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and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

These things remind <FI>them<Fi> of, testifying fully before the Lord--not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife, — read the full passage →

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from--for they are unprofitable and vain.

All things do without murmurings and reasonings, — read the full passage →

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and a house of company.

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

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 the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth. — read the full passage →

An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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,

All things do without murmurings and reasonings,

The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him--even thou. — read the full passage →

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife, — read the full passage →

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

for yet ye are fleshly, for where <FI>there is<Fi> among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?

And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

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 →

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members? — read the full passage →

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Laying hold on the ears of a dog, <FI>Is<Fi> a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

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.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

`And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?

Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members? — read the full passage →

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: --

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, — read the full passage →

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and anger.

A calamity to his father <FI>is<Fi> a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife <FI>are<Fi> a continual dropping.

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

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 →

according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not.

and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,

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

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

To reason with a word not useful? And speeches--no profit in them?

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

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.

`Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, — read the full passage →

through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and <FI>for<Fi> the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!

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 →

O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me: — read the full passage →

For, indeed, concerning the ministration that <FI>is<Fi> for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you, — read the full passage →

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day. — read the full passage →

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, — read the full passage →

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him--even thou.

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

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

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

`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.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

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

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,

of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly--these cause ye to sit;

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 →

At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, I am for God to all families of Israel, And they--they are to Me for a people. — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

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.'

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, `This word is hard; who is able to hear it?' — read the full passage →