Commitment To Something

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

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

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

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

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--

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

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

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.'

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

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

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;

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.

God <FI>is<Fi> not a man--and lieth, And a son of man--and repenteth! Hath He said--and doth He not do <FI>it<Fi> ? And spoken--and doth He not confirm it?

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

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.

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

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.'

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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--

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

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

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;

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!

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

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

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

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

`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.

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

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 My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

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

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,

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

`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;

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

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

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

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

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.

I wonder that ye are so quickly removed from Him who did call you in the grace of Christ to another good news; — read the full passage →

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

`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

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

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple; — read the full passage →

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.

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

and all the people answer together and say, `All that Jehovah hath spoken we do;' and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah.

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

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

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

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

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

Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me, — read the full passage →

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

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack,

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 →

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;

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

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 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,

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

`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 Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

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 Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God. — read the full passage →

`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

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 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.

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

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

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,

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;

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

for Jehovah--His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong <FI>for<Fi> a people whose heart <FI>is<Fi> perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because--henceforth there are with thee wars.'

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, — 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 →

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.

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

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

`And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness--the faithful and true--the chief of the creation of God; — read the full passage →

`Verily, verily, I say to thee--What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;

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

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →