Vicki Stephens-Parent
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Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Corinthians 5:5-7 NASB
I have decided to adeliver such a one to bSatan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in cthe day of the Lord Jesus.aYour boasting is not good. bDo you not know that ca little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our aPassover also has been sacrificed.
Feb 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 NASB
aFinally then, bbrethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to cwalk and dplease God (just as you actually do walk), that you eexcel still more.For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
Feb 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6 NASB
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you aabstain from sexual immorality;that aeach of you know how to possess his own bvessel in sanctification and chonor,not in alustful passion, like the Gentiles who bdo not know God;and that no man transgress and adefraud his brother bin the matter because cthe Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also dtold you before and solemnly warned you.
Feb 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 NASB
For aGod has not called us for bthe purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who agives His Holy Spirit to you.
Feb 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Thessalonians 4:9-13 NASB
for indeed ayou do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to bexcel still more,and to make it your ambition ato lead a quiet life and battend to your own business and cwork with your hands, just as we commanded you,so that you will abehave properly toward boutsiders and cnot be in any need.But awe do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who bare asleep, so that you will not grieve as do cthe rest who have dno hope.Now as to the alove of the brethren, you bhave no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are ctaught by God to love one another;
Feb 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Thessalonians 4:14-16 NASB
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, aeven so God will bring with Him bthose who have fallen asleep in Jesus.For this we say to you aby the word of the Lord, that bwe who are alive and remain until cthe coming of the Lord, will not precede dthose who have fallen asleep.For the Lord aHimself bwill descend from heaven with a cshout, with the voice of dthe archangel and with the etrumpet of God, and fthe dead in Christ will rise first.
Feb 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 NASB
Then awe who are alive and remain will be bcaught up together with them cin the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always dbe with the Lord.Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Feb 21
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 2 John 1:12-13 NASB
aThough I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that your bjoy may be made full.The children of your achosen sister greet you.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 2 John 1:7-9 NASB
For amany deceivers have bgone out into the world, those who cdo not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is athe deceiver and the dantichrist.aWatch yourselves, bthat you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.Anyone who goes too far and adoes not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 2 John 1:1-6 NASB
aThe elder to the bchosen clady and her children, whom I dlove in truth; and not only I, but also all who eknow the truth,for athe sake of the truth which abides bin us and will be cwith us forever:aGrace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.aI was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father.Now I ask you, lady, anot as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had afrom the beginning, that we blove one another.And athis is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, bjust as you have heard cfrom the beginning, that you should walk in it.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 2 John 1:10-11 NASB
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, ado not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting;for the one who gives him a greeting aparticipates in his evil deeds.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 1 John 2:18 NASB
Children, ait is the last hour; and just as you heard that bantichrist is coming, ceven now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 2 Timothy 2:18 NASB
men who have gone astray from the truth saying that athe resurrection has already taken place, and they upset bthe faith of some.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted 2 Thessalonians 3:13-14 NASB
But as for you, abrethren, bdo not grow weary of doing good.If anyone does not obey our instruction ain this letter, take special note of that person band do not associate with him, so that he will be cput to shame.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 15:28-31 NASB
"For ait seemed good to bthe Holy Spirit and to cus to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:that you abstain from athings sacrificed to idols and from ablood and from athings strangled and from afornication; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell."So when they were sent away, athey went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 15:24-27 NASB
"Since we have heard that asome of our number to whom we gave no instruction have bdisturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,ait seemed good to us, having become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,men who have arisked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."Therefore we have sent aJudas and bSilas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 15:32-35 NASB
aJudas and bSilas, also being cprophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened dthe brethren with a lengthy message.After they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brethren ain peace to those who had bsent them out.[But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.]But aPaul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and bpreaching with many others also, cthe word of the Lord.
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 15:19-23 NASB
"Therefore it is amy judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,but that we write to them that they abstain from athings contaminated by idols and from bfornication and from cwhat is strangled and from blood."For aMoses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."Then it seemed good to athe apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to bAntioch with Paul and Barnabas--Judas called Barsabbas, and cSilas, leading men among dthe brethren,and they sent this letter by them,
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 15:12-18 NASB
All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were arelating what bsigns and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.After they had stopped speaking, aJames answered, saying, "Brethren, listen to me."aSimeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name."With this the words of athe Prophets agree, just as it is written,'aAFTER THESE THINGS bI will return,
Feb 17
Vicki Stephens-Parent
highlighted Acts 15:40-41 NASB
But Paul chose aSilas and left, being bcommitted by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.And he was traveling through aSyria and bCilicia, strengthening the churches.
Feb 17