And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Philippians 2:1 - The Text-Critical English New Testament So if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any comfort from love, if there is any fellowship in the Spirit, if there is any compassion or mercy, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition SO BY whatever [appeal to you there is in our mutual dwelling in Christ, by whatever] strengthening and consoling and encouraging [our relationship] in Him [affords], by whatever persuasive incentive there is in love, by whatever participation in the [Holy] Spirit [we share], and by whatever depth of affection and compassionate sympathy, American Standard Version (1901) If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, Common English Bible Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort in love, any sharing in the Spirit, any sympathy, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, any solace of charity, any fellowship of the Spirit, any feelings of commiseration: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration: |
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
But now I am coming to yoʋ, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made full within them.
Day by day as they continued meeting together with one accord in the temple courts and breaking bread from house to house, they shared food together with gladness and simplicity of heart,
Now the hearts and souls of the multitude of believers were one, and no one was saying that any of their belongings was his own, but everything they owned was held in common.
and hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we have all been given to drink into one Spirit.
I die daily! Yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ everywhere.
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba! Father!”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
There is one body and one Spirit (just as you were called to one hope at your calling),
For God is my witness that I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
For we are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh,
I want their hearts to be comforted and knit together in love, so that they may have all the riches of being fully assured in their understanding, and so that they may know the mystery of our God and Father and of Christ,
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and beloved, put on tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. And we know that he abides in us because of the Spirit he has given us.
No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.