Busybodies

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

“‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn’t have room for the books that would be written.

Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.

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.

Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you. — read the full passage →

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.”

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

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

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry; — read the full passage →

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.” — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? — read the full passage →

who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies. — read the full passage →

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you; — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?

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:

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, — read the full passage →

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”

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.

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.