Breaking Bad Habits

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit, — read the full passage →

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> .

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

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

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

neither give place to the devil;

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry-- — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

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.

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

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

But--in the law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

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;

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound? — read the full passage →

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; — read the full passage →

reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

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.

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit, — read the full passage →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

Grace to you, and peace be multiplied in the acknowledgement of God and of Jesus our Lord!

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

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

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

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

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.

Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

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

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple; — read the full passage →

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

And we are as unclean--all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf--all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

and `their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;'

Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility--life age-during;

who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,

`And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find; — read the full passage →

`And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory--to the ages. Amen.

In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son--the only begotten--hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

that the man of God may be fitted--for every good work having been completed.

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

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

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

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; — read the full passage →

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

for sufficient to us <FI>is<Fi> the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

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

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

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

So, then, as through one offence to all men <FI>it is<Fi> to condemnation, so also through one declaration of `Righteous' <FI>it is<Fi> to all men to justification of life;

and he began to anathematize, and to swear--`I have not known this man of whom ye speak;'

And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

Then began he to anathematise, and to swear--`I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,

All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.

for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

and with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding forgiveness doth not come.

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,

Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

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

What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.

The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,