For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.

Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me.”

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”

Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.

For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.