testimony

³⁹“Return to your house and explain to them what great things God has done for you.” And he traveled through the entire city, preaching about the great things that Jesus had done for him.

⁸And so, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God,

¹¹And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of his testimony. And they loved not their own lives, even unto death.

¹⁵My mouth will announce your justice, your salvation all day long. For I have not known letters. ¹⁶I will enter into the powers of the Lord. I will be mindful of your justice alone, O Lord. ¹⁷You have taught me from my youth, O God. And so I will declare your wonders continuously, ¹⁸even in old age and with grey hairs. Do not abandon me, O God, while I announce your arm to every future generation: your power

¹⁶Draw near and listen, all you who fear God, and I will describe to you how much he has done for my soul.

³²Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father, who is in heaven.

¹⁵But sanctify Christ the Lord in your hearts, being always ready to give an explanation to all who ask you the reason for that hope which is in you.

⁴⁶And I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confounded.

¹¹And this is the testimony which God has given to us: Eternal Life. And this Life is in his Son.

¹He who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, upon whom we have gazed, and whom our hands have certainly touched: He is the Word of Life. ²And that Life has been made manifest. And we have seen, and we testify, and we announce to you: the Eternal Life, who was with the Father, and who appeared to us. ³He whom we have seen and heard, we announce to you, so that you, too, may have fellowship with us, and so that our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴And this we write to you, so that you may rejoice, and so that your joy may be full.

³For, in times past, we ourselves were also unwise, unbelieving, erring, servants of various desires and pleasures, acting with malice and envy, being hateful and hating one another. ⁴But then the kindness and humanity of God our Savior appeared. ⁵And he saved us, not by works of justice that we had done, but, in accord with his mercy, by the washing of regeneration and by the renovation of the Holy Spirit, ⁶whom he has poured out upon us in abundance, through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹⁶So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.