Adulthood

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; — read the full passage →

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;

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,

Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ, — read the full passage →

and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and <FI>is<Fi> good both with Jehovah, and also with men.

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching; — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

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, — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

and also all that generation have been gathered unto their fathers, and another generation riseth after them who have not known Jehovah, and even the work which He hath done to Israel.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

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?

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

`The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> any one doing these.

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;

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

And the woman beareth a son, and calleth his name Samson, and the youth groweth, and Jehovah doth bless him,

and he saith, `Thy sound I have heard in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.'

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who <FI>is<Fi> from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father: — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

and it hath come to pass, the ark of Jehovah hath come in to the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul, hath looked through the window, and seeth king David moving and dancing before Jehovah, and despiseth him in her heart.

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble, — read the full passage →

My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying: — read the full passage →

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,

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging, — read the full passage →

in this wilderness do your carcases fall, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me; — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,' — read the full passage →

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.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

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

not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

Who <FI>is<Fi> as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. — read the full passage →

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 →

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

With the very aged <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And <FI>with<Fi> length of days understanding.

`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Even to old age I <FI>am<Fi> He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. — read the full passage →

Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.

I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom.

And Moses <FI>is<Fi> a son of a hundred and twenty years when he dieth; his eye hath not become dim, nor hath his moisture fled.

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

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

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

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.

Remember days of old--Understand the years of many generations--Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:

`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

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 →

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

honour thy father and mother,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

not of works, that no one may boast;

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;