Adults

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

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 →

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.

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

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

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 →

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

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,

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

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

`And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say, — 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.'

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

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

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.

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

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

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

`There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;

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

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;

whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

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

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> .

`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.

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?

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!

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

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

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

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

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

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

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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;

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

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.'

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

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

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

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

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

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. — 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.

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 →

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;

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers, — 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 →

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

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

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

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;

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,

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

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;

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

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 →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

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.

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

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

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

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

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.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

`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 a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness. — read the full passage →

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

unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ, — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy, — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened. — read the full passage →

And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that <FI>are<Fi> in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.

and also a whoremonger hath been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.

`And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife--who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour--the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death. — read the full passage →

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself--face to the earth, — read the full passage →

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 →

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

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.

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 faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

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,

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

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

continually pray ye;

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

honour thy father and mother,

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