Being A Mason

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and in secret spake I nothing.

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God; — read the full passage →

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! — read the full passage →

even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

Nowthere wasa certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings! — read the full passage →

The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.

And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.

And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s, — read the full passage →

And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. — read the full passage →

and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to the workmen that are in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house, — read the full passage →

And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

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

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill him. — read the full passage →

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things. — read the full passage →

for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →

Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.

And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; — read the full passage →

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. — read the full passage →

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto a different gospel; — read the full passage →

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence: — read the full passage →

And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, andwithan orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul. — read the full passage →

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? — read the full passage →

And the high priest said, Are these things so? — read the full passage →

They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.

for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders; — read the full passage →

And he entered and was passing through Jericho. — read the full passage →

In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. — read the full passage →

And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings! — read the full passage →