Shan Ruby

“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ev

“Beloved, do not trust every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they belong to God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can know the Spirit of God: every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ come in the flesh belongs to God, and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus does not belong to God. This is the spirit of the antichrist that, as you heard, is to come, but in fact is already in the world. You belong to God, children,

““If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do no

““I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear m

“All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, buy grain and eat; Come, buy grain without money, wine and milk...

“Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a...

“Then he also said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and...

“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen. Because of it the ancients were well attested. By faith...

“A psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. In green pastures he makes me lie down; to still waters he leads me;...

“Yet we do speak a wisdom to those who are mature, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are passing away....

“On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the...

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the...

“Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance....

Doers of the word. “Know this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath, for the wrath of a man...

“These are the words of the scroll which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, to the...

““If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always,...

““Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places....

“Likewise, you younger members, be subject to the presbyters. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one...

“You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shade of the Almighty, Say to the Lord, “My refuge and fortress, my God...

“Beloved, do not trust every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they belong to God, because many false prophets have gone out...