Holy (Pure)

Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.

Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.

“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.

as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”

I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.

Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,

Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:

You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,

All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth

to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you greetings.

All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.

To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.

Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.

and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness

You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.

And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”

Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.

But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.

he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.

She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.