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everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life. 1 THESSALONIANS. For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For you are our glory and joy. That the one presiding over the word must go around all the villages and the cities entrusted to him. Chapter 12. MATTHEW. And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease. LUKE. And he went through the city and village, preaching the kingdom of God, and proclaiming the good news; and the twelve were with him. That all must be called to the obedience of the 31.828 Gospel, and to proclaim the word with all boldness, and to bear witness to the truth, even if some should hinder, and persecute in any manner whatsoever, even to death. Chapter 13. MATTHEW. What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. MATTHEW. The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Go therefore into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding. JOHN. Jesus answered him: I spoke openly to the world; I always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and in secret I have said nothing. ACTS. And when they had brought them, they set them before the council, and the high priest asked them, saying: Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said: We ought to obey God rather than men. ACTS. except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me. But I make no account of anything, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God. 1 THESSALONIANS. For you yourselves know, brethren, our entrance to you, that it was not in vain; but even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of our God in much conflict. That one must pray for the progress of those who have believed, and to give thanks for it. Chapter 14. JOHN. I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they all may be one, as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us. And again: Father, those whom you have given me, I desire that where I am, they also may be with me. LUKE. In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the spirit and said: I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and pru 31.829 dent, and have revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in your sight. TO THE ROMANS. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers. TO THE PHILIPPIANS. For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all in the tender mercies of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. That the things accomplished by the grace of God, must be made known

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πᾶς ὁ θεωρῶν τὸν Υἱὸν καὶ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΣΣ αʹ. Τίς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἐλπὶς, ἢ χαρὰ, ἢ στέφανος καυχήσεως; ἢ οὐχὶ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ; Ὑμεῖς γάρ ἐστε ἡ δόξα ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ χαρά. Ὅτι δεῖ τὸν προεστῶτα τοῦ λόγου περιάγειν τὰς κώμας καὶ τὰς πόλεις πάσας τὰς ἐγκεχειρισμέ νας αὐτῷ. Κεφάλ. ΙΒʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Καὶ περιῆγεν ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς, καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας, καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Καὶ αὐτὸς διώδευε κατὰ πόλιν καὶ κώμην κηρύσσων τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενος· καὶ οἱ δώδεκα σὺν αὐτῷ. Ὅτι δεῖ πάντας προσκαλεῖσθαι πρὸς ὑπακοὴν τοῦ 31.828 Εὐαγγελίου, καὶ μετὰ πάσης παῤῥησίας καταγ γέλλειν τὸν λόγον, καὶ μαρτυρεῖν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, κἀν τινες κωλύωσι, καὶ διώκωσιν οἵῳ δήποτε τρόπῳ μέχρι θανάτου. Κεφάλ. ΙΓʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ὃ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί· καὶ ὃ πρὸς τὸ οὖς ἠκούσατε, κηρύ ξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων. Καὶ μὴ φοβεῖσθε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποκτεινόντων τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν μὴ δυναμένων ἀποκτεῖναι. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ὁ μὲν γά μος ἕτοιμός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ κεκλημένοι οὐκ ἦσαν ἄξιοι. Πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ὅσους ἂν εὕρητε, καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γάμους. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἐγὼ παρῥησίᾳ ἐλάλησα τῷ κόσμῳ· ἐγὼ πάντοτε ἐδίδαξα ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, ὅπου πάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι συνέρχονται, καὶ ἐν κρυπτῷ ἐλά λησα οὐδέν. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ. Ἀγαγόντες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔστησαν ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ, καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς, λέγων· Οὐ παραγγελίᾳ παρηγγεί λαμεν ὑμῖν μὴ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ; Καὶ ἰδοὺ πεπληρώκατε τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῆς διδαχῆς ὑμῶν, καὶ βούλεσθε ἐπαγαγεῖν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου. Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι εἶπον· Πειθαρχεῖν δεῖ μᾶλλον Θεῷ ἢ ἀνθρώποις. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ. Πλὴν ὅτι τὸ Πνεῦμά μοι τὸ ἅγιον κατὰ πόλιν διαμαρ τύρεται, λέγον, ὅτι δεσμὰ καὶ θλίψεις με μέ νουσιν. Ἀλλ' οὐδενὸς λόγον ποιοῦμαι, οὐδὲ ἔχω τὴν ψυχήν μου τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ, ὡς τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου μετὰ χαρᾶς, καὶ τὴν διακονίαν ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, διαμαρτύ ρασθαι τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ. ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΣΣ. αʹ. Αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἴδατε, ἀδελφοὶ, τὴν εἴσοδον ἡμῶν τὴν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὅτι οὐ κενὴ γέγο νεν· ἀλλὰ προπαθόντες καὶ ὑβρισθέντες, καθὼς οἴδατε, ἐν Φιλίπποις, ἐπαῤῥησιασάμεθα ἐν τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν λαλῆσαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐν πολλῷ ἀγῶνι. Ὅτι δεῖ προσεύχεσθαι ὑπὲρ τῆς προκοπῆς τῶν πεπιστευκότων, καὶ ἐπ' αὐτῇ εὐχαριστεῖν. Κεφάλ. Ι∆ʹ. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Οὐ περὶ τούτων δὲ ἐρωτῶ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν πιστευόντων διὰ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν εἰς ἐμὲ, ἵνα πάντες ἓν ὦσι, καθὼς σὺ, Πάτερ, ἐν ἐμοὶ, κἀγὼ ἐν σοὶ, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἡμῖν ἓν ὦσι. Καὶ πάλιν· Πάτερ, οὓς δέδωκάς μοι, θέλω ἵνα ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ, κἀκεῖνοι ὦσι μετ' ἐμοῦ. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἠγαλλιάσατο τῷ πνεύματι ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι, Πάτερ, Κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἀπέκρυψας ταῦτα ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συν 31.829 ετῶν, καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας αὐτὰ νηπίοις. Ναὶ, ὁ Πατὴρ, ὅτι οὕτως ἐγένετο εὐδοκία ἔμπροσθέν σου. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜ. Πρῶτον μὲν εὐχαριστῶ τῷ Θεῷ μου διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν καταγγέλλεται ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ. Μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς, ᾧ λατρεύω ἐν τῷ πνεύματί μου, ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἀδιαλείπτως μνείαν ὑμῶν ποιοῦμαι ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν μου. ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛ. Μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς, ὡς ἐπιποθῶ πάντας ὑμᾶς ἐν σπλάγχνοις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Καὶ τοῦτο προσ εύχομαι, ἵνα ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ μᾶλ λον περισσεύῃ ἐν ἐπιγνώσει καὶ πάσῃ αἰσθήσει, εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τὰ διαφέροντα, ἵνα ἦτε εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ, πεπληρωμένοι καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης τῶν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς δόξαν καὶ ἔπαινον Θεοῦ. Ὅτι δεῖ τὰ Θεοῦ χάριτι κατορθούμενα, γνώριμα