I predicted what would happen, and then I came to your aid. No foreign god has ever done this; you are my witnesses.

Do not be afraid, my people! You know that from ancient times until now I have predicted all that would happen, and you are my witnesses. Is there any other god? Is there some powerful god I never heard of ?"

who came to tell people about the light, so that all should hear the message and believe.

He himself was not the light; he came to tell about the light.

And you, too, will speak about me, because you have been with me from the very beginning.

But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

More than that, we are shown to be lying about God, because we said that he raised Christ from death---but if it is true that the dead are not raised to life, then he did not raise Christ.

The LORD says, "Here is my servant, whom I strengthen--- the one I have chosen, with whom I am pleased. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to every nation.

I made him a leader and commander of nations, and through him I showed them my power.

Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up all he had, and took the nature of a servant. He became like a human being and appeared in human likeness.

You learned of God's grace from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is Christ's faithful worker on our behalf.

and John has told all that he has seen. This is his report concerning the message from God and the truth revealed by Jesus Christ.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to be raised from death and who is also the ruler of the kings of the world. He loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins

"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "This is the message from the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the origin of all that God has created.

Do you not know? Were you not told long ago? Have you not heard how the world began?

It was made by the one who sits on his throne above the earth and beyond the sky; the people below look as tiny as ants. He stretched out the sky like a curtain, like a tent in which to live.

People will see this and know that I, the LORD, have done it. They will come to understand that Israel's holy God has made it happen."

I do this so that everyone from one end of the world to the other may know that I am the LORD and that there is no other god.

"Remember this, you sinners; consider what I have done.

Remember what happened long ago; acknowledge that I alone am God and that there is no one else like me.

But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life.

Who was it that made this happen? Who has determined the course of history? I, the LORD, was there at the beginning, and I, the LORD, will be there at the end.

The LORD, who rules and protects Israel, the LORD Almighty, has this to say: "I am the first, the last, the only God; there is no other god but me.

Do not be afraid, my people! You know that from ancient times until now I have predicted all that would happen, and you are my witnesses. Is there any other god? Is there some powerful god I never heard of ?"