8:28: Perfect Timing

By Iris Campbell Williams

How can a broken clock be right more than twice a day? Watch the hands move. 

Is a broken clock right only twice a day? Well, that depends on location. Since we have different time zones, a clock could be right twenty-four times each day! And like a clock, God uses hands to show His time and demonstrate that it is impeccable.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Jan 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781647735630

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To God be the Glory

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

How to Use This Book of T.I.M.E.

Chapter 1: Live Through Rejection

Chapter 2: Live Through Rest

Chapter 3: Live Through Isms

Chapter 4: Live Through Loneliness

Chapter 5: Live Through Sickness

Chapter 6: Live Through Lack

Chapter 7: Live Through Judgement

Chapter 8: Live Through Profanity

Chapter 9: Live Through Labeling

Chapter 10: Live Through Mistakes

Chapter 11: Live Through Failure

Chapter 12: Live Through Tests

Chapter 13: Live Through Love

Chapter 14: Live Through Fear

Chapter 15: Live Through Friendships

Chapter 16: Live Through Molestation

Chapter 17: Live Through Creativity

Chapter 18: Live Through Loneliness

Chapter 19: Live Through Marriage

Chapter 20: Live Through Moments

Chapter 21: Live Through Tears

Chapter 22: Live Through Training

Chapter 23: Live Through Baptism

Chapter 24: Live Through Pandemics

Chapter 25: A Word for the Empty Times

Bonus Calendar

Acknowledgments

Thank God for this amazing opportunity to serve people in this unique way. I am in awe. I am grateful! To my husband, Gregory Oliver Williams, I am amazed at how God brought us together and has blessed us to continue to love each other through Him. To my children, Ilyria, Gabrielle, Kyle, and Robert Jr., I am honored that God chose me to be your mother, and I am expecting great things for you as you continue to walk with God. I pray that God continue to bring the right people in your lives and remove the wrong people from your lives. I love you to infinity…and beyond! To my parents, Bishop Ira and Emma Campbell, thank you for teaching me how to go beyond religion and have a relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Things really do go better with love. Nothing can take the place of the love I have for you. To my brothers, Jimmy Brown Campbell and Timothy Campbell, thank you for loving me through my craziness and always having my back. I am grateful to be born in the middle of the best big brother and little big brother in the world. To my best friend, Tempie, and my circle of friends (you know who you are), thank you for being true friends through it all. And to all my godchildren (Jamecia, Doniyah, Riley, Chase, Jarius Jr., Jamius, Zion), my mentees (Cellos, BeBe, Ronika, Lionel, Michelle), G Phi G, TCMS Gospel Choir, Music Experience members, MNW Boys and Girls Club, and every student I have had the honor of teaching, may God continue to use you as you find and fulfill your Kingdom purpose.

I dare not try to name each person in this acknowledgment. Therefore, I want to give an additional special thank-you to all my family and friends in the Brooks, Thomas, Mitchell, Lowndes, Grady, and Leon County areas who have supported me over the years. I love you! Thank you for being you and letting me be me. I would also like to thank some special ministries, and their First Ladies, that have blessed me over the years. (The church or leadership might have changed. I am listing the spiritual organizations that have been a blessing to me over the years.) Ousley First Born Methodist Church/Pelham First Born Methodist Church (Pastor Bishop Ira Campbell Jr.), St. Temple First Born Church of the Living God (Pastor Bishop Reuben Addison), Rivers of Life (Pastor Bishop Marcus Everett), Mt. Calvary Universal Holiness Church (Pastor Solomon Edwards Jr.), Mt. Olive MBC (Pastor Reverend Whitfield), Shady Grove #1 Primitive Baptist Church (Pastor LaNorris McFadden), Church of Perfecting Saints (Pastor Calvin Williams Jr.), I John Holiness (Elder Davis), Midway MB Church (Elder Thomas), Gospel Temple of Peace (Bishop Willie Coley), Refuge Temple Ministries (Pastor Elder James Knolton), Bethlehem AME Church (Pastor Dr. Debra Knight), Restoration Tabernacle Ministries (Pastor Reverend Corey King), St. Luke CME Church (Pastor Anthony Choice), St. Thomas AME Church (Pastor Clement Choice), Eliathah SDA Church (Pastor Noel Rose), and Calvary Chapel (Pastor Doug Sauder). And last, but certainly no least, my ancestors. Thank you for your sacrifice. I hope this book blesses everyone who takes the time to use it. It’s not about the sales; it’s all about the nails.

Jesus Did It…Again!

Introduction

This book, 8:28: Perfect Timing, is a minute-by-minute daily devotional book inspired from the scripture Romans 8:28. All things, good and bad, happen in time, as explained in Ecclesiastes, and that timing is God’s perfect plan. There is a time to be born, a time to die, and all the time in the middle. This book connects time with Biblical scriptures in order to remind readers that the Word of God is still the answer no matter what time it may be in their lives. The first twelve books are from 1:00 to 12:00. The second twelve books are from the Military Time section and contain hours 13:00 to 24:00. The follow-up section, entitled In the Meantime, includes scriptures that may not be found within the traditional timing system. These scriptures are to be used for those times that do not have a scripture, the empty times.

During the process of creating this book, I felt like surely I would have a Bible verse for every time. As I got further into the book, however, I realized that there would be some blank spots. I thought about what I should do with these empty times, and I was reminded of the following scriptures: Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 12:32, and Revelation 22:18. Therefore, I did not add things that I thought needed to be added. Neither did I remove things that I thought did not need to be included. I believe that God Himself will give you the perfect word for you right at the perfect time. And because of who He is, this experience will be different for every person reading this book, and it will work for your good.

I remember waking up around three o’clock in the morning. I couldn’t sleep, so I went to my phone to watch a video. One of the suggested videos was a live church service from another country. As I tuned in, I was led to look at the clock again—it was 3:28. I thought nothing of it at first, but then something told me to see what time it was there: it was 8:28 according to their time. This example reminded me that God is everywhere all the time. When it is not 8:28 here, it is 8:28 somewhere, and He is always working it out for our good. It may not always feel good, but it is for our good. He is so much smarter than we are. He knows the end from the beginning, and he is already waiting at the finish line with our medal. Upon further exploration, I discovered that there are twenty-four regular time zones. Wow! 24 times zones, 24 hours in a day! That’s 24 times a day that He keeps repeating the same things through scripture to us all around the world! As an educator, I know how important repetition is, especially to those who struggle to understand. Therefore, I am grateful that God is the Master teacher who won’t give up on us even if we are difficult students. He truly does not want anyone to be left behind.

This book also includes a calendar to help you connect each day of the year to a special Word from God. My prayer is that you will use this tool to help you see what God is saying at various times in your life, because He is always speaking, although we are not always listening. I believe that each person will experience this tool differently because His omniscient and omnipresent excellence has predestined moments specifically for each person. Therefore, use the pages within your book to document special times in your life as a unique way to journal about your own personal messages from God, then leave your powerful testimonies to inspire future generations.

How to Use This Book of T.I.M.E.

During various times in your life, use God’s Word to show you how He is working things out for your good, by implementing the following steps of T.I.M.E.:

T—Take a look at your timekeeping device and record that time.

I—Investigate God’s Word according to the time you just recorded.

M—Meditate on God’s Word throughout the day.

E—End with a prayer on the perfect timing Word He has given you while asking for clarity and direction

TESTIMONY TIME

Live Through Rejection

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

—John 1:11

Growing up in South Georgia was fun! I spent most of my time running up and down that dirt road, jumping ditches, and playing in our castle. I was surrounded by so many people who were genuine and found joy in the simple things in life. It wasn’t until I went to school that I realized I didn’t fit. It began to feel like I was not enough. I am not exactly sure how classes were set up back then, but I know that my test scores were a little high. My class had very few black children. I was really okay with that because I did not really see us as being different. But it was in this environment that I began to understand that I was different.

I remember being really excited about attending a birthday party for one of the girls in my class, only to realize that I would not get an invitation. When one of my other friends saw how hurt I was, she went up to the birthday girl to ask her why. Her response was that her mom said she didn’t want any grease in her pool. I felt like I was not good enough. No grease in her pool? I had the driest jerry curl in America. That would not have been a problem. I later realized that I just did not fit.

Needless to say, I was hurt. So I tried to hang with people that looked like me. But because I talked different and walked different, I was told I acted white. As an adult, I remember being at work and having someone asking me, Why do you walk like that? She said I twisted too much. My response was, You will have to ask God, because He made me walk like this. With age came more confidence, I guess, because as a young child I felt like I was not black enough. So then I set out to prove that I was black and make people see that I fit. I did not. It seemed like the more I continued to live life, the more I realized that I was simply not enough. I was extremely skinny, so I tried to gain weight. I remember eating an eight-piece-chicken box and still not gaining an ounce. I wasn’t thick enough. My hair was not accepted as being beautiful because it was short and nappy. So I tried every perm, product, and wig to make it acceptable. I felt like my hair was not good enough. I am an introvert, so I put myself in many uncomfortable situations just to hang out. I felt like I wasn’t outgoing enough. I was the tall girl in elementary school, so I stood out. I was also what many would call a tomboy. Because of that fact, there were times when I felt like I wasn’t girly enough. Even in church, I felt lost. If I worshiped too hard or too loud, people would think I was doing too much. If I just sat there and barely moved during worship, people would think that I didn’t appreciate God. I felt like my worship was not enough.

In His Perfect Time I Realized

I am fearfully and wonderfully made! I am a masterpiece, forward and backward! Life is like this giant puzzle, and I am just a piece. But because of my Heavenly Father, I am an original piece that must accept all my unique qualities so that the other pieces in my life that are supposed to join me can make Kingdom connections that Glorify God! There will be some places that you do not fit. Don’t be puzzled. It is alright. Those are not your people. Those are not your places. Stop fitting in when God created you to stand out! God will use all of it to work for your good. I pray that God brings the right people in your life and removes the wrong people daily. As you read the Word of God, I pray that He order your steps so that your piece is rotated and placed in the right position of your life’s puzzle. And when that final piece of the puzzle is added and the puzzle is complete, I pray that He says, Well done.

1:00

John

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

² The same was in the beginning with God.

³ All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

⁵ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷ The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

⁸ He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

⁹ That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹ He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

¹³ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

¹⁶ And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

¹⁹ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

²¹ And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

²² Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

²³ He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

²⁴ And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

²⁵ And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

²⁶ John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

²⁷ He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

²⁸ These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

³⁰ This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

³¹ And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

³² And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

³³ And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

³⁴ And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

³⁵ Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

³⁶ And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

³⁸ Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

³⁹ He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

⁴⁰ One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

⁴¹ He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

⁴² And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

⁴³ The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

⁴⁴ Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁴⁵ Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

⁴⁶ And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

⁴⁸ Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

⁵¹ And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

1:01

John 1:01

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Genesis 1:01

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Psalm 1:01

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

1:02

Hebrews 1:02

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.

Malachi 1:02

I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob.

1 Samuel 1:02

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

Genesis 1:02

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Psalm 1:02

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

James 1:02

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.

2 Peter 1:02

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.

3 John 1:02

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Jude 1:02

Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

Jonah 1:02

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

1:03

Psalm 1:03

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Hebrews 1:03

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

John 1:03

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

James 1:03

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

1 Thessalonians 1:03

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father.

Philemon 1:03

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jonah 1:03

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

1:04

James 1:04

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Daniel 1:04

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

Psalm 1:04

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Acts 1:04

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

3 John 1:04

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Ecclesiastes 1:04

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

1:05

1 Corinthians 1:05

That in everything ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge.

Romans 1:05

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name.

Amos 1:05

I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:05

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Psalm 1:05

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

2 Timothy 1:05

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

2 Peter 1:05

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge.

James 1:05

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Proverbs 1:05

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.

1:06

Philippians 1:06

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 1:06

And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

Ephesians 1:06

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Job 1:06

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

Mark 1:06

And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey.

1 Timothy 1:06

From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling.

Psalm 1:06

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

James 1:06

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

2 Timothy 1:06

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

Jeremiah 1:06

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

1:07

1 John 1:07

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Mark 1:07

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

2 Timothy 1:07

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Corinthians 1:07

And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

Proverbs 1:07

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Ephesians 1:07

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.

Jeremiah 1:07

But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

1:08

Revelation 1:08

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Romans 1:08

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

Mark 1:08

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

1 Peter 1:08

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.

1 John 1:08

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Jeremiah 1:08

Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Acts 1:08

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Proverbs 1:08

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

1:09

1 John 1:09

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Genesis 1:09

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Jeremiah 1:09

Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

Acts 1:09

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Joshua 1:09

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

1 Peter 1:09

Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

2 Timothy 1:09

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.

Ecclesiastes 1:09

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Nahum 1:09

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

Proverbs 1:09

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

1:10

1 Corinthians 1:10

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Galatians 1:10

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Philippians 1:10

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Colossians 1:10

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Jeremiah 1:10

See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

1:11

Ephesians 1:11

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.

James 1:11

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Colossians 1:11

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

John 1:11

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

1:12

James 1:12

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

1:13

1 Peter 1:13

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Ephesians 1:13

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.

Colossians 1:13

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.

1:14

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Ezekiel 1:14

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Philippians 1:14

And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

Colossians 1:14

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.

1 Timothy 1:14

And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance.

1:15

Mark 1:15

And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

1 Timothy 1:15

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

Colossians 1:15

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.

Matthew 1:15

And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob.

1 Peter 1:15

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.

1:16

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

John 1:16

And of his fulness have