SCRIPTURES

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 Festus became Governor, and three days later he went from Caesarea to Jerusalem. 2 The Chief Priests and the important Jewish leaders made charges against Paul before Festus. 3 They asked Festus to do them a favour. They wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem because they had a plan to kill Paul on the way. 4 But Festus answered, “No, Paul will be kept in Caesarea. I will be going there soon myself, 5 and your leaders

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may now speak to defend yourself.” Paul raised his hand to get their attention and began to speak. 2 He said, “King Agrippa, I feel fortunate that I can stand here before you today and answer all the charges these Jews have made against me. 3 I am very happy to talk to you, because you know so much about all the Jewish customs and the things the Jews argue about. So please listen to me patiently

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 So when it was decided that we would sail for Italy, an Army Officer named Julius, who served in the emperor’s special Army, was put in charge of guarding Paul and some other prisoners on the trip. 2 We got on a ship from the city of Adramyttium that was ready to sail to different places in Asia. Aristarchus, a man from Thessalonica in Macedonia, went with us. 3 The next day we came to the city of Sidon. Julius was very go

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 When we were safe on land, we learned that the island was called Malta. 2 The people who lived there were very good to us. It was raining and very cold, so they built a fire and welcomed all of us. 3 Paul gathered a pile of sticks for the fire. He was putting the sticks on the fire, and a poisonous snake came out because of the heat and bit him on the hand. 4 When the people living on the island saw the snake hanging from

Greetings from Peter, a follower and Disciple of YAHUSHA MESSIAH. 1 To all the chosen people who are scattered all over the areas of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. 2 YAHUAH planned long ago to choose you and (by His Spirit) make you His Set-Apart people, and through the sprinkling of YAHUSHA’S blood, you are all made clean. So I pray that you’ll enjoy more and more favour and peace through Him. 3 Praise be to the only Living Alahim and Father of our Master Y

1 So then, stop doing anything to hurt others. Don’t lie or be jealous anymore, and stop trying to fool people with evil words and behaviour. 2 Like newborn babies hungry for milk, you should want the pure teaching that feeds your spirit. With it you can grow up and be delivered. 3 You have already tasted the goodness of the Master. 4 Our Master YAHUSHA is the living stone (THE MOST IMPORTANT STONE IN HIS SUPERNATURAL TEMPLE/BODY OF PEOPLE). The people of the world have reje

1 In the same way, you wives should be subject and willing to serve your husbands. That way, even those husbands who are disobedient to YAHUSHA’S Word will be persuaded and won over by your blameless behaviour towards them. You won’t even need to say anything. 2 Your husbands will see the pure lives that you live with respect for YAHUSHA. 3 It’s not the styling of your hair, gold jewellery, or fashionable clothes that should make you beautiful. 4 No, your beauty should come f

1 So since Messiah suffered while in His fleshly body, you should also strengthen yourselves with the same kind of thinking that He had. The one who accepts suffering in this life has clearly decided to stop sinning. 2 Now strengthen yourselves so that you will live your lives here on earth doing what YAHUSHA wants, not the evil lusts that people want to do all day. 3 In the past, you wasted too much time living like the nations that don’t know YAHUSHA live. You were living i

1 Now I have something to say to the elders in your group, for I’m also an elder, have seen Messiah’s sufferings, and will share in the esteem that will be shown to us. I beg you to 2 shepherd and take care of the flock of people you’re responsible for, and watch over them always, not because you’re forced to, but because you want to. For that is how YAHUSHA wants it. Do it because you’re happy to serve, not because you get paid to do it. 3 Don’t be like a harsh ruler over t

1 Greetings from Simon Peter, a servant and follower of YAHUSHA Messiah. To all of you who share in the same precious belief that we have. This belief was given to us because our Alahim and Deliverer YAHUSHA Messiah always does what is good and right. 2 Favour and peace be given to you more and more, because now you know YAHUSHA our Master. 3 YAHUSHA has the power of Alahim. (YAHUSHA IS ALAHIM!) And His power has given us everything we need to live a righteous life devoted t

1 In the past there were false Prophets among YAHUAH’S people. It is the same now. You will have some false teachers in your group. They will secretly bring in teachings that are wrong - ideas that will cause people to be lost. And they will teach in a way that will be hard for you to see that they are wrong. They will even refuse to follow the Master who bought their freedom. And so they will quickly destroy themselves. 2 Many people will follow them in the morally destructi

1 My friends, this is the second letter I have written to you. I wrote both letters to you to help your honest minds remember something. 2 I want you to remember the words that the Set-Apart Prophets spoke in the past. And remember the command that our Master and Deliverer gave us. He gave us that command through your followers. 3 It is important for you to understand what will happen in the last days. People will mock and laugh at you. They will live following the evil lusts

1 Greetings from James, a servant of Alahim and of the Master YAHUSHA MESSIAH, to the 12 Tribes who have been scattered all over the world. 2 My brothers and sisters, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the proving of your belief works endurance in you. 4 So let endurance have its perfect work in you … yes, when your trust is tested, you learn to be patient and stand on the Word of truth, so that you be perfect (mature) and complete, lacking not

1 My dear brothers and sisters, you are believers in our wonderful Master YAHUSHA MESSIAH. So don’t treat some people better than others (partiality). 2 Suppose someone comes into your meeting wearing very nice clothes and a gold ring. At the same time a poor person comes in wearing old, dirty clothes. 3 You show special attention to the person wearing nice clothes. You say, “Sit here in this good seat.” But you say to the poor person, “Stand over there!” or “Sit on the floo

1 My brothers and sisters, not many of you should be teachers. I say this because, as you know, we who teach will be judged more strictly than others. 2 We all make many mistakes. A person who never said anything wrong would be perfect. Someone like that would be able to control their whole body too. 3 We put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us. With these bits we can control their whole body. 4 It is the same with ships. A ship is very big, and it is pushed b

1 Do you know where your fights and arguments actually come from? They come from the selfish desires that make war inside you. 2 You want things, but you don’t get them. So you kill and are jealous of others. But you still can’t get what you want. So you argue and fight some more. And you still don’t get what you want because you don’t even ask YAHUSHA. 3 Or when you do ask, you don’t receive anything, because the reason you ask is wrong, to use whatever you’ve demanded for y

1 You rich people, listen! Cry and mourn because much trouble will come on you. 2 Your riches will rot and be worth nothing. Your clothes will be eaten by moths. 3 Your gold and silver will rust, and that rust will be a proof that you were wrong. That rust will eat your bodies like fire. You delivered your treasure in the last days. 4 People worked in your fields, but you didn’t pay them. They are crying out against you. They harvested your crops and mowed your fields. Now th

1 We want to tell you about the Word that gives life (YAHUSHA) - the One who existed before the world began. This is the One we have heard and have seen with our own eyes. We saw what He did, and our hands touched Him. 2 Yes, the One Who is life was shown to us. We saw Him, and so we are witnesses of His life. And we now tell you about Him. He is the eternal life that was with YAHUAH the Father and was shown to us. 3 We are telling you about what we have seen and heard becaus

1 My dear children, I write this letter to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone sins, we have YAHUSHA MESSIAH to help us. He always did what was right, so He is able to defend us before YAHUAH the Father. 2 YAHUSHA is the way our sins are taken away. And He is the way all people can have their sins taken away too. 3 If we obey what YAHUSHA has told us to do, then we are sure that we know Him. 4 If we say we know YAHUSHA but do not obey His commands, we are lying, and t

1 The Father has loved us so much, that we are allowed to be called children of Alahim. And we really are His children. But the people in the world don’t understand that we are His children, because they have never known Him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of Alahim. We have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Messiah comes again, we will be like Him. We will see Him just as He is. 3 He is pure, and everyone who has this great expectat