var verses = new Object(); verses["1Cor 11.23-26"] = {ref:"1Cor 11.23-26",text:"For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, \"This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.\" In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, \"This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.\" For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord\'s death until he comes."}; verses["1Cor 11.26"] = {ref:"1 Corinthians 11.26",text:"For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord\'s death until he comes."}; verses["1Cor 15.20-23"] = {ref:"1 Corinthians 15.20-23",text:"But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him."}; verses["1Cor 15.3-4,17"] = {ref:"1 Corinthians 15.3-4, 17",text:"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures[.]

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And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins."}; verses["1John 1.8-9"] = {ref:"1 John 1.8-9",text:"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."}; verses["1Pet 3.18"] = {ref:"1 Peter 3.18",text:"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit[.]"}; verses["1Thess 5.23"] = {ref:"1 Thessalonians 5.23",text:"May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."}; verses["2Pet 1.20-21"] = {ref:"2 Peter 1.20-21",text:"Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet\'s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."}; verses["2Pet 3.13"] = {ref:"2 Peter 3.13",text:"But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness."}; verses["2Thess 1.8-9"] = {ref:"2 Thessalonians 1.8-9",text:"He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power[.]"}; verses["2Tim 3.15-16"] = {ref:"2 Timothy 3.15-16",text:"[...] and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness[.]"}; verses["Acts 1.8"] = {ref:"Acts 1.8",text:"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."}; verses["Acts 1.9"] = {ref:"Acts 1.9",text:"After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight."}; verses["Acts 2.23-24"] = {ref:"Acts 2.23-24",text:"This man was handed over to you by God\'s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him."}; verses["Acts 2.41-47"] = {ref:"Acts 2.41-47",text:"Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

They devoted themselves to the apostles\' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."}; verses["Col 1.16-20"] = {ref:"Colossians 1.16-20",text:"For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."}; verses["Col 2.2"] = {ref:"Colossians 2.2",text:"My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ[.]"}; verses["Deut 6.4"] = {ref:"Deuteronomy 6.4",text:"Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one."}; verses["Eph 1.22-23"] = {ref:"Ephesians 1.22-23",text:"And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. "}; verses["Eph 1.9-10"] = {ref:"Ephesians 1.9-10",text:"And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment -- to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ."}; verses["Eph 2.14"] = {ref:"Ephesians 2.14",text:"For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility[.]"}; verses["Gal 3.28"] = {ref:"Galatians 3.28",text:"There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."}; verses["Gen 1.27"] = {ref:"Genesis 1.27",text:"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."}; verses["Heb 10.37"] = {ref:"Hebrews 10.37",text:"For in just a very little while, \"He who is coming will come and will not delay.\""}; verses["Heb 2.9"] = {ref:"Hebrews 2.9",text:"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone."}; verses["Heb 8.1"] = {ref:"Hebrews 8.1",text:"The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven[.]"}; verses["Is 53.6"] = {ref:"Isaiah 53.6",text:"We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all."}; verses["Is 59.2"] = {ref:"Isaiah 59.2",text:"But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear."}; verses["James 1.27"] = {ref:"James 1.27",text:"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."}; verses["James 5.13-16"] = {ref:"James 5.13-16",text:"Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."}; verses["John 1.12"] = {ref:"John 1.12",text:"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God[.]"}; verses["John 10.10"] = {ref:"John 10.10",text:"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."}; verses["John 14.15-18"] = {ref:"John 14.15-18",text:"If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever -- the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."}; verses["John 14.6"] = {ref:"John 14.6",text:"Jesus answered, \"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.\""}; verses["John 16.13"] = {ref:"John 16.13",text:"But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."}; verses["John 16.7-11"] = {ref:"John 16.7-11",text:"But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned."}; verses["John 17.3"] = {ref:"John 17.3",text:"Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."}; verses["John 3.16"] = {ref:"John 3.16",text:"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."}; verses["John 5.28-29"] = {ref:"John 5.28-29",text:"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out -- those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned."}; verses["John 8.31-32"] = {ref:"John 8.31-32",text:"To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, \"If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\""}; verses["Josh 24.14-15"] = {ref:"Joshua 24.14-15",text:"Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."}; verses["Luke 1.34-38"] = {ref:"Luke 1.34-38",text:"\"How will this be,\" Mary asked the angel, \"since I am a virgin?\"

The angel answered, \"The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God.\"

\"I am the Lord\'s servant,\" Mary answered. \"May it be to me as you have said.\" Then the angel left her. "}; verses["Luke 21.27"] = {ref:"Luke 21.27",text:"At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory."}; verses["Luke 24.45-48"] = {ref:"Luke 24.45-48",text:"Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, \"This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.\""}; verses["Luke 4.14-21"] = {ref:"Luke 4.14-21",text:"Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: \"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord\'s favor.\"

Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, and he began by saying to them, \"Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.\""}; verses["Matt 19.28-29"] = {ref:"Matt 19.28-29",text:"Jesus said to them, \"I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.\""}; verses["Matt 26.64"] = {ref:"Matthew 26.64",text:"\"Yes, it is as you say,\" Jesus replied. \"But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.\""}; verses["Matt 28.18-20"] = {ref:"Matthew 28.18-20",text:"Then Jesus came to them and said, \"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.\""}; verses["Matt 28.19"] = {ref:"Matthew 28.19",text:"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit[.]"}; verses["Matt 28.19-20"] = {ref:"Matthew 28.19-20",text:"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."}; verses["Matt 5.3-10"] = {ref:"Matthew 5.3-10",text:"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."}; verses["Matt 5.43-44"] = {ref:"Matthew 5.43-44",text:"You have heard that it was said, \"Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.\" But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you[.]"}; verses["Matt 5.48"] = {ref:"Matthew 5.48",text:"Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."}; verses["Matt 8.16-17"] = {ref:"Matthew 8.16-17",text:"When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: \"He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.\""}; verses["Philippians 2.6-11"] = {ref:"Philippians 2.6-11",text:"Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death -- even death on a cross!

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. "}; verses["Rev 20.11-15"] = {ref:"Revelation 20.11-15",text:"Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone\'s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."}; verses["Rev 21.1-4"] = {ref:"Revelation 21.1-4",text:"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, \"Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.\""}; verses["Rev 21.8"] = {ref:"Revelation 21.8",text:"But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars -- their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."}; verses["Rom 3.23"] = {ref:"Romans 3.23",text:"[F]or all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God[.]"}; verses["Rom 5.1"] = {ref:"Romans 5.1",text:"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ[.]"}; verses["Rom 5.9"] = {ref:"Romans 5.9",text:"Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God\'s wrath through him!"}; verses["Rom 6.1-14"] = {ref:"Romans 6.1-14",text:"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don\'t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin -- because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace."}; verses["Rom 6.23"] = {ref:"Romans 6.23",text:"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."}; verses["Rom 8.1"] = {ref:"Romans 8.1",text:"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus[.]"}; verses["Rom 8.19-22"] = {ref:"Romans 8.19-22",text:"The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time."}; verses["Tit 2.11-14"] = {ref:"Titus 2.11-14",text:"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say \"No\" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope -- the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good."}; verses["Tit 3.4-7"] = {ref:"Titus 3.4-7",text:"But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life."}; var verseDiv; var verseDivTimer; var currentVerse; /* Create a DIV for displaying scripture portions. */ function createVerseDiv() { if (verseDiv) return; verseDiv = document.createElement("div"); verseDiv.className = "scripturePopup"; verseDiv.onmouseover = clearVerseDivTimer; verseDiv.onmouseout = startVerseDivTimer; var shadow = verseDiv.appendChild(document.createElement("div")); shadow.className = "shadow"; var content = verseDiv.appendChild(document.createElement("div")); content.className = "contents"; var reference = content.appendChild(document.createElement("div")); reference.className = "reference"; verseDiv.reference = reference; var text = content.appendChild(document.createElement("div")); text.className = "text"; verseDiv.text = text; var closeButton = content.appendChild(document.createElement("div")); closeButton.className = "closeButton"; var image = closeButton.appendChild(document.createElement("img")); image.src = "/images/closebox.gif"; closeButton.title = "Close"; closeButton.onclick = hideVerse; document.body.appendChild(verseDiv); } function showVerse(node, reference) { createVerseDiv(); clearVerseDivTimer(); if (node == currentVerse) { hideVerse(); } else { var fullReference = reference; var verseText = "Not found"; if (verses[reference]) { fullReference = verses[reference].ref; verseText = verses[reference].text; } verseDiv.reference.innerHTML = fullReference; verseDiv.text.innerHTML = verseText; verseDiv.showing = true; var leftPos = JSUtil.getLeft(node); verseDiv.style.left = (leftPos + 2) + "px"; var topPos = JSUtil.getBottom(node); verseDiv.style.top = (topPos + 2) + "px"; currentVerse = node; } } function hideVerse() { verseDiv.showing = false; verseDiv.style.left = "-3000px"; currentVerse = null; } function startVerseDivTimer() { createVerseDiv(); if (verseDiv.showing) { verseDivTimer = setTimeout(function() { hideVerse() }, 2000); } } function clearVerseDivTimer() { if (verseDivTimer) { clearTimeout(verseDivTimer); verseDivTimer = null; } } function toggleMore(obj) { if (! obj.more) { var divs = obj.getElementsByTagName('div'); for (var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) { if (divs[i].className == "more") { obj.more = divs[i]; } } } if (obj.more) { obj.more.style.display = (obj.more.style.display != "block") ? "block" : "none"; } }