Athlete

and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. — read the full passage →

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

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Only--He <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — 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;

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

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

Ye multiply not--ye speak haughtily--The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according to a promise of life that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

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

and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;

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.

And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.

and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.

God! perfect <FI>is<Fi> His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield <FI>is<Fi> He to all those trusting in Him. — read the full passage →

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed <FI>it<Fi> with the bathing of the water in the saying, — read the full passage →

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell <FI>in<Fi> the land, and enjoy faithfulness, — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching;

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — 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 →

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

I thank God--through Jesus Christ our Lord; so then, I myself indeed with the mind do serve the law of God, and with the flesh, the law of sin.

What, then, <FI>is<Fi> the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? — read the full passage →

And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?' — read the full passage →

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.

`I--I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.

They wear out in good their days, And in a moment <FI>to<Fi> Sheol go down.

Heights of the heavens! --what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! --what knowest thou?

And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, <FI>and<Fi> of the Hittites, — read the full passage →

And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and David dwelleth in Ziklag two days, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

and Abimelech son of Jerubbaal goeth to Shechem, unto his mother's brethren, and speaketh unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, — read the full passage →

and he speaketh unto Korah, and unto all his company, saying, `Morning! --and Jehovah is knowing those who are his, and him who is holy, and hath brought near unto Him; even him whom He doth fix on He bringeth near unto Him.