reading the word of god

⁴For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

¹²For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

³¹Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away.

⁸The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.

¹¹I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

²Like newborn infants, desire the milk of reasonableness without guile, so that by this you may increase unto salvation,

¹⁸Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law.

¹⁵Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.

¹Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

¹³⁰The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones.

¹Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence. ²But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night. ³And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

⁵Every word of God is fire-tested. He is a bronze shield to those who hope in him.

²that you should preach the word urgently, in season and out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke, with all patience and doctrine.

¹Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence. ²But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night. ³And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper. ⁴Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth. ⁵Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just. ⁶For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.

¹⁷Therefore, faith is from hearing, and hearing is through the Word of Christ.

¹¹And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And he who was sitting upon it was called Faithful and True. And with justice does he judge and fight. ¹²And his eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, having a name written, which no one knows except himself. ¹³And he was clothed with a vestment sprinkled with blood. And his name is called: THE WORD OF GOD.

³²And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”