Quotes About Scripture

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from oneís own interpretation.

For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

Consider also that our Lordís patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.

He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ

who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”

But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”

I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.