Now I will tell you about the Lord’s agreement.\par The Lord said to me,\par “Today I become your father! {\cf2\super [4]} \par And you are my son.\par
Matthew 16:16 - Easy To Read Version Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, {\cf2\super [229]} the Son of the living God.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. American Standard Version (1901) And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Common English Bible Simon Peter said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Catholic Public Domain Version Simon Peter responded by saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. |
Now I will tell you about the Lord’s agreement.\par The Lord said to me,\par “Today I become your father! {\cf2\super [4]} \par And you are my son.\par
My soul is thirsty for the Living God.\par When can I go to meet with him?\par
I am making a new law. This law is for people in every part of my kingdom. All of you people must fear and respect the God of Daniel.
Jacob was the father of Joseph.\par Joseph was the husband of Mary,\par and Mary was the mother of Jesus.\par Jesus is called the Christ. {\cf2\super [6]} \par
Then those followers in the boat worshiped Jesus and said, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
The army officer {\cf2\super [435]} and the soldiers guarding Jesus saw this earthquake and everything that happened. They were very afraid and said, “He really was the Son of God!”
The devil came to Jesus to tempt him. The devil said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these rocks to become bread.”
Today your Savior was born in David’s town. He is Christ, {\cf2\super [29]} the Lord.
Then Nathanael said to Jesus, “Teacher, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel (God’s people).”
Martha answered, “Yes, Lord. I believe that you are the Christ, {\cf2\super [177]} the Son of God. You are the One that was coming to the world.”
But these things are written so that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, {\cf2\super [268]} the Son of God. Then, by believing, you can have life through his name.
The Father sent me. The Father lives, and I live because of the Father. So the person that eats me will live because of me.
Simon Peter answered Jesus, “Lord, where would we go? You have the things that give life forever.
“Men, why are you doing these things? We are not gods! We have the same feelings as you have! We came to tell you the Good News. {\cf2\super [290]} We are telling you to turn away from these worthless things. Turn to the true living God. He is the One who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
While they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The officer said, “Look! Here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized {\cf2\super [180]} ?”
Soon he began to go to the synagogues {\cf2\super [193]} and tell people about Jesus. He told the people, “Jesus is the Son of God!”
The Son of God, Jesus Christ, that Silas and Timothy and I told you about was not “Yes” and “No.” In Christ it has always been “Yes.”
You show that you are a letter from Christ that he sent through us. This letter is not written with ink but with the Spirit {\cf2\super [7]} of the living God. It is not written on stone tablets. {\cf2\super [8]} It is written on human hearts.
From this time on we don’t think of any person like the world thinks of people. It is true that in the past we thought of Christ like the world thinks. But we don’t think that way now.
No person has ever heard the living God speak from the fire like we have and still lived!
People everywhere tell about the good way you accepted us when we were there with you. Those people tell about how you stopped worshiping idols {\cf2\super [3]} and changed to serve the living and true God.
Then, even if I cannot come soon, you will know about the things that people must do in the family {\cf2\super [13]} of God. That family is the church of the living God. And God’s church is the support and foundation of the truth.
We hope in the living God. He is the Savior of all people. And in a special way, he is the Savior of all those people who believe in him. This is why we work and struggle.
It is a terrible thing \{for a sinful person\} to fall into the hands of the living God.
But you have not come to that kind of place. The new place you have come to is Mount Zion. {\cf2\super [165]} You have come to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. {\cf2\super [166]} You have come to an excited gathering of thousands of angels.
So, brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you is sinful, and refuses to believe, and stops following the living God.
So surely the blood of Christ can do much, much more. Christ offered himself through the eternal Spirit {\cf2\super [106]} as a perfect sacrifice {\cf2\super [107]} to God. His blood will make us fully clean from the evil things we have done. His blood will make us pure even in our hearts. We are made pure so that we can worship (serve) the living God.
If a person says, “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God,” then God lives in that person. And that person lives in God.
But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}
And now, dear lady, {\cf2\super [4]} I tell you: We should all love each other. This is not a new command. It is the same command we had from the beginning.
Then I saw another angel coming from the east. This angel had the seal of the living God. The angel called out with a loud voice to the four angels. These were the four angels that God had given the power to hurt the earth and the sea. The angel said to the four angels,