salvation] to the nations, a prince (Prince) and commander (Commander) to the peoples. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples. Common English Bible Look, I made him a witness to the peoples, a prince and commander of peoples. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I have presented him as a witness to the people, as a commander and instructor to the nations. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles. |
You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.
a throne will be established in love, and one will sit on it faithfully in the tent of David, judging and pursuing what is right, quick to execute justice.
‘You are my witnesses’ – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me.
I alone declared, saved, and proclaimed – and not some foreign god among you. So you are my witnesses’ – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘and I am God.
They will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them.
‘ “They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your ancestors lived. They will live in it for ever with their children and grandchildren, and my servant David will be their prince for ever.
Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an Anointed One, the ruler, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with a square and a moat, but in difficult times.
Afterwards, the people of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come with awe to the Lord and to his goodness in the last days.
And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah: Because out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ,
The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant also will be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honour him.
You call me Teacher and Lord #– #and you are speaking rightly, since that is what I am.
‘You are a king then? ’ Pilate asked. ‘You say that I’m a king,’ Jesus replied. ‘I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.’
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.
when he takes vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
In the presence of God, who gives life to all, and of Christ Jesus, who gave a good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you
For in bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God #– #for whom and through whom all things exist #– #should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
After he was perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by his blood,
‘Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator , of God’s creation: