Cherish

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,

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

But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

and his servants say to him, `Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman, a virgin, and she hath stood before the king, and is to him a companion, and hath lain in thy bosom, and my lord the king hath heat.'

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

and the young woman <FI>is<Fi> very very fair, and she is to the king a companion, and serveth him, and the king hath not known her.

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.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

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. — read the full passage →

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

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;

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

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

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

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.

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 Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

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;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

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

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?

Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

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

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

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

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

And Hazael saith, `Wherefore is my lord weeping?' and he saith, `Because I have known the evil that thou dost to the sons of Israel--their fenced places thou dost send into fire, and their young men with sword thou dost slay, and their sucklings thou dost dash to pieces, and their pregnant women thou dost rip up.'

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

For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain, — read the full passage →

to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

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;

having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, <FI>that<Fi> there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;

And Jesus answering said to them, `Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;

As thou knowest not what <FI>is<Fi> the way of the spirit, How--bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where <FI>is<Fi> this--the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

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

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

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

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

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

`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;

Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you--I am the door of the sheep;

and the truth shall make you free.'

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

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

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

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 the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

`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.

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.

And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh <FI>is<Fi> the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses--their issue.

Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.

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.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.