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That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the
sheath: the cup which my
Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
“Put your sword back in its
sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the
Father has given Me?”
And led him away to
Annas first; for he was
father in law to
Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
They brought Him first to
Annas, who was the
father-in-law of
Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my
Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I
ascend unto my
Father, and your
Father; and to my God, and your God.
“Do not
cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the
Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My
Father and your
Father, to My God and your God.’”
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the
Father promised, which you have heard Me
discuss.
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
Therefore being by the right hand of God
exalted, and having received of the
Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the
Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our
fathers, hath
glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of
Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our
fathers, has
glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before
Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
For Moses truly said unto the
fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things
whatsoever he shall say unto you.
For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must
listen to Him in everything He tells you.
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen
rage, and the people imagine vain things?
You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our
father David: ‘Why do the nations
rage and the peoples plot in vain?
The God of our
fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye
slew and
hanged on a tree.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
And he said, Men, brethren, and
fathers,
hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our
father Abraham, when he was in
Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and
fathers,
listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our
father Abraham while he was still in
Mesopotamia, before he lived in
Haran,
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in
Haran. After his
father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of
circumcision, and Abraham became the
father of Isaac and
circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the
father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and
Canaan, and our
fathers could not find food.
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
Then sent Joseph, and called his
father Jacob to him, and all his kindred,
threescore and fifteen souls.
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the
sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the
father of Sychem.
Their bones were carried back to
Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at
Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
The same dealt
subtilly with our kindred, and evil
entreated our
fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
He exploited our people and
oppressed our
fathers, forcing them to
abandon their infants so they would die.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and
nourished up in his
father’s house three months:
At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was
nurtured in his
father’s house.
Saying, I am the God of thy
fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses
trembled, and
durst not behold.
‘I am the God of your
fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses
trembled with fear and did not
dare to look.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount
Sinai, and with our
fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
Which also our
fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God
drave out before the face of our
fathers, unto the days of David;
And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
Ye stiffnecked and
uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your
fathers did, so do ye.
You stiff-necked people with
uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your
fathers did.
Which of the prophets have not your
fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Which of the prophets did your
fathers fail to
persecute? They even killed those who
foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
The God of this people of Israel chose our
fathers, and
exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
The God of the people of Israel chose our
fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an
uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
And we declare unto you
glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the
fathers,
And now we
proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our
fathers God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second
psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee.
He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second
Psalm: ‘You are My Son;
today I have become Your
Father.’
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell
asleep. His body was buried with his
fathers and saw decay.
Now therefore why
tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our
fathers nor we were able to bear?
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
Then came he to Derbe and
Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named
Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a
Jewess, and believed; but his
father was a Greek:
Paul came to Derbe and then to
Lystra, where he found a disciple named
Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek
father.
Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and
circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his
father was a Greek.
Paul wanted
Timothy to
accompany him, so he took him and
circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his
father was a Greek.
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
I am
verily a man which am a
Jew, born in
Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of
Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the
fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
“I am a
Jew, born in
Tarsus of
Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of
Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our
fathers. I am just as
zealous for God as any of you here
today.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
But this I
confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my
fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
I do
confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our
fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
And it came to pass, that the
father of
Publius lay sick of a fever and of a
bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and
healed him.
The
father of
Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and
dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he
healed the man.
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
What then shall we say that Abraham, our
forefather, has discovered?
And he received the sign of
circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being
uncircumcised: that he might be the
father of all them that believe, though they be not
circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
And he received the sign of
circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still
uncircumcised. So then, he is the
father of all who believe but are not
circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
And he is also the
father of the
circumcised who not only are
circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our
father Abraham had before he was
circumcised.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be
guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the
father of us all.
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry,
Abba,
Father.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of
sonship, by whom we cry, “
Abba!
Father!”
Whose are the
fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever.
Amen.
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all,
forever worthy of praise!
Amen.
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
That ye may with one mind and one mouth
glorify God, even the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
so that with one mind and one voice you may
glorify the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the
circumcision for the truth of God, to
confirm the promises made unto the
fathers:
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the
circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to
confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many
fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have
begotten you through the gospel.
Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
It is reported commonly that there is
fornication among you, and such
fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his
father’s wife.
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is
intolerable even among pagans: A man has his
father’s wife.
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be God, even the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of
mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of
compassion and the God of all comfort,
And will be a
Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.
And: “I will be a
Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord
Almighty.”
The God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for
evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
The God and
Father of the Lord Jesus, who is
forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
who gave Himself for our sins to
rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and
Father,
And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly
zealous of the traditions of my
fathers.
I was advancing in
Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely
zealous for the traditions of my
fathers.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying,
Abba,
Father.
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “
Abba,
Father!”
Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Giving
thanks always for all things unto God and the
Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
always giving
thanks to God the
Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
Fathers, do not
provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
And that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
and every tongue
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
But you know
Timothy’s
proven worth, that as a child with his
father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
Now unto God and our
Father be glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at
Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
We give
thanks to God and the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
We always
thank God, the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
Giving
thanks unto the
Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
giving
thanks to the
Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
For it pleased the
Father that in him should all
fulness dwell;
For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
That their hearts might be comforted, being
knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the
mystery of God, and of the
Father, and of Christ;
that they may be encouraged in heart,
knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the
mystery of God, namely Christ,
And
whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God and the
Father by him.
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God the
Father through Him.
Fathers,
provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Fathers, do not
provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Paul, and
Silvanus, and
Timotheus, unto the church of the
Thessalonians which is in God the
Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.