But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

[But] Israel shall be saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever.

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

"You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

"I am the vine, you [are] the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

"that they all may be one, as You, Father, [are] in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

"I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

[There is] therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

so we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Greet Herodion, my countryman. Greet those who are of the [household] of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

Therefore, if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago -- whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows -- such a one was caught up to the third heaven.

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth -- in Him.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

For of Him and through Him and to Him [are] all things, to whom [be] glory forever. Amen.

Now all things [are] of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore [you] on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.

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

for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,

Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.

For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth [come] knowledge and understanding;

O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart.

Daniel answered and said: "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His.

"for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.

No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared [Him.]

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

"For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received [them,] and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

"And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare [it,] that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

and to make all see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;

to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly [places,]

that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and [attaining] to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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

and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness [And] Your salvation all the day, For I do not know [their] limits.

I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

He shall say, 'Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him [men] shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him.

In the LORD all the descendants of Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory.' "

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue [which] rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness [is] from Me," Says the LORD.

" Behold, [the] days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this [is] His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

In those days Judah will be saved, And Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this [is the name] by which she will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.'

" Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:

who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.

so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For He made Him who knew no sin [to be] sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which [is] from the law, but that which [is] through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

"And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins."

"Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

"And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

'to open their eyes, [in order] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

And those [who are] Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

This is He who came by water and blood -- Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

The sting of death [is] sin, and the strength of sin [is] the law.

"I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes.

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Not only [that,] but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who hangs on a tree"),

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself [His] own special people, zealous for good works.

Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, [like] silver or gold, from your aimless conduct [received] by tradition from your fathers,

but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from [among] men, [being] firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.