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So--because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil. — read the full passage →

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing, — read the full passage →

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good; — read the full passage →

The way of the slothful <FI>is<Fi> as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

I have known thy works, that neither cold art thou nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. — read the full passage →

`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me; — read the full passage →

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.' — read the full passage →

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

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing, — read the full passage →

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you, — read the full passage →

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he <FI>is<Fi> to a destroyer.

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give <FI>it<Fi> , Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways. — read the full passage →

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.

A little sleep--a little slumber--A little folding of the hands to lie down. — read the full passage →

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering; — read the full passage →

for <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

`And now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah; — read the full passage →

who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;

and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently--Who is saying in her heart, `I <FI>am<Fi> , and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.' — read the full passage →

And the man of God is wroth against him, and saith, `By smiting five or six times then thou hadst smitten Aram till consuming; and now, three times thou dost smite Aram.'

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us, — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

`Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving--to be spoken through the Lord--by those having heard was confirmed to us,

wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

Because of this it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside, — read the full passage →

For slaughter, for violence <FI>to<Fi> thy brother Jacob, Cover thee doth shame, And thou hast been cut off--to the age. — read the full passage →

Jesus wept.

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you, — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,' — read the full passage →

And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.

Lo, days are coming, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water But of hearing the words of Jehovah. — 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,

Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up; — read the full passage →

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

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars, — read the full passage →

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, — read the full passage →

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

And their wealth hath been for a spoil, And their houses for desolation, And they have built houses, and do not inhabit, And they have planted vineyards, And they do not drink their wine.

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear <FI>to<Fi> my prayer, without lips of deceit. — read the full passage →

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. — read the full passage →

I have known thy works, that neither cold art thou nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. — 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,'

Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing,

We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' — read the full passage →

because thou sayest--I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since himself also is compassed with infirmity;

for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian, — 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 →

Therefore, wait for Me--an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment <FI>is<Fi> to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.

Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of the land, Who His judgment have done, Seek ye righteousness, seek humility, It may be ye are hidden in a day of the anger of Jehovah.

Bend yourselves, yea, bend ye, O nation not desired,

`And Jehovah hath shewed himself wroth with me because of your words, and sweareth to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going in unto the good land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--an inheritance; — read the full passage →

and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.