Children Born Out Of Wedlock

a bastard doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of him doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me. — read the full passage →

`Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers--each for his own sin, they are put to death.

Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

Plead ye with your mother--plead, (For she <FI>is<Fi> not My wife, and I <FI>am<Fi> not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.

Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself--my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye--ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

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.

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

for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

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 →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

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

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?' — read the full passage →

ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have--God;'

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.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

`An Ammonite and a Moabite doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of them doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah--to the age;

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

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

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

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

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

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

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.

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;

and the truth shall make you free.'

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

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.'

`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.

And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines.

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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 →

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;

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,

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

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

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

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,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

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

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.

and she brought forth a male child, who is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, and caught away was her child unto God and His throne,

`To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands--the golden: — read the full passage →

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

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 →

`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.

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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.

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

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,

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

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — 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;

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;

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

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?

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

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.'

`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;

we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one--we have not known whence he is.'

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; — read the full passage →

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.

`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 done upon them great vengeance with furious reproofs, And they have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, In My giving out My vengeance on them!

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

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.

Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye <FI>are<Fi> , a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you.

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;

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

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

And it was the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women with them, who told unto the apostles these things,

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--

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!

Happy art thou, O land, When thy king <FI>is<Fi> a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

`One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; — read the full passage →

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →