Being Mean

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles. — read the full passage →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. — read the full passage →

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up. — read the full passage →

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

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

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →

‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. — read the full passage →

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. — read the full passage →

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

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

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death. — read the full passage →

As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?” — read the full passage →

Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: — read the full passage →

For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.

In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth: — read the full passage →

that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

But you did not learn Christ that way; — read the full passage →

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days. — read the full passage →

Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; — read the full passage →

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things: — read the full passage →

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. — read the full passage →

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed. — read the full passage →

Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

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

For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily, — read the full passage →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

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

They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.”

Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them: — read the full passage →

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. — read the full passage →

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them. — read the full passage →

saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

For everything spoken by God is possible.”