Clean House

(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

let all things be done decently and in order.

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

By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.

and having come, it findeth <FI>it<Fi> swept and adorned;

sober, pure, keepers of <FI>their own<Fi> houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

She <FI>is<Fi> watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; and having come, it findeth <FI>it<Fi> unoccupied, swept, and adorned:

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;

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.

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

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house, — read the full passage →

Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

All things do without murmurings and reasonings,

`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

And I have sprinkled over you clean water, And ye have been clean; From all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, I do cleanse you.

I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing <FI>is<Fi> unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean--to that one <FI>it is<Fi> unclean;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

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

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

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

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.

for Jehovah thy God is walking up and down in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thee, and thy camp hath been holy, and He doth not see in thee the nakedness of anything, and hath turned back from after thee.

many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts, — read the full passage →

`The graven images of their gods ye do burn with fire; thou dost not desire the silver and gold on them, nor hast thou taken <FI>it<Fi> to thyself, lest thou be snared by it, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God it <FI>is<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me. — read the full passage →

Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place? — read the full passage →

for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

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

`Three times in a year doth every one of thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which He doth choose--in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths; and they do not appear before Jehovah empty;

`Pure <FI>am<Fi> I, without transgression, Innocent <FI>am<Fi> I, and I have no iniquity.

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

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 →

already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

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.

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, — read the full passage →

Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

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 I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly--as to babes in Christ; — read the full passage →

<FI> him,<Fi> whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders, — read the full passage →

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

may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;

How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel; — read the full passage →

A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God. — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

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

of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female;

if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

`The graven images of their gods ye do burn with fire; thou dost not desire the silver and gold on them, nor hast thou taken <FI>it<Fi> to thyself, lest thou be snared by it, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God it <FI>is<Fi> ;

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

And Cornelius said, `Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and <FI>at<Fi> the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

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

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,

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

fearful <FI>is<Fi> the falling into the hands of a living God.

for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;

I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil. — read the full passage →

`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

not that in respect of want I say <FI>it<Fi> , for I did learn in the things in which I am--to be content;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

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

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 →

Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.

`What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

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

if of any one the work doth remain that he built on <FI>it<Fi> , a wage he shall receive;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

and ye <FI>are<Fi> Christ's, and Christ <FI>is<Fi> God's.

with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,

Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple <FI>are<Fi> her clothing.

And he saith to me, `Thou mayest not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is nigh; — read the full passage →

So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,

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; — read the full passage →

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit; — read the full passage →

And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll. — read the full passage →

Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

for when one may say, `I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, `I--of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?

And he said unto them, `Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

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

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare <FI>it<Fi> , because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;

for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning <FI>them<Fi> before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found <FI>it<Fi> five myriads of silverlings;

`Many <FI>are<Fi> the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'

`Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead; — read the full passage →

also to which an antitype doth now save us--baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,

so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth--God;

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

Who <FI>is<Fi> this--`the king of glory?' Jehovah--strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle.

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 →