akti 9: 26-31
9:26 | In ko je prišel v Jeruzalem, poskušal se je pridružiti učencem. In vsi so se ga bali, ne verjel, da je bil učenec. |
9:27 | Toda Barnaba ga je vzel na stran in ga odpeljal k apostolom. In razložil jim je, kako je videl Gospoda, in da je govoril z njim, in kako, v Damasku, zvesto je deloval v imenu Jezusa. |
9:28 | In bil je z njimi, vstop in izstop iz Jeruzalema, in ravnanje zvesto v imenu Gospoda. |
9:29 | Govoril je tudi s pogani in se prepiral z Grki. Toda hoteli so ga ubiti. |
9:30 | In ko so bratje to spoznali, pripeljali so ga v Cezarejo in ga poslali v Tarz. |
9:31 | Vsekakor, Cerkev je imela mir po vsej Judeji, Galileji in Samariji, in se je gradilo, med hojo v strahu Gospodovem, in bila je napolnjena s tolažbo Svetega Duha. |
First Letter of John 3: 18-24
3:18 | Moji mali sinovi, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth. |
3:19 | V to smer, we will know that we are of the truth, and we will commend our hearts in his sight. |
3:20 | For even if our heart reproaches us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things. |
3:21 | Najbolj ljubljeni, if our heart does not reproach us, we can have confidence toward God; |
3:22 | and whatever we shall request of him, we shall receive from him. For we keep his commandments, and we do the things that are pleasing in his sight. |
3:23 | And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jezus Kristus, and love one another, just as he has commanded us. |
3:24 | And those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And we know that he abides in us by this: by the Spirit, whom he has given to us. |
Janez 15: 1- 8
15:1 | »Jaz sem prava trta, in moj oče je vinogradnik. |
15:2 | Vsaka veja v meni, ki ne obrodi sadu, odnesel bo. In vsaka, ki obrodi sadove, bo očistil, da bo obrodilo več sadu. |
15:3 | Zdaj si čist, zaradi besede, ki sem vam jo govoril. |
15:4 | Ostani v meni, in jaz v tebi. Tako kot tudi veja sama od sebe ne more obroditi sadu, razen če ostane v trti, tako tudi ne moreš, razen če ostaneš v meni. |
15:5 | Jaz sem trta; vi ste veje. Kdor ostane v meni, in jaz v njem, obrodi veliko sadov. Za brez mene, nisi sposoben narediti nič. |
15:6 | Če kdo ne ostane v meni, zavržen bo, kot veja, in on bo ovenel, in ga bodo zbrali in vrgli v ogenj, in on gori. |
15:7 | Če ostaneš v meni, in moje besede ostanejo v tebi, potem lahko zahtevaš kar hočeš, in zgodilo se ti bo. |
15:8 | V tem, moj Oče je poveličan: da boste obrodili zelo veliko sadu in postali moji učenci. |