Being Special

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

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.

Since thou wast precious in Mine eyes, Thou wast honoured, and I have loved thee, And I appoint men in thy stead, And peoples instead of thy life.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; — read the full passage →

if ye ask anything in my name I will do <FI>it<Fi> .

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

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;

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

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 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.

for where there are two or three gathered together--to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

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

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

`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything; — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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 →

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;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

For Jacob hath Jah chosen for Himself, Israel for His peculiar treasure.

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

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

for a holy people <FI>art<Fi> thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the ground.

`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth <FI>is<Fi> Mine;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, <FI>is<Fi> with you all! Amen.

who <FI>is<Fi> he that is condemning? Christ <FI>is<Fi> He that died, yea, rather also, was raised up; who is also on the right hand of God--who also doth intercede for us.

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

for a holy people <FI>art<Fi> thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the ground.

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;

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

Taste ye and see that Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him.

What <FI>is<Fi> man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him? — read the full passage →

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

and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light; — read the full passage →

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

may we rejoice and exult, and give the glory to Him, because come did the marriage of the Lamb, and his wife did make herself ready;

And thou--be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn, — read the full passage →

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins, — read the full passage →

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

for not into holy places made with hands did the Christ enter--figures of the true--but into the heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

and when God was well pleased--having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called <FI>me<Fi> through His grace-- — read the full passage →

but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;

`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth <FI>is<Fi> Mine; — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens--Jesus the Son of God--may we hold fast the profession, — read the full passage →

sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness--every one who is naming the name of Christ.' — read the full passage →

and as many as by this rule do walk--peace upon them, and kindness, and on the Israel of God!

I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world; — read the full passage →

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

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

And ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God doth dwell in you; and if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ--this one is not His;

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

and he said, `Because of this I have said to you--No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.'

in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

What <FI>is<Fi> man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;

Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name. — read the full passage →

and thou hast kept the command, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I am commanding thee to-day to do them.

And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine.