Black And White Marriages

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

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

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge; — read the full passage →

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

look to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision; — read the full passage →

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

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that <FI>is<Fi> in the Christ;

And Miriam speaketh--Aaron also--against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken; — read the full passage →

and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, — read the full passage →

and these, as many things indeed as they have not known, they speak evil of; and as many things as naturally (as the irrational beasts) they understand, in these they are corrupted;

And now, little children, remain in him, that when he may be manifested, we may have boldness, and may not be ashamed before him, in his presence;

Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning--the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;

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

one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou--who art thou that dost judge the other?

ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

Be not led astray, my brethren beloved; — read the full passage →

this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, — read the full passage →

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

and we have known that the law <FI>is<Fi> good, if any one may use it lawfully;

If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray, — read the full passage →

for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down, — read the full passage →

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

ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →

for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law--to do them,'

O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth--before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified? — read the full passage →

and <FI>that<Fi> because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage, — read the full passage →

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be. — read the full passage →

as we have said before, and now say again, If any one to you may proclaim good news different from what ye did receive--anathema let him be!

for those such <FI>are<Fi> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ, — read the full passage →

for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

have we not authority to eat and to drink? — read the full passage →

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power-- — read the full passage →

because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

where <FI>is<Fi> the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God; — read the full passage →

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

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.

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God; — read the full passage →

for the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> death, and the mind of the Spirit--life and peace; — read the full passage →

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;

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

and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

For there is no acceptance of faces with God,

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

`For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, no more burden to lay upon you, except these necessary things: — read the full passage →

and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou--declare not thou common.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him; — read the full passage →

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.

for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;

`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened; — read the full passage →

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

and they shall be--the two--for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh; — read the full passage →

and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not--the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.'

for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

`Teacher, which <FI>is<Fi> the great command in the Law?' — read the full passage →

for my yoke <FI>is<Fi> easy, and my burden is light.'

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This <FI>is<Fi> the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!

Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck. — read the full passage →

Dark <FI>am<Fi> I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

Every saying of God <FI>is<Fi> tried, A shield He <FI>is<Fi> to those trusting in Him. — read the full passage →

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander. — read the full passage →

And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son. — read the full passage →

and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more; — read the full passage →

And Miriam speaketh--Aaron also--against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

every living thing that <FI>is<Fi> with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee;

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;