Adaptability

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. — read the full passage →

And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,

For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.

Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding. — read the full passage →

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:

If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed until now:

and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, — read the full passage →

And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.

holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh.

For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him.

If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

unto the church of God which is at Corinth, eventhem that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, calledto besaints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirLordand ours:

Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.

And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

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

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

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand; — read the full passage →

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, — read the full passage →

The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. — read the full passage →

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.

The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; — read the full passage →

so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. [Selah

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

Ask of me, and I will givetheethe nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. — read the full passage →

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

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.

and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

I write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.