Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you, of whom considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.

and He has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and He has hid me under the shadow of His hand; He has made me as a choice shaft, and He has hid me in His quiver;

"Now this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.

And when they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

For we are not as the rest, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God.

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, and those who had not worshipped the Beast or his image, and they did not receive the mark on their forehead or on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] the thousand years.

The Lord shall send out the rod of Your strength out of Zion; rule in the midst of Your enemies!

The manifestation of Your words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.

so shall My word be, whatever shall proceed out of My mouth, it shall by no means return to Me void, until all the things which I willed have been accomplished; and I will make your ways prosperous, and [will effect] My commands.

Behold, are not My words as fire? Says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty by God to the pulling down of strongholds,

casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ,

Because of this we also give thanks to God unceasingly, so that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received not the word of men, but just as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

Exercising His will He begat us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world."

Coming to Him as to a living stone, having been rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

you also, as living stones, are being built [into] a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, in Your comeliness, and in Your beauty;

The high praises of God shall be in their mouth, and two-edged swords in their hands;

but afterwards you will find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.

but He shall judge the cause of the lowly, and shall reprove the lowly of the earth; and He shall smite the earth with the word of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He destroy the ungodly one.

and He has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and He has hid me under the shadow of His hand; He has made me as a choice shaft, and He has hid me in His quiver;

Now having heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"

But when they heard this, they were infuriated and were resolving to kill them.

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

He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was as the sun shining in its strength.

Repent therefore! Or else I will come to you quickly, and make war against them with the sword of My mouth.

And out of His mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, so that with it He might strike the nations. And He will shepherd them with an iron rod. And He treads the winepress of the wine of the wrath of Almighty God.

And the rest were slain with the sword which proceeds from the mouth of Him who rode on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.

You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thoughts long before.

I, the Lord, search the hearts, and test the mind, to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his doings.

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an unlearned person comes in, he is reproved by all, he is discerned by all.

And so the secrets of his heart become clear; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God, reporting that God is truly among you!

But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

I will kill her children by death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.