And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need. | From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.This Word was from the first in relation with God.All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was. | For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart. |
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock. | And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith. | As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him. |
In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me. | Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him. | For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word. |
But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies. | And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints. | So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. |
And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: | Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way. | By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be. |
Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God. | But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him: | I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One. |