Being A Good Example

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

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;

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

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

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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.

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

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

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.

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

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

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

and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

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

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

become followers together of me, brethren, and observe those thus walking, according as ye have us--a pattern;

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith--considering the issue of the behaviour--be imitating,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ.

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

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.

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things <FI>done<Fi> through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

`For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;

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.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded; — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;

and ye--ye did become imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

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

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

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

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

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;

An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

How then shall they call upon <FI>him<Fi> in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe <FI>on him<Fi> of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?

And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

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

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, — read the full passage →

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 →

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

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

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound? — read the full passage →

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat, — read the full passage →

the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

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;

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

a two-souled man <FI>is<Fi> unstable in all his ways.

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

also to which an antitype doth now save us--baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

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 →

Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

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

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,

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

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him; — read the full passage →

The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

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

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

sober, pure, keepers of <FI>their own<Fi> houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

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

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.

Jehovah, <FI>at<Fi> morning Thou hearest my voice, <FI>At<Fi> morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

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

for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'