Black People

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;

And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also--Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother--and Saul;

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 there is no acceptance of faces with God,

Fear me not, because I <FI>am<Fi> very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard--my own--I have not kept.

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

Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

And Shephatiah son of Mattan, and Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah, hear the words that Jeremiah is speaking unto all the people, saying, — read the full passage →

His head <FI>is<Fi> pure gold--fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,

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 these <FI>are<Fi> births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge. — read the full passage →

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles; — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God--scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face. — read the full passage →

My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,

And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, `Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?' and he said, `Greek dost thou know? — read the full passage →

Bend yourselves, yea, bend ye, O nation not desired, — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations, — read the full passage →

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging, — read the full passage →

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years, — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.

And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

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

And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

`Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the land.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

How is the gold become dim, Changed the best--the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places. — read the full passage →

And unto Jeremiah hath a word of Jehovah been--in his being detained in the court of the prison--saying: — read the full passage →

And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who <FI>is<Fi> in the king's house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin, — read the full passage →

Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:' — read the full passage →

For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken--I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it.

And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black--thick clouds and wind--and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, `Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;

and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during,

where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman--but the all and in all--Christ.

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — 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 →

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

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

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

And they impress a certain one passing by--Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus--that he may bear his cross,

`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.

For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great <FI>is<Fi> My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great <FI>is<Fi> My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his bread is not lacking.

And there hath been, in that day, A root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, Unto him do nations seek, And his rest hath been--honour! — read the full passage →

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. — read the full passage →

A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble--

`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.'

`And Jehovah hath brought thee back to Egypt with ships, by a way of which I said to thee, Thou dost not add any more to see it, and ye have sold yourselves there to thine enemies, for men-servants and for maid-servants, and there is no buyer.'

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 if in his eyes the scall hath stayed, and black hair hath sprung up in it, the scall hath been healed--he <FI>is<Fi> clean--and the priest hath pronounced him clean.

`And when the priest seeth the plague of the scall, and lo, its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then hath the priest shut up <FI>him who hath<Fi> the plague of the scall seven days.

keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on a fourth.'

and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

and He saith to Abram, `knowing--know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that <FI>is<Fi> its name.

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

`Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one, — read the full passage →

As sons of Cushim are ye not to Me? O sons of Israel--an affirmation of Jehovah. Israel did I not bring up out of the land of Egypt? And the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir? — read the full passage →

In those days, and at that time, I cause to shoot up to David a shoot of righteousness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness in the earth. — read the full passage →

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son. — read the full passage →

`A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common; — read the full passage →

`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death; — read the full passage →

And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt <FI>is<Fi> four hundred and thirty years; — read the full passage →

And sons of Ham <FI>are<Fi> Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee--the head, and thou dost bruise him--the heel.'

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 →

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen! — read the full passage →

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

and Peter raised him, saying, `Stand up; I also myself am a man;' — read the full passage →

The Song of Songs, that <FI>is<Fi> Solomon's. — read the full passage →

Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house. — read the full passage →

Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away. — read the full passage →

`Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness:' — read the full passage →

And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas, — read the full passage →

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body; — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;' — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary. — read the full passage →

He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

And Abijah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years. — read the full passage →

`And thou dost not join in marriage with them; thy daughter thou dost not give to his son, and his daughter thou dost not take to thy son,

And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab, — read the full passage →

These three <FI>are<Fi> sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread. — read the full passage →

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →