Coarse Joking

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

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;

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

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.

and the tongue <FI>is<Fi> a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

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 →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

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

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; — read the full passage →

giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

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, — 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.

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.

To execute inventions <FI>is<Fi> as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

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.

A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.

because of this become not fools, but--understanding what <FI>is<Fi> the will of the Lord,

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God. — read the full passage →

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth <FI>his<Fi> going.

`Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye <FI>thus<Fi> in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

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 →

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him--head over all things to the assembly,

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;

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

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 →

The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as <FI>one<Fi> mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

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

wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

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

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he <FI>is<Fi> a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'

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,

In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of, — read the full passage →

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

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

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

And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods; — read the full passage →

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

As <FI>one<Fi> pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh;'

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed <FI>it<Fi> with the bathing of the water in the saying,

for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers,

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

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

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

`Happy those hungering now--because ye shall be filled. `Happy those weeping now--because ye shall laugh.

`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names <FI>are<Fi> in the book of life.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

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 having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

for the fruit of the Spirit <FI>is<Fi> in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

wherefore, he saith, `Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' --

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.