Commitment To Excellence

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

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

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

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.

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

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

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;

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.

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;

`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. — read the full passage →

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; — read the full passage →

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

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

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,

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;

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

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 →

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless--to a day of Christ,

and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.

for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard--to that day.

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

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

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.

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

and your heart hath been perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commands, as <FI>at<Fi> this day.'

As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,

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 →

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 →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

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.'

`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.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

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 →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

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

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 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.'

As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,

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

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

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

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 which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.

and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment, — read the full passage →

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,

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

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.

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

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--

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

And it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and David dwelleth in Ziklag two days, — read the full passage →

and thou hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and done His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day.'

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.

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 →

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

As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness, — read the full passage →

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

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — 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;

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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 →

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

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness, — read the full passage →

for ye do it also to all the brethren who <FI>are<Fi> in all Macedonia; and we call upon you, brethren, to abound still more,

to whom God did will to make known what <FI>is<Fi> the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations--which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory, — read the full passage →

And himself is the head of the body--the assembly--who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all <FI>things<Fi> --himself--first,

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 →

that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly <FI>places<Fi> , through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins, — read the full passage →

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

how that God was in Christ--a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

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

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 all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

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,

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.'

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

`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;

it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

and the truth shall make you free.'

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

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

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!