Character Assassination

having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you captive, if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. — read the full passage →

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. — read the full passage →

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.

Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

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

Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.