Q's Quick Holy Scripture Verses

The Fortelling of Mohammad in Scripture?

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Mt 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.

Mt 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Mt 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many.

Mk: 13:22 For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, and they shall show signs and wonders, to seduce (if it were possible) even the elect.

Lk6:26 Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets.

2Pt2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers, who shall bring in sects of perdition, and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

1Jn 4:1 Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

The Bible does not contain the whole of Jesus’ teaching, or Christianity, as many Protestants believe

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Mk 4:33 And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear

Mk 6:34 And Jesus going out saw a great multitude: and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Lk 24:15 And it came to pass, that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also drawing near, went with them.
Lk 24:16 But their eyes were held, that they should not know him

Lk 24:25 Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things, which the prophets have spoken.
Lk 24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to enter into his glory?
Lk 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures, the things that were concerning him.

Jn 16:12 I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now.

Jn 20:30 Many other signs also did Jesus in the sight of his disciples, which are not written in this book.

Jn 21:25 But there are also many other things which Jesus did; which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written.

Acts 1:2 Until the day on which, giving commandments by the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up.
Acts 1:3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many proofs, for forty days appearing to them, and speaking of the kingdom of God.

The Protestant Reformation, Predicted in Biblical Prophecy

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2 Tim 4:3 For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears:
2 Tim 4:4 And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

Good Works

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(Not Lord, Lord, but he who does the will of Father)
Mt 7:21 Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
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(To have life, keeps the commandments)
Mt 19:16-17 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Mt 19:17 And he said unto him, Why calls thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
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(He who keeps my commandments loves me)
Jn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
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(Eternal life by perseverance in good works)
Rom 2:2-8 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. Rom 2:3 And thinks thou this, O man, that judges them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shall escape the judgment of God? Rom 2:4 Or despises thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance? Rom 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasures up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Rom 2:6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: Rom 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: Rom 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
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(Nothing counts but faith working through love)
Gal 5:4-6 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. Gal 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Gal 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availed any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.
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(We are created in Christ Jesus for good works)
Eph 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
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(Work out salvation with fear and trembling)
Phil 2:12-13 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Phil 2:13 For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
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(A man is justified by works and not faith alone)
Jam 2:14-24 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him? Jam 2:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, Jam 2:16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Jam 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Jam 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. Jam 2:19 Thou believes that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. Jam 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Jam 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Jam 2:22 Sees thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? Jam 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Jam 2:24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

Rev 22:12 Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to every man according to his works.

Repetitious Prayer

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*Mt 6:7 ~ do not babble like pagans with their many words
(use to challenge Catholic doctrine)

1 Kgs 18:25-29 ~ example of vain repetition: callBaal for hours
Mt 26:44 ~ Jesus prayed a third time, saying same thing again
Lk 18:13 ~ Collector kept beating breast & praying: be merciful
Rev 4:8 ~ Repeated day & night, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord"
1 Thess 5:17 ~ pray without ceasing

Apostiolic Church

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Jn 15:16 ~ Jesus chose special men to be his Apostles
Jn 20:21 ~ Jesus gave the Apostles his own mission
Lk 22:29-30 ~ Jesus gave them a kingdom
Mt 16:18 ~ Jesus built Church on Peter, the rock
Jn 10:16 ~ one shepherd to shepherd Christ's sheep
Lk 22:32 ~ Peter appointed to be chief shepherd
Jn 21:17 ~ Peter appointed to be chief shepherd
Eph 4:11 ~ Church leaders are hierarchical
1 Tim 3:1-7 ~ Identifies role of bishop
1 Tim 3:8-13 ~ Identifies role of deacon
1 Tim 5:17-22 ~ Identifes role of Priest
Tit 1:5 ~ Commission for bishops to ordain priests

Mary

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Lk 1:28, 30 ~ Angel: "Full of grace, found favor with God"
Lk 1:28 ~ And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Lk 1:30 And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.
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Lk 1:42 ~ (Elizabeth: "Most blessed amoung women" ) ~ And she cried out with a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Lk 1:48 ~ (Mary: "All generations shall call me blessed" ) ~ Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
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Mother Of God
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(Elizabeth call her "mother of my Lord" = God )
Lk 1:43 ~And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
Mt 1:23 ~ Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
(child born will be called holy, the Son of God.)
Lk 1:35 ~ And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
(God sent his son, born of a woman )
Gal 4:4 ~ But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:
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Assumpton
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Gen 5:24 ~ Enoch taken to heaven without dying
2 Kg 2:11 ~ Elijah assumed into heaven without dying
Mt 27:52 ~ many saints who had fallen asleep were raised
Rom 6:23 ~ for the wages of sin is death
1 Thess 4:17 ~ caught up to meet the lord in the air
1 Cor 15:52 ~ we shall instanly change at last trumpet
Heb 11:5 ~ Enoch taken to heaven without dying
Rev 11:19 - 12:1 ~ Ark in heaven equals woman clothed with sun
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Immaculate Conception
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LK 1:28 ~ Hail full of grace, the Lord is with you
Lk 1:30 ~ you have found favor with God
Lk 1:37 ~ for with God nothing shall be impossible
Gn 3:15 ~ complete enmity between / woman & satan, ie: sin
Ex 25:11-21 ~ ark made of purest gold for God's Word
*Rom 3:23 ~ all have sinned & are deprived of God's glory
* Lk 1:47 ~ my spirit rejoices in God my savior
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Perpetual Virginity
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Lk 1:34 ~ how can this be, since I do not know man
Lk 2:41-51 ~ age 12, Jeus evidently only son of Mary
Mk 6:3 ~ "the Son of Mary" not "a son of Mary"
*Mt 13:55-56 ~ brothers James, Hoseph, Simon & Jude
Mt 27:56 ~ Mary the mother of James & Joseph is also
Jn 19:25 ~ Mary the wife of Clopas
Jn 19:26 ~ entrusted Mary to John, not a younger sibling
Jn 7:3-4~ brothers advise like elders: "go to Judea, manifest self" unthinkable for younger sibling (see next verse)
Mk 3:21 ~ set out to seize him, "he is out of his mind"
*Mt 1:25 ~ Joseph knew her not until she bore first-born
Mt 28:20 ~ I am with you always, until the end of age
1 Tim 4:13 ~ until I arrive, attend to reading, teaching
1 Cor 15:25 ~ He must reign until has enemies underfoot
Lk 1:80 ~ John in desert until day of his manifestation
Ex 13:2 ~ consecrate first-born that opens womb
Num 3:12 ~ consecrate first-born that opens womb
Ex 34:20 ~first-born among your sons you shall redeem

Confession

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Mt 9:2-8
Mt 9:2 And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
Mt 9:3 And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth.
Mt 9:4 And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?
Mt 9:5 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?
Mt 9:6 But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.
Mt 9:7 And he arose, and went into his house.
Mt 9:8 And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.
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Jn 20:23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. ~ (Recall Gen 2:7) And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
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2 Cor 5:17-20
2 Cor 5:17 If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away, behold all things are made new.
2 Cor 5:18 But all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Christ; and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.
2 Cor 5:19 For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins; and he hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.
2 Cor 5:20 For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us. For Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.
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Jam 5:13-15
Jam 5:13 Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing.
Jam 5:14 Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Jam 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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Mt 18:18 Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
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1 Jn 5:16 He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death, let him ask, and life shall be given to him, who sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death: for that I say not that any man ask.

Confirmation

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Acts 19:5-6
Acts 19:5 Having heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 19:6 And when Paul had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
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Acts 8:14-17
Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles, who were in Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.
Acts 8:15 Who, when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.
Acts 8:16 For he was not as yet come upon any of them; but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 8:17 Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

2 Cor 1:21-22
2 Cor 1:21 Now he that confirmeth us with you in Christ, and that hath anointed us, is God:
2 Cor 1:22 Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

Eph 1:13 In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth, (the gospel of your salvation;) in whom also believing, you were signed with the holy Spirit of promise,
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Heb 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Fasting

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*1 Tim 4:3 Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and by them that have known the truth.
(used to challenged Catholic doctrine)
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Mk 7:19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?
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1 Tim 4:4-5
1 Tim 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:
1 Tim 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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Dan 10:3 I ate no desirable bread, and neither flesh, nor wine entered into my mouth, neither was I anointed with ointment: till the days of three weeks were accomplished.
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Mt 9:15 And Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.
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Mt 6:16-18
Mt 6:16 And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
Mt 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
Mt 6:18 That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.

Infant Baptism

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Jn 3:5 Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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Mk 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned.
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1 Cor 15:21-22
1 Cor 15:21 For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.
1 Cor 15:22 And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
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Mk 10:13-14
Mk 10:13 And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked them that brought them.
Mk 10:14 Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased, and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.
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Lk 18:15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.
Lk 18:16 But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
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Col 2:11-12
Col 2:11 In whom also you are circumcised with circumcision not made by hand, in despoiling of the body of the flesh, but in the circumcision of Christ:
Col 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, in whom also you are risen again by the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him up from the dead.

Jos 24:15 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
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Mt 8:5-13
Mt 8:5 And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
Mt 8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grieviously tormented.
Mt 8:7 And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.
Mt 8:8 And the centurion making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
Mt 8:9 For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Mt 8:10 And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.
Mt 8:11 And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
Mt 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mt 8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour.

Mt 15:21-28
Mt 15:21 And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Mt 15:22 And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grieviously troubled by the devil.
Mt 15:23 Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us:
Mt 15:24 And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.
Mt 15:25 But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me.
Mt 15:26 Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.
Mt 15:27 But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.
Mt 15:28 Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.
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Lk 7:1-10
Lk 7:1 And when he had finished all his words in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capharnaum.
Lk 7:2 And the servant of a certain centurion, who was dear to him, being sick, was ready to die.
Lk 7:3 And when he had heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the ancients of the Jews, desiring him to come and heal his servant.
Lk 7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying to him: He is worthy that thou shouldest do this for him.
Lk 7:5 For he loveth our nation; and he hath built us a synagogue.
Lk 7:6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends to him, saying: Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.
Lk 7:7 For which cause neither did I think myself worthy to come to thee; but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
Lk 7:8 For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers: and I say to one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.
Lk 7:9 Which Jesus hearing, marvelled: and turning about to the multitude that followed him, he said: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith, not even in Israel.
Lk 7:10 And they who were sent, being returned to the house, found the servant whole who had been sick.
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Acts 16:31 But they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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Acts 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
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Acts 16:33 And he, taking them the same hour of the night, washed their stripes, and himself was baptized, and all his house immediately.
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1 Cor 1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanus; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
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St Hippolytus of Rome (c.215 Ad): "Baptize first the chirldren; and if they can speak for themsleve, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak f0r them." The Apostolic Tradition 21
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Origen (post 244 Ad): "The church recieved from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism also to infants." Commentary on Romans 5,9
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In 252 AD, the council of Carthage condemed the opinion that infants must wait until the eight day after birth to be baptized, as was the case with circumcision. St. Cyprian of Carthage, Letter 64 (59), 2.

Original Sin

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Gen 2:16-17
Gen 2:16 And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:
Gen 2:17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.
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Gen 3:11-19
Gen 3:11 And he said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?
Gen 3:12 And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Gen 3:13 And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.
Gen 3:14 And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and the beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Gen 3:15 I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
Gen 3:16 To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee.
Gen 3:17 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.
Gen 3:18 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth.
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.
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Rom 5:12-19
Rom 5:12 Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.
Rom 5:13 For until the law sin was in the world; but sin was not imputed, when the law was not.
Rom 5:14 But death reigned from Adam unto Moses, even over them also who have not sinned after the similitude of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come.
Rom 5:15 But not as the offence, so also the gift. For if by the offence of one, many died; much more the grace of God, and the gift, by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Rom 5:16 And not as it was by one sin, so also is the gift. For judgment indeed was by one unto condemnation; but grace is of many offences, unto justification.
Rom 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned through one; much more they who receive abundance of grace, and of the gift, and of justice, shall reign in life through one, Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:18 Therefore, as by the offence of one, unto all men to condemnation; so also by the justice of one, unto all men to justification of life
Rom 5:19 For as by the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners; so also by the obedience of one, many shall be made just.
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1 Cor 15:21-23
1 Cor 15:21 For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.
1 Cor 15:22 And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
1 Cor 15:23 But every one in his own order: the firstfruits Christ, then they that are of Christ, who have believed in his coming.
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Eph 2:1-3
Eph 2:1 And you, when you were dead in your offences, and sins,
Eph 2:2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief
Eph 2:3 In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:

Hell

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Is 33:11, 14
Is 33:11 You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.
Is 33:14 The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
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Mt 25:41 Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
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Mt 25:45 Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.
Mt 25:46 And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.
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2 Thess 1:6-9
2 Thess 1:6 Seeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you:
2 Thess 1:7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, with the angels of his power:
2 Thess 1:8 In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thess 1:9 Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his power:

Purgatory

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Mt 5:48 Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness: without which no man shall see God.
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Jam 3:2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.
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Rev 21:27 There shall not enter into it any thing defiled, or that worketh abomination or maketh a lie, but they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb.
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1 Jn 5:16-17
1 Jn 5:16 He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death, let him ask, and life shall be given to him, who sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death: for that I say not that any man ask.
1 Jn 5:17 All iniquity is sin. And there is a sin unto death.
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Jam 1:14-15
Jam 1:14 But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
Jam 1:15 Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
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2 Sam 12:13-14
2 Sam 12:13 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.
2 Sam 12:14 Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die.
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Mt 5:26 Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.
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Mt 12:32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.
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Mt 12:36 But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.
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2 Macc 12:42-46
2 Macc 12:42 Turning to supplication, they prayed that the sinful deed might be fully blotted out. The noble Judas warned the soldiers to keep themselves free from sin, for they had seen with their own eyes what had happened because of the sin of those who had fallen.
2 Macc 12:43 He then took up a collection among all his soldiers, amounting to two thousand silver drachmas, which he sent to Jersualem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice. In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he ahd the resurrection of the dead in view
2 Macc 12:44 for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death.
2 Macc 12:45 But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought.
2 Macc 12:46 Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from this sin
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1 Cor 3:15 If any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
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1 Pet 3:18-20
1 Pet 3:18 Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,
1 Pet 3:19 In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison:
1 Pet 3: 20 Which had been some time incredulous, when they waited for the patience of God in the days of Noe, when the ark was a building: wherein a few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water.
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1 Pet 4:6 For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to the dead: that they might be judged indeed according to men, in the flesh; but may live according to God, in the Spirit.
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2 Tim 1:16-18
2 Tim 1:16 But for this cause have I obtained mercy: that in me first Christ Jesus might shew forth all patience, for the information of them that shall believe in him unto life everlasting.
2 Tim 1:17 Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Tim 1:18 This precept I commend to thee, O son Timothy; according to the prophecies going before on thee, that thou war in them a good warfare,
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1 Cor 15:29-30
1 Cor 15:29 Otherwise what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not again at all? why are they then baptized for them?
1 Cor 15:30 Why also are we in danger every hour?

Health and Wealth Gospel?

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Mt 10:38 And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
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Rom 8:16-17
Rom 8:16 For the Spirit himself giveth testimony to our spirit, that we are the sons of God.
Rom 8:17 And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed of God, and joint heirs with Christ: yet so, if we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.
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Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us.
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Phil 1:28-29
Phil 1:28 And in nothing be ye terrified by the adversaries: which to them is a cause of perdition, but to you of salvation, and this from God:
Phil 1:29 For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
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Col 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church:
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Heb 12:5-7
Heb 12:5 And you have forgotten the consolation, which speaketh to you, as unto children, saying: My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord; neither be thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by him.
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth; and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not correct?
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Heb 12:11 Now all chastisement for the present indeed seemeth not to bring with it joy, but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield, to them that are exercised by it, the most peaceable fruit of justice.
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1 Pet 1:6 Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:
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1 Pet 2:19-21
1 Pet 2:19 For this is thankworthy, if for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully.
1 Pet 2:20 For what glory is it, if committing sin, and being buffeted for it, you endure? But if doing well you suffer patiently; this is thankworthy before God.
1 Pet 2:21 For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.

Time of the Second Coming Unknown

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Mt 24:44 Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come.
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Mt 25:13 Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
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Mk 13:35-37
Mk 13: 35 Watch ye therefor, (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh: at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning,)
Mk 13:36 Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping.
Mr 13:37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch.
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Lk 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.
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1 Thess 5:2-3
1 Thess 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, as a thief in the night.
1 Thess 5:3 For when they shall say, peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.
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2 Pet 3:9-10
2 Pet 3: 9 The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance.
2 Pet 3:10 But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and the elements shall be melted with heat, and the earth and the works which are in it, shall be burnt up.
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Rev 3:3 Have in mind therefore in what manner thou hast received and heard: and observe, and do penance. If then thou shalt not watch, I will come to thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come to thee.
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Mt 24:36 But of that day and hour no one knoweth, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.

Teachers

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Jam 3:1-5
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Jam 3:1 Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment.
Jam 3:2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.
Jam 3:3 For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
Jam 3:4 Behold also ships, whereas they are great, and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of the governor willeth.
Jam 3:5 Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.

Salvation:

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Mt 25:31-46
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Mt 25:31 And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.
Mt 25:32 And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:
Mt 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.
Mt 25:34 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Mt 25:35 For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in:
Mt 25:36 Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.
Mt 25:37 Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Mt 25:38 And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee?
Mt 25:39 Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee?
Mt 25:40 And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
Mt 25:41 Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
Mt 25:42 For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink.
Mt 25:43 I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you covered me not: sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.
Mt 25:44 Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?
Mt 25:45 Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.
Mt 25:46 And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.
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Jam 2:14-26
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Jam 2:14 What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?
Jas 2:15 And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food:
Jas 2:16 And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit?
Jas 2:17 So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
Jas 2:18 But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith.
Jas 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.
Jas 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jas 2:22 Seest thou, that faith did co-operate with his works; and by works faith was made perfect?
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God.
Jas 2:24 Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only?
Jas 2:25 And in like manner also Rahab the harlot, was not she justified by works, receiving the messengers, and sending them out another way?
Jas 2:26 For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.

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Jam 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.

Celibacy

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*1 Tim 4:1-3 ~ Now the Spirit manifestly saith, that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error, and doctrines of devils, 1 Tim 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, and having their conscience seared, 1 Tim 4:3 Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and by them that have known the truth.
(Used to Challenge Catholic Doctrine)
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*1 Tim 3:2 ~ It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
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Eph 5:21-33 ~ Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ. Eph 5:22 Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: Eph 5:23 Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body. Eph 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things. Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it: Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life: Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any; such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish. Eph 5:28 So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself. Eph 5:29 For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church: Eph 5:30 Because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh. Eph 5:32 This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church. Eph 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife fear her husband.
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Mt 19:12 ~ For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.
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Jer 16:1-4 ~ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Jer 16:2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have thee sons and daughters in this place. Jer 16:3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and daughters, that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them: and concerning their fathers, of whom they were born in this land: Jer 16:4 They shall die by the death of grievous illnesses: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed with the sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth.
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1 Cor 7:8 ~ But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
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1 Cor 7:32-35 ~ But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God. 1 Cor 7:33 But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided. 1 Cor 7:34 And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 1 Cor 7:35 And this I speak for your profit: not to cast a snare upon you; but for that which is decent, and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord, without impediment.
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2 Tim 3:3-4 ~ Without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness, 2ti 3:4 Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than of God:
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1 Tim 5:9-12 ~ Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband. 1 Tim 5:10 Having testimony for her good works, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbour, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work. 1 Tim 5:11 But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry: 1 Tim 5:12 Having damnation, because they have made void their first faith.

Works not needed?

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Mt 25: 14-30 ~ For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods; Mt 25:15 And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey. Mt 25:16 And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained other five. Mt 25:17 And in like manner he that had received the two, gained other two. Mt 25:18 But he that had received the one, going his way digged into the earth, and hid his lord's money. Mt 25:19 But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them. Mt 25:20 And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents, behold I have gained other five over and above. Mt 25:21 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Mt 25:22 And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have gained other two. Mt 25:23 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Mt 25:24 But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed. Mt 25:25 And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that which is thine. Mt 25:26 And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed: Mt 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury. Mt 25:28 Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents. Mt 25:29 For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be taken away. Mt 25:30 And the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Mt 25:31-46 ~ And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. Mt 25:32 And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: Mt 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. Mt 25:34 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Mt 25:35 For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in: Mt 25:36 Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me. Mt 25:37 Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink? Mt 25:38 And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee? Mt 25:39 or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee? Mt 25:40 And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me. Mt 25:41 Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels. Mt 25:42 For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink. Mt 25:43 I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you covered me not: sick and in prison, and you did not visit me. Mt 25:44 Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? Mt 25:45 Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me. Mt 25:46
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Jam 2:14-26 ~ What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? Jas 2:15 And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food: Jas 2:16 And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit? Jas 2:17 So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself. Jas 2:18 But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith. Jas 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.
Jas 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Jas 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar? Jas 2:22 Seest thou, that faith did co-operate with his works; and by works faith was made perfect? Jas 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God. Jas 2:24 Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only? Jas 2:25 And in like manner also Rahab the harlot, was not she justified by works, receiving the messengers, and sending them out another way? Jas 2:26 For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.

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Jam 2:19 ~ Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.

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Jam 3:1-5 ~ Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment. Jas 3:2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body. Jas 3:3 For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. Jas 3:4 Behold also ships, whereas they are great, and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of the governor willeth. Jas 3:5 Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.

Scandals In The Church

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2 Kg 23:7 ~ He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.

Jn 4:22 ~ You adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know; for salvation is of the Jews.

Mk 14:43-46 ~ And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. Mk 14:44 And he that betrayed him, had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold on him, and lead him away carefully. Mk 14:45 And when he was come, immediately going up to him, he saith: Hail, Rabbi; and he kissed him. Mk 14:46 But they laid hands on him, and held him.

Mk 14:66-72 ~ Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of the maidservants of the high priest. Mk 14:67 And when she had seen Peter warming himself, looking on him she saith: Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. Mk 14:68 But he denied, saying: I neither know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth before the court; and the cock crew. Mk 14:69 And again a maidservant seeing him, began to say to the standers by: This is one of them. Mk 14:70 But he denied again. And after a while they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art also a Galilean. Mk 14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying; I know not this man of whom you speak. Mr 14:72 And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said unto him: Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. And he began to weep.

Jn 20:24-25 ~ Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. Joh 20:25 The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.

Mk 14:50 ~ Then his disciples leaving him, all fled away.

Rom 3:3-4 ~ For what if some of them have not believed? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid. Rom 3:4 But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

2 Tim 2:13 ~ If we believe not, he continueth faithful, he can not deny himself.

Mt 13:24-30 ~ Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field. Mt 13:25 But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way. Mt 13:26 And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle. Mt 13:27 And the servants of the goodman of the house coming said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle? Mt 13:28 And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up? Mt 13:29 And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it. Mt 13:30 Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.

Mt 13:47-48 ~ Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. Mt 13:48 Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.

Divinity of Jesus

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Jn 1:1 ~ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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Jn 1:14-15 ~ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Jn 1:15 John beareth witness of him, and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me, is preferred before me: because he was before me.
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Jn 8:19 ~ They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: Neither me do you know, nor my Father: if you did know me, perhaps you would know my Father also.

Jn 8:58-59 ~ Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am. Jn 8:59 They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

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Jn 10:30-33 ~ I and the Father are one. Jn 10:31 The Jews then took up stones to stone him. Jn 10:32 Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me? Jn 10:33 The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, maketh thyself God.

Ex 3:14 ~ God said to Moses: I AM WHO AM. He said: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: HE WHO IS, hath sent me to you.
Ex 20:7 ~ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.
Lev 19:12 ~ Thou shalt not swear falsely by my name, nor profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord.
Lev 24:14-16 ~ Lev 24:14 Saying: Bring forth the blasphemer without the camp, and let them that heard him, put their hands upon his head, and let all the people stone him. Lev 24:15 And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel: the man that curseth his God, shall bear his sin: Le 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die: all the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die.

Jn 10:38 ~ But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
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Jn 12:45 ~ And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.

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Jn 14:8-12 ~ Philip saith to him: Lord, shew us the Father, and it is enough for us. Jn 14:9 Jesus saith to him: Have I been so long a time with you; and have you not known me? Philip, he that seeth me seeth the Father also. How sayest thou, Shew us the Father? Jn 14:10
Do you not believe, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of myself. But the Father who abideth in me, he doth the works. Jn 14:11
Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? Jn 14:12 Otherwise believe for the very works' sake. Amen, amen I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do.

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Jn 20:28 ~ Thomas answered, and said to him: My Lord, and my God.
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Col 2:9 ~ For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally;
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Acts 20:28 ~ Take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
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Eph 1:7 ~ In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
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1 Jn 1:7 ~ But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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Tit 2:13 ~ Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ,

Regenerative Baptism

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(Born of water & Spirit)
Jn 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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(Apostles begin baptizing)
Jn 3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
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(Saved us thru bath of rebirth & renewal by Holy Spirit)
Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
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(Repent, be baptized, receive gift of the Holy Spirit)
Acts 2:27-28 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer Your Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shall make me full of joy with thy countenance.
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(Gets yourself baptize and sins washed away)
Acts 22:16 And now why tarries thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
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(You were washed, sanctified, justified)
1Cor 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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(Baptized into death; live in newness of life)
Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
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(Baptism … now saves you)
1 Pet 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
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(Heart sprinkled, bodies washed in pure water)
Heb 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Assurance of Salvation?

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(Not everyone saying “Lord, Lord” will inherit)
Mt 7:21 Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
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(Those who persevere to the end will be saved)
Mt 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
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(Remain in His kindness or you will be cut off)
Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shall be cut off.
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(Work out your salvation with fear and trembling)
Phil 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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(Drive body for fear of being disqualified)
1Cor 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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(Those thinking they are secured may fall)
1Cor 10:11-12 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon which the ends of the world are come. 1Cor 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
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(Separated from Christ, you’ve fallen from grace)
Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
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(Must hold out to the end to reign with Christ)
2Tim 2:11-13 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 2Tim 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 2Tim 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abided faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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(Describes sharers in Holy Spirit who then falls away)
Heb 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, Heb 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, Heb 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
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(If sin after receiving truth, judgment remains)
Heb 10:26-27 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, Heb 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Judged According to Deeds

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(God will repay each man according to his works)
Rom 2:5-8

Rom 2:5 But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath, and revelation of the just judgment of God.

Rom 2:6 Who will render to every man according to his works.

Rom 2:7 To them indeed, who according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:

Rom 2:8 But to them that are contentious, and who obey not the truth, but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation.

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(recompense accord to what did in body)
2 Cor 5:10 For we must all be manifested before the judgement seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil.

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(their end will correspond to their deeds)
2 Cor 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of justice, whose end shall be according to their works.

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(God judges impartially according to one’s works)
1 Pet 1:17 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

(dead judged according to their deeds)
Rev 20:12-13

Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne, and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and hell gave up their dead that were in them; and they were judged every one according to their works.

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(Will receive due payment for whatever you do)
Col 3:24-25

Col 3:24 Knowing that you shall receive of the Lord the reward of inheritance. Serve ye the Lord Christ.

Col 3:25 For he that doth wrong, shall receive for that which he hath done wrongfully: and there is no respect of persons with God.

Have You Been Saved?

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Past Event (I have been saved)
(For in hope we were saved)
Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man see, why doth he yet hope for?
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(By grace you have been saved through faith)
Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
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(He saved us, called us, according to his grace)
2 Tim 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
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(He saved us by bath of rebirth, renewal by Holy Spirit)
Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
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Present Process (I am being saved)
(Work out your salvation with Fear and trembling)
Phil 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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(As you attain the goal of your faith, salvation)
1 Pet 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
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Future Event (I will be saved)
(He who endures to the end will be saved)
Mt. 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.
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(He who perseveres to the end will be saved)
Mt 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
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(Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it)
Mk 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
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(We shall be saved through the grace of Jesus)
Acts 15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
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(Since we are justified, we are saved)
Rom 5:9-10 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Rom 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
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(Salvation is nearer now than first believed)
Rom 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
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(He will be saved, but only as through fire)
1 Cor 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
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(Deliver man to Satan so his spirit may be saved)
1 Cor 5:5 To deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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(Jesus will appear second time, to bring salvation)
Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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Faith Alone or Faith plus Works

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(A man is justified by works and not by faith alone)
Jam 2:24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
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(Faith without works is dead)
Jam 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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(Only thing that counts is faith working in love)
Gal 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availed any thing, nor uncircumcised; but faith which worked by love.
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(Faith without love is nothing)
1Cor 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
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(If you love me, keep my commandments)
Jn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
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(If you wish to enter Life, keep the commandments)
Mt 19:16-17 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Mt 19:17 And he said unto him, Why calls thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
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(The corporal works of mercy)
Mt 25:31-46 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: Mt 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats: Mt 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Mt 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Mt 25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Mt 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Mt 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungered, and fed thee? Or thirsty, and gave thee drink? Mt 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? Or naked, and clothed thee? Mt 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? Mt 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Mt 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: Mt 25:42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: Mt 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Mt 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Mt 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Mt 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Tradition Condemned?

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(Break commandment of God for your tradition)
Mt 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
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(Set aside God’s commandment to uphold tradition)
Mk 7:9 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
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(Seductive philosophy according to human tradition)
Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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(Above three verses used to challenge Catholic doctrine)
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(Commends them for following Apostolic tradition)
1Cor 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
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(Commands them to keep traditions)_
2Thess 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
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(Shun those acting not according to traditions)
2Thess 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walked disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

Bible Alone Or Bible Plus Tradition?

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(Hold Fast to traditions I handed on to you)
1 Cor 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
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(hold fast to traditions, whether oral or by letter)
2 Thess 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle.
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(Shun those acting not according to tradition)
2 Thess 3:6 And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.
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(Not everything Jesus said recorded in Scripture)
Jn 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
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(Heaven & earth will pass away but my word won’t)
Mk 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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(Paul records a saying not found in the Gosples)
Acts 20:35 I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
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(follow my sound word, guard the truth)
2 Tim 1:13 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
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(What you heard entrust to faithful men)
2 Tim 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
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(no prophecy is a matter of private interpretation)
2 Pet 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
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(Paul letter’s can be difficult to grasp and interpret)
2 Pet 3:15-16 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 2Pet 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
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(God’s eternal word is the word preached to you)
1 Pet 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
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(faith comes from what is heard)
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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(being saved if you hold fast to the word I preached )
1Cor 15:1-2 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 1Cor 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
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(Go to the whole world and proclaim the gospel to all nations)
Mk 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
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(Chair of Moses; observe whatever they tell you)
Mt 23:2-3 Then spoke Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Mt 23:2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
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St. Athanasius (360 AD): “Let us note that the very traditions, teaching, and faith of the Catholic Church from the beginning, which the Lord gave, was preached by the Apostles, and was preserved by the Fathers. On this was the Church founded; and if anyone departs from this, he neither is nor any longer outh to be called a Christina…” Four letters to serapion of Thmius 1,28
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Origen (230AD): “The teaching of the Church has indeed been handed down through an order of succession from the Apostles, and remains in the Chruches even to the present tiem. That alone is to be believed as the truth which is in no way at variance with ecclesiastical and apostolic tradition” Fundamental Doctrines 1, preface, 2

Real Presence of Christ In The Eucharist

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(Eucharist promised)
Jn 6:35-71 And Jesus said unto them, “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. Jn 6:36 But I said unto you, that ye also have seen me, and believe not. Jn 6:37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. Jn 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. Jn 6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. Jn 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. Jn 6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. Jn 6:42 And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?” how is it then that he said, I came down from heaven? Jn 6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, “Murmur not among yourselves. Jn 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. Jn 6:45 It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Jn 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Jn 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. Jn 6:48 I am that bread of life. Jn 6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. Jn 6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. Jn 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Jn 6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Jn 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Jn 6:54 Whoso eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. Jn 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. Jn 6:56 He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him. Jn 6:57 As the living Father have sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats me, even he shall live by me. Jn 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live for ever. Jn 6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. Jn 6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, “This is an hard saying; who can hear it?” Jn 6:61 When Jesus knew in His self that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, “Does this offend you?” Jn 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? Jn 6:63 It is the spirit that quickened; the flesh profited nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. Jn 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. Jn 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. Jn 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Jn 6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Jn 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. Jn 6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. Jn 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?” Jn 6:71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
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(The first Eucharist)
Mt 26:26-28 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. Mt 26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; Mt 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Mk 14:22-24 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. Mr 14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. Mr 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
Lk 22:17-19 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: Lk 22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. Lk 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Lk 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
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(Eucharist equals participation in Christ’s Body and blood)
1 Cor 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
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(To receive unworthily is to be guilty of his body and blood)
1 Cor 11:23-29 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 1Cor11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 1Cor11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, “This cup is the new testament in my blood: Do this, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 1Cor11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. 1Cor11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 1Cor11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 1Cor11:29 For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
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(Paschal Lamb had to be eaten)
Ex 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Ex 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
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(Jesus is Called “Lamb of God”)
Jn 1:29 The next day John sees Jesus coming unto him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world.
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(Jesus is called “paschal lamb who has been sacrificed”)
1 Cor 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
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(Jesus talking symbolically about food)
Jn 4:31-34 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. Jn 4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Jn 4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? Jn 4:34 Jesus said unto them, “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”
Mt 15:5-12 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; Mt 15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Mt 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, Mt 15:8 This people drawled nigh unto me with their mouth, and honored me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Mt 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Mt 15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Mt 15:11 Not that which goes into the mouth defiled a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defiled a man. Mt 15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knows thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
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(explains what ‘the flesh” means in Jn 6:63)
1Cor 2:14-3:4 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1Cor 2:15 But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 1Cor2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ 1Cor3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 1Cor3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 1Cor3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 1Cor3:4 For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
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(to Symbolically eat & drink one’s body and blood is equal to assault)
Ps 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Is 9:18-20 For wickedness burns as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. Is 9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother. Is 9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
Is 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Mic 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
2Sm 23:15-17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! 2Sm 23:16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. 2Sm 23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
Rv 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Rv 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
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St. Ignatius (110 AD) “[heretics] abstain from Eucharist and from prayer, because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the Flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ… “ Letter to Smyrnaeans 6,2.
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St. Justin Martyr (150 AD): “… not as common bread nor common drink do we receive thee; but … as we have been taught, the food which has been made into the Eucharist by the Eucharistic prayer set down by him, and by the change of which our blood and flesh in nourished, is both the Flesh and Blood of that Incarnated Jesus.“ First Apology 66,20
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St. Irenaeus of Lyons (195 AD):” He [Jesus] has declared the cup, a part of his creation, to be HIS OWN BLOOD, from which he causes our blood to flow; and the bread, a part of creation, He has established as HIS OWN BODY, from which He gives increase to our bodies.” Against Heresies 5,2,2.
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St Cyril of Jerusalem (350 AD): “He himself, therefore, having declared and said of the Bread, “This is My Body,” who will dare any longer to doubt? And when He Himself has affirmed and said, “This is My Blood,” who can ever hesitate and say it is not His Blood?” Catechetical Lectures: Mystagogic 4,22,1.
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St Cyril of Jerusalem (350 AD): “Do not, therefore, regard the bread and wine as simply that, for they are, according to the Master’s declaration, the Body and Blood of Christ. Even though the senses suggest to you the other, let faith make you firm. Do not judge in this matter by taste, but be fully assured by faith, not doubting that you have been deemed worthy of the Body and Blood of Christ. “ Catechetical Lectures: Mystagogic 4,22,6.

Apostolic Succession

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(High Priest is over you in everything of the Lord’s)
2 Chr 19:11 And Amarias the priest your high priest shell be chief in the things which regard God: and Zabadias the son of Ismahel, who is ruler in the house of Juda, shall be over those matters which belong to the king's office : and you have before you the Levites for masters, take courage and do diligently, and the Lord will be with you in good things.
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(Seek instruction from priest, he is God’s messenger)
Mal 2:7 For the lips of the priest shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts.
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(Church is built upon foundation of apostles and prophets)
Eph 2:20 Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:
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(God gave some as Apostles, others as prophets)
Eph 4:11 And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors,
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(God’s Designation in the Churches)
1 Cor 12:28-29 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 1Cor 12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
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(Letting another take Judas’ office)
Acts 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishopric let another take.
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(Matthias takes Judas’ apostolic ministry)
Acts 1:25-26 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. Acts 1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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(Qualification for Bishop)
1 Tim 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 1 Tim 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 1 Tim 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 1 Tim 3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 1 Tim 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 1 Tim 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 1 Tim 3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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(Qualification for Deacon)
1 Tim 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 1 Tim 3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 1 Tim 3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 1 Tim 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 1 Tim 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 1 Tim 3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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(Qualification for Priest)
1 Tim 5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 1 Tim 5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
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(Gifts conferred with the laying on of hands)
1 Tim 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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(Do not lay hands too readily on anyone)
1 Tim 5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
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(They appointed presbyters in each church)
Acts 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
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(What you heard from me entrust to faithful teachers)
2 Tim 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
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(Appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed)
Titus 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
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Primacy of Peter

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(Upon this rock I will build my church)
Mt. 16:18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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(Give the keys of the kingdom; power to bind and &Loose)
Mt 16:19 And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
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(Peter’s faith will strengthen his brethren)
Lk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
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(Peter is Given Christ’s flock as it’s chief shepherd)
Jn 21:17 He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.
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(angel sent to announce the Resurrection to Peter)
Mk 16:7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee; there you shall see him, as he told you.
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(The risen Lord first appears to Peter)
Lk 24:24 Saying: The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
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(headed Meeting that elected Matthias)
Acts 1:13-26 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Jude the brother of James. Acts1:14 All these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. Acts1:15 In those days Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said: (now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty:) Acts1:16 Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus: Acts1:17 Who was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. Acts1:18 And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged, burst asunder in the midst: and all his bowels gushed out. Acts1:19 And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so that the same field was called in their tongue, Haceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. Acts1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let their habitation become desolate, and let there be none to dwell therein. And his bishopric let another take. Acts1:21 Wherefore of these men who have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us, Acts1:22 Beginning from the baptism of John, until the day wherein he was taken up from us, one of these must be made a witness with us of his resurrection. Acts1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph, called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. Acts1:24 And praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, Acts1:25 To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place. Acts1:26 And they gave them lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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(Led the Apostles in preaching on Pentecost)
Acts 2:14 But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with your ears receive my words.
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(received first converts)
Acts 2:41 They therefore that received his (Peter‘s) word, were baptized; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.
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(performed first miracle after Pentecost)
Acts 3:6-7 But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise, and walk. Acts3:7 And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up, and forthwith his feet and soles received strength.
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(Inflicted first punishment on Ananias & Saphira)
Acts 5:1-11 But a certain man named Ananias, with Saphira his wife, sold a piece of land, Acts5:2 And by fraud kept back part of the price of the land, his wife being privy thereunto: and bringing a certain part of it, laid it at the feet of the apostles. Acts5:3 But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost, and by fraud keep part of the price of the land? Acts5:4 Whilst it remained, did it not remain to thee? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God. Acts5:5 And Ananias hearing these words, fell down, and gave up the ghost. And there came great fear upon all that heard it. Acts5:6 And the young men rising up, removed him, and carrying him out, buried him. Acts5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. Acts5:8 And Peter said to her: Tell me, woman, whether you sold the land for so much? And she said: Yea, for so much. Acts5:9 And Peter said unto her: Why have you agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out. Acts5:10 Immediately she fell down before his feet, and gave up the ghost. And the young men coming in, found her dead: and carried her out, and buried her by her husband. Acts5:11 And there came great fear upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.
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(Excommunicated the first heretic, Simon Magnus)
Acts 8:21 Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
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(receive revelation to admit Gentiles into the church)
Acts 10:44-46 While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word. Acts10:45 And the faithful of the circumcision, who came with Peter, were astonished, for that the grace of the Holy Ghost was poured out upon the Gentiles also. Acts10:46 For they heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God.
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(Led the first Council in Jerusalem)
Acts 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter, rising up, said to them: Men, brethren, you know, that in former days God made choice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
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(Pronounces first dogmatic decision)
Acts 15:19 For which cause I judge that they, who from among the Gentiles are converted to God, are not to be disquieted.
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(After his conversion, Paul visit’s the chief of the Apostle)
Gal 1:18 Then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem, to see Peter, and I tarried with him fifteen days.
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(This passage is used to challenge church doctrine but notice that Paul is correcting Peter because Peter’s action could have repercussion in the whole church)
Gal 2:11-14 But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. Gal 2:12 For before that some came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision. Gal 2:13 And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented, so that Barnabas also was led by them into that dissimulation. Gal 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
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(List of the Apostles, Peter’s name always leads)
Mt 10:1-4 And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities. Mt 10:2 And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, Mt 10:3 James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, Mt 10:4 Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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Mk 3:14-19 And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send them to preach. Mk 3:15 And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils. Mk 3:16 And to Simon he gave the name Peter: Mk 3:17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he named them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: Mk 3:18 And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananean: Mk 3:19 And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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Lk 6:14-16 Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Lk 6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon who is called Zelotes, Lk 6:16 And Jude, the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was the traitor.
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Acts 1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Jude the brother of James.
“Peter and his companions” Lk 9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep. And waking, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
Mk 16:7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee; there you shall see him, as he told you.
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Spoke for The Apostles
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Mt 18:21Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
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Mk 8:29 Then he saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Peter answering said to him: Thou art the Christ.
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Lk 8:45 And Jesus said: Who is it that touched me? And all denying, Peter and they that were with him said: Master, the multitudes throng and press thee, and dost thou say, Who touched me?
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Lk 12:41 And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all?
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Jn 6:69 And Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
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Peter’s Name occurs 195 times, more that all the rest put together.

Perpetual Church

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Is 9:6 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.
Is 9:7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
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Dan 2:44 But in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people, and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms, and itself shall stand for ever.
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Dan 7:14 And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.
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Lk 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever.
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Lk 1:33 And of his kingdom there shall be no end.
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Mt 7:24 Every one therefore that hears these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
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Mt 13:24 Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field.
Mt 13:25 But while men were asleep, his enemy came and over sowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.
Mt 13:26 And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle.
Mt 13:27 And the servants of the good man of the house coming said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle?
Mt 13:28 And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?
Mt 13:29 And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.
Mt 13:30 Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.
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Mt 16:18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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Jn 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever.
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Mt 28:19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Mt 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

Infallible Church

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Jn 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself; but what things so ever he shall hear, he shall speak; and the things that are to come, he shall show you.
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Jn 14:26 But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.
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Lk 10:16 He that hearths you, hearths me; and he that despises you, despises me; and he that despises me, despises him that sent me.
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1 Jn 2:27 And as for you, let the unction, which you have received from him, abide in you. And you have no need that any man teach you; but as his unction teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie. And as it hath taught you, abide in him.
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Acts 15:28 For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary things:
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Mt 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
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St. Irenaeus (c200) “For where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God; and where the Spirit of God, there the Church and every grace. The Spirit, however, is Truth.” Against Heresies 3.24.1

Authoritative Church

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Mt 28:18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
Mt 28:19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Mt 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
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Jn 20:23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.
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1 Cor 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread.
1Cor 11:24 And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration of me.
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Lu 10:16 He that hears you, hears me; and he that despises you, despises me; and he that despises me, despises him that sent me.
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Mt 18:17 And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.
Mt 18:18 Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
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St. Irenaeus (c200 AD) “… the Church, having received this preaching and this faith, although she is disseminated throughout the whole world, yet guarded it, as if she occupied but one house. She likewise believes these things just as if she had but one soul and one and the same heart; and harmoniously she proclaims them and teaches them and hands them down, as if she possessed but one mouth..” Against Heresies 1,10,2
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Eusibius of Caesarea (4th c): “But the brightness of the Catholic Church proceeded to increase in greatness, for it ever held to the same points in the same way, and radiated forth to all the race of Greeks and barbarians the reverent, sincere, and free nature, and the sobriety and purity of the divine teaching as to conduct and thought.” Ecclesiastical History 4, 7, 13
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St. Augustine (392 AD): “The Catholic Church is the work of Divine Providence, achieved through the prophecies of the prophets, through the Incarnation and the teaching of Christ, through the journeys of the Apostles, through the suffering, the crosses, the blood, and the death of the martyrs, through the admirable lives of the saints….When, then, we see so much help on God’s part, so much progress and so much fruit, shall we hesitate to bury ourselves in the bosom of that Church? For starting from the apostolic chair down through successions of bishops, the crown of teaching authority.” The Advantage of Believing 35

Apostolic Church

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Jn 15:16 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
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Jn 20:21 He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.
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Lk 22:29 And I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a kingdom;
Lk 22:30 That you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Mt 16:18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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Jn 10:16 And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
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Lk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
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Eph 4:11 And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors,
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1 Tim 3:1 A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
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1 Tim 3:8 Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
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1 Tim 5:17 Let the priests that rule well, be esteemed worthy of double honor: especially they who labor in the word and doctrine:
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Tit 1:5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou should set in order the things that are wanting, and should ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:

The Church Must Be One

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Jn 10:16 And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
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Eph 4:3 Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Eph 4:4 One body and one Spirit; as you are called in one hope of your calling.
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
Eph 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.
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Rom 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark them who make dissensions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them.
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1 Cor1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that you be perfect in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
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Phil 2:2 Fulfill ye my joy, that you may be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.
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Rom 5:15 But not as the offence, so also the gift. For if by the offence of one, many died; much more the grace of God, and the gift, by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
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Jn 17:17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth.
Jn 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
Jn 17:19 And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
Jn 17:20 And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me;
Jn 17:21 That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Jn 17:22 And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, as we also are one:
Jn 17:23 I in them, and thou in me; that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me.
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1 Cor 12:13 For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free; and in one Spirit we have all been made to drink.
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Rom 12:5 So we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
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Eph 4:4 One body and one Spirit; as you are called in one hope of your calling.
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Col 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful.
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St. Cyprian (c 250 AD.) “ God is one and Christ is one, and one is His Church, and the faith is one, and His people welded together by the glue of concord into a solid unity of body. Unity cannot be rent asunder, nor can the one body of the Church, through the division of its structure, be divided into separate pieces.:” On the Unity of the Church 23
Tertullian (197 AD) “We are a society with a single religious feeling, s single unity of discipline, a single bond of hope.” Apology 39.1
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St. Hillary (4th c): “In the Scripture our people are shown to be made one; so that just as many grains collected into one and ground and mingled together, make one loaf, so in Christ, who is the heavenly Bread, we know there is one body, in which our whole company in joined and united” Treatise 62, 13

Church is the Body of Christ

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Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he may hold the primacy:
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1Cor 12:20 But now there are many members indeed, yet one body.
1Cor 12:21 And the eye cannot say to the hand: I need not thy help; nor again the head to the feet: I have no need of you.
1Cor 12:22 Yea, much more those that seem to be the more feeble members of the body, are more necessary.
1Cor 12:23 And such as we think to be the less honorable members of the body, about these we put more abundant honor; and those that are our uncomely parts, have more abundant comeliness.
1Cor 12:24 But our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, giving to that which wanted the more abundant honor,
1 Cor 12:25 That there might be no schism in the body; but the members might be mutually careful one for another.
1 Cor 12:26 And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it; or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Cor 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members of member.
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Eph 5:30 Because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
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Rom 12:4 For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office:
Rom 12:5 So we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
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1 Cor 6:15 Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot ? God forbid.

Church

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Mt 16:18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mt 16:19 And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shall bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shall loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
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Mt 18:17 And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.
Mt 18:18 Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
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Mt 28:18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
Mt 28:19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Mt 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
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Mk 16:15 And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mk 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned.
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Lk 10:16 He that hears you, hears me; and he that despises you, despises me; and he that despises me, despises him that sent me.
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Jn 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever.
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Jn 14:26 But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.
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Jn 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself; but what things so ever he shall hear, he shall speak; and the things that are to come, he shall show you.
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1 Tim 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou may know how thou ought to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Scandals In The Church

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Jer 32:32-35 ~ Because of all the evil of the children of Israel, and of the children of Juda, which they have done, provoking me to wrath, they and their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Jer 32:33 And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces: when I taught them early in the morning, and instructed them, and they would not hearken to receive instruction. Jer 32:34 And they have set their idols in the house, in which my name is called upon, to defile it. Jer 32:35
And they have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Ennom, to consecrate their sons and their daughters to Moloch: which I commanded them not, neither entered it into my heart, that they should do this abomination, and cause Juda to sin.
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2 Kg 23:7 ~ He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.
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Jn 4:22 ~ You adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know; for salvation is of the Jews.
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Mk 14:43-46 ~ And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. Mk 14:44 And he that betrayed him, had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold on him, and lead him away carefully. Mk 14:45 And when he was come, immediately going up to him, he saith: Hail, Rabbi; and he kissed him. Mk 14:46 But they laid hands on him, and held him.
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Mk 14:66-72 ~ Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of the maidservants of the high priest. Mk 14:67 And when she had seen Peter warming himself, looking on him she saith: Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. Mk 14:68 But he denied, saying: I neither know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth before the court; and the cock crew. Mk 14:69 And again a maidservant seeing him, began to say to the standers by: This is one of them. Mk 14:70 But he denied again. And after a while they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art also a Galilean. Mk 14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying; I know not this man of whom you speak. Mr 14:72 And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said unto him: Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. And he began to weep.
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Jn 20:24-25 ~ Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. Joh 20:25 The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.
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Mk 14:50 ~ Then his disciples leaving him, all fled away.
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Rom 3:3-4 ~ For what if some of them have not believed? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid. Rom 3:4 But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.
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2 Tim 2:13 ~ If we believe not, he continueth faithful, he can not deny himself.

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Mt 13:24-30 ~ Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field. Mt 13:25 But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way. Mt 13:26 And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle. Mt 13:27 And the servants of the goodman of the house coming said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle? Mt 13:28 And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up? Mt 13:29 And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it. Mt 13:30
Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.

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Mt 13:47-48 ~ Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. Mt 13:48 Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.

Call No Man Father?

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*Mt 23:9 ~ And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
(verse used to challenge Catholic doctrine)

Acts 7:2 ~ Who said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan.

Acts 21:40 ~ And when he had given him leave, Paul standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. And a great silence being made, he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying:
Acts 22:1 ~ Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye the account which I now give unto you.
Rom 4:16-17 ~ Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17: (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations,) before God, whom he believed, who quickeneth the dead; and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.
1 Cor 4:14-15 ~ I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children. 15: For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you.
1 Tim 1:2 ~ To Timothy, his beloved son in faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
Tit 1:4 ~ To Titus my beloved son, according to the common faith, grace and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Savior.
Heb 12:7-9 ~ Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not correct? 8: But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are made partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons. 9: Moreover we have had fathers of our flesh, for instructors, and we reverenced them: shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits, and live?
Lk 14:26 ~ If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
1 Thess 2:11 ~ As you know in what manner, entreating and comforting you, (as a father doth his children,)
Phlem 1:10 ~ I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,

1 Jn 2:13-14 ~ I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him, who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. 14: I write unto you, babes, because you have known the Father. I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

Holy Spirit A Person, Not a Force

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Jn 14:26 - He will teach you all things

Acts 8:29 - And the Spriit said to Phillip, "Go up...."

Acts 13:2 - Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me..."

Rom 8:27 - Spirit intercedes for the Saints

1 Cor 2:11 - no one understands thoughts of God, but Spirit

1 Cor 12:11 - Spirit Apportions to each as He wills

Eph 4:30 - do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God....