Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
Jesus speaks to his disciples about abiding in love and loving one another.
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Deuteronomy1 verses →
Anonymous. Largely a farewell address placed in Moses' mouth by a narrator who goes on to describe his death.
Joshua1 verses →
Anonymous. Tells Joshua's story in the third person.
Psalms6 verses →
Many hands over centuries. Superscriptions assign a number to David; those are ancient editorial notes, not signatures.
Proverbs3 verses →
A collection headed as Solomon's, which elsewhere names other compilers.
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Written in the voice of 'the Preacher, the son of David' — a role rather than a name.
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Spans centuries of material and has long been read as the work of more than one hand.
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Anonymous. Tradition assigns it to Jeremiah; the text does not.
New Testament
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Anonymous. The name is a second-century attribution.
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Anonymous. Names its own source only as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'.
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Named by the text and widely accepted — the clearest authorship in the Bible. Several letters bearing his name are disputed and are marked as such.
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Names its author only as James, a very common name. Which James is disputed.
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Names Peter. Its polished Greek has made that contested since antiquity.
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Names its author as John. Which John has been disputed since the third century.
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View all filters →Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
In the farewell discourse, Jesus speaks to the disciples about sorrow, reunion, and joy.
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
Jesus acknowledges trouble while offering his disciples peace and courage.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
John's prologue describes light in darkness and belonging as God's children.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
The conversation with Nicodemus places God's love at the heart of the Son's mission.
For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
The conversation with Nicodemus places God's love at the heart of the Son's mission.
It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
Within a lament over devastation, the speaker remembers mercy and grounds for hope.
“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
Within a lament over devastation, the speaker remembers mercy and grounds for hope.
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
Within a lament over devastation, the speaker remembers mercy and grounds for hope.
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
Within a lament over devastation, the speaker remembers mercy and grounds for hope.
For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Within lament over devastation, the speaker reflects on God's compassion toward suffering.
Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
Jesus addresses fear, daily needs, and the connection between treasure and the heart.