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In the year that King Uziah died I, however, got to see Jehovah, sitting on a throne lofty and lifted up, and his skirts were filling the temple. Seraphs were standing above him. Each one had six wings. With two he kept his face covered, and with two he kept his feet covered, and with two he would fly about. And this one called to that one and said: "Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of armies. The fulness of all the earth is his glory." And the pivots of thresholds began to quiver at the voice of the one calling, and the house itself gradually filled with smoke. And I proceeded to say, "Woe to me! For I am as good as brought to silence, because a man unclean in lips I am, and in among a people unclean in lips I am dwelling; for my eyes have seen the King Jehovah of armies, himself!" At that, one of the seraphs flew to me, and in his hand there was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs off the altar. And he proceeded to touch my mouth and to say: "Look! This has touched your lips, and your error has departed and your sin itself is atoned for." And I began to hear the voice of Jehovah saying: "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I proceeded to say: "Here I am! Send me." And he went on to say: "Go, and you must say to this people, 'Hear again and again, O men, but do not understand; and see again and again, but do not get any knowledge.' Make the heart of this people unreceptive, and make their very ears unresponsive, and paste their very eyes together, that they may not see with their eyes and with their ears they may not hear, and that their own heart may not understand and that they may not actually turn back and get healing for themselves." |
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In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" He said, "Go and tell this people: " 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." |
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"Now there is judging of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. And yet I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw men of all sorts to me." This he was really saying to signify what sort of death he was about to die. Therefore the crowd answered him: "We heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever; and how is it you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus therefore said to them: "The light will be among YOU a little while longer. Walk while YOU have the light, so that darkness does not overpower YOU; and he that walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While YOU have the light, exercise faith in the light, in order to become sons of light." Jesus spoke these things and went off and hid from them. But although he had performed so many signs before them, they were not putting faith in him, so that the word of Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled which he said: "Jehovah, who has put faith in the thing heard by us? And as for the arm of Jehovah, to whom has it been revealed?" The reason why they were not able to believe is that again Isaiah said: "He has blinded their eyes and he has made their hearts hard, that they should not see with their eyes and get the thought with their hearts and turn around and I should heal them." Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory, and he spoke about him. All the same, many even of the rulers actually put faith in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess [him], in order not to be expelled from the synagogue... |
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Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. The crowd spoke up, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever, so how can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this 'Son of Man'?" Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light." When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them. Even after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: "Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: "He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn--and I would heal them." Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him. Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue... |
| For you must not prostrate yourself to another god, because Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, he is a jealous God... |
| Do not worship any other god, for the LORD , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. |
| But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says: "And let all God's angels do obeisance to him." |
| And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him." |
| "This is what Jehovah has said, the King of Israel and the Repurchaser of him, Jehovah of armies, 'I am the first and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.'" |
| "This is what the LORD says - Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God." |
| I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. |
| I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. |
| "Look! The virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel, which means, when translated, "With Us Is God." |
| "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" -- which means, "God with us." |
| In answer Thomas said to him: "My Lord and my God!" |
| Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" |
| ...because it is in him that the fullness of the divine quality dwells bodily. |
| And they went on casting stones at Stephen as he made appeal and said: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Then, bending his knees, he cried out with a strong voice: "Jehovah, do not charge this sin against them." And after saying this he fell asleep [in death]. |
| While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep. |
| For if you publicly declare that 'word in your own mouth,' that Jesus is Lord, and exercise faith in your heart that God raised him up from the dead, you will be saved. |
| That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. |
| Therefore I would have YOU know that nobody when speaking by God's spirit says: "Jesus is accursed!" |
| Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. |
| Nathanael said to him: "How does it come that you know me?" Jesus in answer said to him: "Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you." |
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"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." |
| ...and because he was in no need to have anyone bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man. |
| He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man. |
| "But there are some of YOU that do not believe." For from [the] beginning Jesus knew who were the ones not believing and who was the one that would betray him. |
| Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. |
| "I shall not speak much with YOU anymore, for the ruler of the world is coming. And he has no hold on me..." |
| "I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me..." |
| He said to him the third time: "Simon son of John, do you have affection for me?" Peter became grieved that he said to him the third time: "Do you have affection for me?" So he said to him: "Lord, you know all things; you are aware that I have affection for you." Jesus said to him: "Feed my little sheep." |
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The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you." |
| And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: "All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth." |
| Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." |
| He is the reflection of [his] glory and the exact representation of his very being, and he sustains all things by the word of his power; and after he had made a purification for our sins he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty in lofty places. |
| The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. |
| Who of YOU convicts me of sin? If I speak truth, why is it YOU do not believe me? |
| Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? |
| "And you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, the one too little to get to be among the thousands of Judah, from you there will come out to me the one who is to become ruler in Israel, whose origin is from early times, from the days of time indefinite." |
| "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." |
| Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and forever. |
| Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. |
| And when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic: "Child, your sins are forgiven." Now there were some of the scribes there, sitting and reasoning in their hearts: "Why is this man talking in this manner? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins except one, God?" |
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" |
| By means of him we have the release by ransom through the blood of that one, yes, the forgiveness of [our] trespasses, according to the riches of his undeserved kindness. |
| In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace... |
| "...according as you have given him authority over all flesh, that, as regards the whole [number] whom you have given him, he may give them everlasting life." |
| "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him." |
| And I give them everlasting life, and they will by no means ever be destroyed, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. |
| I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. |
| For the Father judges no one at all, but he has committed all the judging to the Son ... And he has given him authority to do judging, because Son of man he is. |
| Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son ... And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. |
| But he said to them: "Why are YOU fainthearted, YOU with little faith?" Then, getting up, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm set in. |
| He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. |
| But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says: "And let all God's angels do obeisance to him." |
| And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him." |
| Then those in the boat did obeisance to him saying: "You are really God's Son." |
| Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." |
| For you must not prostrate yourself to another god, because Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, he is a jealous God... |
| Do not worship any other god, for the LORD , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. |
| The Jesus said to him: "Go away, Satan! For it is written, 'It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.'" |
| Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'" |
| At that I fell down before his feet to worship him. But he tells me: "Be careful! Do not do that! All I am is a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who have the work of witnessing to Jesus. Worship God; for the bearing witness to Jesus is what inspires prophesying." |
| At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." |
| For there has been a child born to us, there has been a son given to us; and the princely rule will come to be upon his shoulder. And his name will be Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. |
| For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. |
| ...the One exercising loving-kindness toward thousands, and repaying the error of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them, the [true] God, the great One, the mighty One, Jehovah of armies being his name... |
| You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the fathers' sins into the laps of their children after them. O great and powerful God, whose name is the LORD Almighty... |
| He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; because by means of him all [other] things were created in the heavens and upon the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, no matter whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All [other] things have been created through him and for him. Also, he is before all [other] things and by means of him all [other] things were made to exist... |
| He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. |
| "I and the Father are one." |
| "I and the Father are one." |
| The Jews answered him: "We are stoning you, not for a fine work, but for blasphemy, even because you, although being a man, make yourself a god." |
| "We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God." |
| Keep this mental attitude in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus, who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God. No, but he emptied himself and took a slave's form and came to be in the likeness of men. More than that, when he found himself in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient as far as death, yes, death on a torture stake. For this very reason also God exalted him to a superior position and kindly gave him the name that is above every [other] name, so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground, and every tongue should openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. |
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Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death -- even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
