A Man

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they--they have sought out many devices.

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong; — read the full passage →

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it <FI>is<Fi> .

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

What <FI>is<Fi> man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him? — read the full passage →

Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.

What <FI>is<Fi> man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him? — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou <FI>art<Fi> , and unto dust thou turnest back.'

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; — read the full passage →

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam <FI>is<Fi> for a life-giving spirit, — read the full passage →

The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam <FI>is<Fi> for a life-giving spirit,

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`I am going in the way of all the earth, and thou hast been strong, and become a man, — read the full passage →

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;

and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness; — read the full passage →

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land--not to destroy it, And I have not found.

A man there hath been in the land of Uz--Job his name--and that man hath been perfect and upright--both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it. — read the full passage →

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly. — read the full passage →

Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

The soul that doth sin--it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways. — read the full passage →

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

`Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands--the least--and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach <FI>them<Fi> , he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →

and we have known that the law <FI>is<Fi> good, if any one may use it lawfully; — read the full passage →

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

and in like manner also the males having left the natural use of the female, did burn in their longing toward one another; males with males working shame, and the recompense of their error that was fit, in themselves receiving.

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them,

This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him; — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →