22 The Jews say, We must see a sign. Those who are not Jews say, We want something we can understand.
23 But we tell people about Christ who died on a cross. The leaders of the Jews do not like this, and those who are not Jews laugh at it.
24 But some have been called by God. They are chosen, both Jews and other people. Christ is Gods power to save them. This shows how wise he is.
2 Tell people the word of God. Be ready to do it at any time. Show people they are wrong and talk to them about it. Tell them what they should do. Be very patient with them and teach them in many ways.
30 So Philip went running to him. He heard him reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. Do you understand what you are reading? Philip asked.
31 How can I? I have no man to teach me, he answered. He asked Philip to get into the carriage and ride with him.
32 This is what he was reading: He was led as a sheep to be killed. A lamb says nothing while its wool is being cut, so he also says nothing.
14 But how can people call someone if they have not believed in him? And how can they believe in him if they have not heard about him? And how can they hear about him if no one tells them about him?
15 And how can people tell about him if no one sends them? The holy writings say, How good are the feet of those who bring the good news of peace and happiness.
16 But they have not all obeyed the good news. It is as Isaiah said it would be, Lord, who has believed what we have told them?
17 So people believe because they hear. They hear because people tell them about Christ.
16 I am not ashamed of the good news of Jesus Christ. The good news is the power God uses to save every one who believes. The good news was for the Jews first, but also for those who are not Jews.
17 The good news shows how God puts a person right. God puts a person right when that person believes in his Son and keeps on believing. The holy writings say, A person who is put right because he believes, will live for ever.
4 But Jesus answered him, The holy writings say, "Man cannot live on bread only. He needs to live by every word that God says."
11 The people in Berea were better than the people of Thessalonica. They were glad to listen to Pauls words. Every day they studied the holy writings to see if what Paul said was right.
21 God is wise. But the people of the world were not wise enough to know God. So he chose to save people who believe the good news that we tell them, even though the good news may seem to be foolish.
35 Then Philip told him about Jesus. He began with what the man read in the book.
12 Gods word is living and full of power. It is more sharp than any sword that cuts on both sides. What God says cuts through and divides the mind and spirit. It cuts through and divides the place where the bones are joined, and the part inside the bone. What God says is able to judge the things people think and plan in their hearts.
7 As you go, tell people that the kingdom of heaven is here.
6 I am very much surprised. It is so soon, and you are leaving God who called you by the love of Christ. Instead you are listening to another good news.
7 There is really no other good news. But some people are making you think wrong things. They want to change the good news of Christ.
8 We are wrong if we tell you a different kind of good news. Even an angel from heaven is wrong to tell you something different. Let a punishment from God come upon us if we tell you a different kind of good news.
9 We have said it before, and I say it again now. A curse be on any one who tells you a kind of good news which is not the good news we have already told you.
4 Everything that is in the holy writings was written to teach us. They give hope and strength when we have troubles. The holy writings comfort our hearts.
17 Make them clean by the true word and keep them for yourself. Your word is true.
18 I am talking to everyone who hears the words of Gods message in this book. If any one adds anything to this book, God will add to him the troubles that are written in this book.
19 If any one takes away any of the words of Gods message, God will take away from him his share of the tree which gives life and the holy city. This book tells about them.
39 You read holy writings carefully. You think that there you will find out how to live for ever. In the same writings you will read about me.
16 All that is written in the holy writings comes from the Spirit of God. The holy writings are good for these things: to teach people, to show them when they are wrong, to make them see what is right, to teach them to do what is right.
17 In this way a person who belongs to God has all he needs. He is ready for every kind of good work.
12 We have not received the spirit of the world. But we have received the Spirit of God. In this way we may understand the blessings which God has freely given to us.
13 We do not tell you these things in wise words which men taught us. But the Holy Spirit taught us. We teach things about the Spirit which we know about through the Spirit.
14 The person who does not have the Spirit does not receive the blessings of the Spirit of God. He thinks they are foolish. He cannot understand them because only people who have the Spirit of God can test them.
20 First you must understand this. The words from the prophets in the holy writings did not come from their own minds.
21 The prophets did not say what they wanted to say. But the Holy Spirit made them speak. And they spoke Gods message.
25 But the word of the Lord cannot die! And this word is the good news which has been told to you.
15 Try to show God that you are a good worker. Do nothing you would be ashamed of. Tell the true message in the right way.
17 Christ did not send me to baptize people, but he sent me to tell the good news. I must not tell it with the clever words of this world. That would not show what the death of Christ on a cross truly means.
2 As he had done in other places, Paul went into it. On three Sabbath days he explained what was written in the holy writings.
3 He proved these things from the writings. He said. It was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise again from death. And this Jesus, whom I am talking about, is the Christ.
35 The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
15 From the time you were a child you knew the holy writings. They showed you how to be saved by believing in Christ Jesus.
16 All that is written in the holy writings comes from the Spirit of God. The holy writings are good for these things: to teach people, to show them when they are wrong, to make them see what is right, to teach them to do what is right.
17 In this way a person who belongs to God has all he needs. He is ready for every kind of good work.
25 Christ had to have this trouble and go to the place where he will be great, did he not?
26 Then he told them the meaning of all that Moses and all the prophets of God long ago had written about him.
27 They came near the village to which they were going. It looked as if he was going on further.
13 Until I come, read the holy writings to people. Talk to them and teach them.
15 Think of this. He is waiting a long time so that people will be saved. Our dear brother Paul also wrote these things to you, because God has made him wise.
16 He also tells about them in all his letters. Some things in his letters are hard to understand. Some people do not know about these things and they are not strong in their faith. They change the meaning of the things Paul wrote. They do this to other things in the holy writings also. Because they do this, they will die.
9 At one time you were not Gods people. But now you are Gods people. At one time you did not know Gods kindness. Now you do.
18 Jesus came and talked to them. He said, All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19 So go and make disciples in all countries. Baptise them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
20 Teach them to do all the things I have told you to do. I am with you always, even to the end of time.