God is that the word

1. ^ John 1:1, Douay-Rheims
2. ^ John 1:1, KJV
3. ^ John 1:1, RSV
4. ^ John 1:1, NIV
5. ^ See verses 14-17: «And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, «This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'»)… For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.»
6. ^ Kennerson, Robert (2012-03-12). «Logos Christology — Philosophical Theology». Wilmington For Christ. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
7. ^ The Greek English New Testament. Christianity Today. 1975
8. ^ Nestle Aland Novum Testamentum Graece Read NA28 online
9. ^ Sahidica 2.01. J. Warren Wells. 2007.January.28 http://www.biblical-data.org/coptic/Sahidic_NT.pdf
10. ^ The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin/CBL Cpt 813, ff. 147v-148r/www.cbl.ie. «Sahidic Coptic Translation of John 1:1». Republished by Watchtower. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
11. ^ The Coptic version of the New Testament in the southern dialect : otherwise called Sahidic and Thebaic ; with critical apparatus, literal English translation, register of fragments and estimate of the version. 3, The gospel of S. John, register of fragments, etc., facsimiles. Vol. 3. Horner, George, 1849-1930. [Raleigh, NC]: [Lulu Enterprises]. 2014. ISBN 9780557302406. OCLC 881290216.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
12. ^ «Translating Sahidic Coptic John 1:1 | Gospel Of John | Translations». Scribd. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
13. ^ Horner, George William (1911). The Coptic version of the New Testament in the Southern dialect : otherwise called Sahidic and Thebaic ; with critical apparatus, literal English translation, register of fragments and estimate of the version. Robarts — University of Toronto. Oxford : The Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0557302406.
14. ^ The Bible : James Moffatt translation : with concordance. Moffatt, James, 1870-1944. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Classics. 1994. ISBN 9780825432286. OCLC 149166602.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
15. ^ «John 1 In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine». studybible.info. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
16. ^ Schonfield, Hugh J. (1958). The Authentic New Testament. UK (1955), USA (1958): Panther, Signet. ISBN 9780451602152.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
17. ^ S. Wuest, Kenneth (1956). New Testament: An Expanded Translation. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 209. ISBN 0-8028-1229-5.
18. ^ Zulfiqar Ali Shah (2012). Anthropomorphic Depictions of God: The Concept of God in Judaic, Christian and Islamic Traditions : Representing the Unrepresentable. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). p. 300. ISBN 9781565645752.
19. ^ For a complete list of 70 non traditional translations of John 1:1, see http://simplebibletruths.net/70-John-1-1-Truths.htm
20. ^ Mary L. Coloe, ed. (2013). Creation is Groaning: Biblical and Theological Perspectives (Reprinted ed.). Liturgical Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780814680650.
21. ^ Hart, David (2017). The New Testament: A Translation.
22. ^ David A. Reed. «How Semitic Was John? Rethinking the Hellenistic Background to John 1:1.» Anglican Theological Review, Fall 2003, Vol. 85 Issue 4, p709
23. ^ William Arnold III, Colwell’s Rule and John 1:1 Archived 2007-04-04 at the Wayback Machine at apostolic.net: «You could only derive a Trinitarian interpretation from John 1:1 if you come to this passage with an already developed Trinitarian theology. If you approached it with a strict Monotheism (which is what I believe John held to) then this passage would definitely support such a view.»
24. ^ Beduhn in Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament chapter 11 states:
    «Translators of the KJV, NRSV, NIV, NAB, New American Standard Bible, AB, Good News Bible and LB all approached the text at John 1:1 already believing certain things about the Word…and made sure that the translations came out in accordance with their beliefs…. Ironically, some of these same scholars are quick to charge the NW translation with «doctrinal bias» for translating the verse literally, free of KJV influence, following the sense of the Greek. It may very well be that the NW translators came to the task of translating John 1:1 with as much bias as the other translators did. It just so happens that their bias corresponds in this case to a more accurate translation of the Greek.»
25. ^ «The Article». A section heading in Robert W. Funk, A Beginning-Intermediate Grammar of Hellenistic Greek. Volume I. Second Corrected Edition. Scholars Press.
26. ^ Ernest Cadman Colwell (1933). «A definite rule for the use of the article in the Greek New Testament» (PDF). Journal of Biblical Literature. 52 (1): 12–21. doi:10.2307/3259477. JSTOR 3259477. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 21, 2016.
27. ^ Jason BeDuhn (2003). Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament. University Press of America. pp. 117–120. ISBN 9780761825562.
28. ^ «Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III : Against Praxeas». www.tertullian.org. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
29. ^ «Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III : Against Praxeas». www.tertullian.org. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
30. ^ «Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III : Against Praxeas». www.tertullian.org. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
31. ^ «John 1:1 Interlinear: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;». biblehub.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
32. ^ «Philip Schaff: ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristid — Christian Classics Ethereal Library». ccel.org. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
33. ^ «RPC Hanson — A lecture on the Arian Controversy». From Daniel to Revelation. 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
34. ^ Harris, Murray J., Jesus as God: The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus, 1992, Baker Books, pub. SBN 0801021952, p. 69
35. ^ Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible, New Testament, 2009, p231.
36. ^ Daniel B. Wallace (1997). Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. p. 269. ISBN 9780310218951.
37. ^ Wallace, ibid., p. 257
38. ^ Panayotis Coutsoumpos. Book Reviews Murray J. Harris. Jesus as God: The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books House, 1992. Berrier Springs. MI 49103
39. ^ Murray J. Harris. (1992). Jesus as God: The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books House.
40. ^ Murray J. Harris (2008). Jesus as God: The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus (Reprinted ed.). Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781606081082.
41. ^ McKenzie, John L. (1965). Dictionary of the Bible. Milwaukee, WI: Bruce.
42. ^ John L. Mckenzie (1995). The Dictionary Of The Bible (reprinted ed.). Touchstone, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 317. ISBN 9780684819136.
43. ^ Philip B. Harner, “Qualitative Anarthrous Predicate Nouns: Mark 15:39 and John 1:1,” Journal of Biblical Literature 92, 1 (March 1973),
44. ^ Hartley, Donald. «Revisiting the Colwell Construction in Light of Mass/Count Nouns». bible.org. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
45. ^ Philip B. Harner (March 1973). «Qualitative Anarthrous Predicate Nouns: Mark 15:39 and John 1:1». Journal of Biblical Literature. The Society of Biblical Literature. 92 (1): 75–87. doi:10.2307/3262756. JSTOR 3262756.
46. ^ C. F. D. Moule (1953). An Idiom-Book of New Testament Greek. Cambridge: University Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780521057745.
47. ^ James D. G. Dunn (1989). Christology in the Making: A New Testament Inquiry Into the Origins of the Doctrine of the Incarnation (Second ed.). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
48. ^ Dr. J. R. Mantey: «It is neither scholarly nor reasonable to translate John 1:1 ‘The Word was a god.'»
49. ^ Dr. Bruce M. Metzger of Princeton (Professor of New Testament Language and Literature): «As a matter of solid fact, however, such a rendering is a frightful mistranslation. It overlooks entirely an established rule of Greek grammar which necessitates the rendering «…and the Word was God.» http://www.bible-researcher.com/metzger.jw.html—see chapter IV point 1.
50. ^ Dr. Samuel J. Mikolaski of Zurich, Switzerland: «It is monstrous to translate the phrase ‘the Word was a god.'»
51. ^ Witherington, Ben (2007). The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible. Baylor University Press. pp. 211–213. ISBN 978-1-60258-017-6.
52. ^ Dr. Jason BeDuhn (of Northern Arizona University) in regard to the Kingdom Interlinear’s appendix that gives the reason why the NWT favoured a translation of John 1:1 as saying the Word was not «God» but «a god» said: «In fact the KIT [Appendix 2A, p.1139] explanation is perfectly correct according to the best scholarship done on this subject..»
53. ^ Murray J. Harris has written: «Accordingly, from the point of view of grammar alone, [QEOS HN hO LOGOS] could be rendered «the Word was a god,….» —Jesus As God, 1992, p. 60.
54. ^ C. H. Dodd says: «If a translation were a matter of substituting words, a possible translation of [QEOS EN hO LOGOS]; would be, «The Word was a god». As a word-for-word translation it cannot be faulted.»
55. ^ David Barron (an anti-Trinitarian Seventh-day Adventist) (2011). John 1:1 Non-Trinitarian — The Nature and Deity of Christ. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
56. ^ Acts 28:6
57. ^ Acts 28:6
58. ^ ^{a b} Albert Pietersma (1984). Albert Pietersma and Claude Cox (ed.). KYRIOS OR TETRAGRAM: A RENEWED QUEST FOR THE ORIGINAL LXX (PDF). DE SEPTUAGINTA. Studies in Honour of John William Wevers on his sixty-fifth birthday. Mississauga: Benben Publications. p. 90.
59. ^ Wright, B. J.; Ricchuiti, T. (2011-10-01). «From ‘God’ (θεός) to ‘God’ (Noute): A New Discussion and Proposal Regarding John 1:1C and the Sahidic Coptic Version of the New Testament». The Journal of Theological Studies. 62 (2): 494–512. doi:10.1093/jts/flr080. ISSN 0022-5185.
60. ^ Genesis 1:1
61. ^ Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers on John 1, accessed 22 January 2016
62. ^ Mark 1:1
63. ^ Luke 1:2
64. ^ David L. Jeffrey A Dictionary of biblical tradition in English literature 1992 Page 460 «…in his reference to ‘eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word’ (Luke 1:2) he is certainly speaking of the person as well as the words and actions of Jesus»
65. ^ 1 John 1:1
66. ^ Dwight Moody Smith First, Second, and Third John 1991 Page 48 «Of course, were it not for the Gospel, it would not be so obvious to us that «the word of life» in 1 John 1:1 is Jesus Christ. Strikingly, only in the prologue of each is the logos to be identified with Jesus.»

Hebrews 4:12

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For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Matthew 4:4

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But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Psalm 119:105

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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

John 1:1

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

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All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

John 17:17

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Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Matthew 24:35

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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Luke 11:28

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But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Colossians 3:16

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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Isaiah 40:8

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The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

John 6:63

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It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Proverbs 30:5

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Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

2 Timothy 3:16

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All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Peter 2:2

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Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

John 1:14

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And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Isaiah 55:11

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So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

James 1:22

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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Ephesians 6:17

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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

James 1:21

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Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

John 15:3

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Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

Psalm 119:11

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I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Job 23:12

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I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

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And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Deuteronomy 8:3

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And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Psalm 33:4

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For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

Psalm 119:9

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How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

Psalm 119:130

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The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Revelation 1:1

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The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Romans 10:17

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So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Psalm 18:30

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This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Matthew 7:24

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“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

John 7:38

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Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

John 8:31-32

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So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 1:1-2

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.

Hebrews 1:3

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He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Philippians 2:14-16

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Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

Psalm 56:4

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In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Proverbs 2:6

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For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

2 Timothy 2:15

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Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Psalm 119:160

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The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

Romans 15:4

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For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Psalm 19:7

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The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

Psalm 18:35-36

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You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Psalm 12:6

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The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Hebrews 4:2

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For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

Psalm 119:114

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You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

Psalm 119:2

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Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,

1 Timothy 3:16

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Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

Proverbs 4:20-21

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My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.

1 Peter 2:1-25

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So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. …

Acts 2:41

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So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

John 16:13

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When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Acts 17:11

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Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

1 Peter 1:23

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Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

1 Timothy 3:2

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Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 2:11

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Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.

Ezekiel 12:1-28:26

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The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house. As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile’s baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. You shall bring out your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for exile, and you shall go out yourself at evening in their sight, as those do who must go into exile. In their sight dig through the wall, and bring your baggage out through it. …

John 15:1-17:26

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“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. …

John 1:1-3:36

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. …

Romans 1:16

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For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

John 7:1-16:33

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After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand. So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” For not even his brothers believed in him. …

Romans 10:1-11:36

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Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. …

Matthew 7:2

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For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

Luke 24:45

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Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

2 Peter 3:16

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As he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

Jeremiah 23:29

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Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

John 10:35

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If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—

Proverbs 4:1-5:23

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Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. …

Psalm 130:1-135:21

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A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; …

Matthew 5:1-18:35

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Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. …

Proverbs 4:1-10:32

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Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. …

Isaiah 40:2

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Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord‘s hand double for all her sins.

Psalm 119:18

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Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

1 Peter 1:25

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But the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

Proverbs 2:3

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Yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

Psalm 18:30-32

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This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?— the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.

John 5:39

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You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

Proverbs 30:5-6

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Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.

Joshua 1:8

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This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

2 Timothy 3:15-17

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And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Matthew 4:2

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And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Revelation 1:2

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Who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

Colossians 3:2

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Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Jeremiah 15:16

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Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Luke 11:3

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Give us each day our daily bread,

Psalm 33:1-34:22

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Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. …

Matthew 24:2

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But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

John 12:48

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The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

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For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

John 3:16-17

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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Psalm 119:1-130:8

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Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! …

John 3:16

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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 22:29

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But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

1 Samuel 22:1-31:13

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David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became commander over them. And there were with him about four hundred men. And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother stay with you, till I know what God will do for me.” And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.” So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth. …

Romans 12:2

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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Corinthians 1:18

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For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Psalm 107:20

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He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

Mark 13:31

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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Isaiah 55:10-11

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“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.