Communicating

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

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;

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.

Apples of gold in imagery of silver, <FI>Is<Fi> the word spoken at its fit times.

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

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;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

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.

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

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

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

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

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

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

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 the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

`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;

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

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

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable;

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

and these have been written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.'

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

`And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

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!

And Jehovah putteth forth His hand, and striketh against my mouth, and Jehovah saith unto me, `Lo, I have put my words in thy mouth.

Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, <FI>From the<Fi> increase of his lips he is satisfied. — read the full passage →

Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper <FI>is<Fi> a man of understanding.

Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

`And a man or woman--when there is in them a familiar spirit, or who <FI>are<Fi> wizards--are certainly put to death; with stones they stone them; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.'

`Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits; and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — 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 →

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,

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world--our faith;

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

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 →

and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul--according to the wisdom given to him--did write to you, — read the full passage →

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge; — read the full passage →

and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, <FI>it is<Fi> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart; — read the full passage →

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,

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

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

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

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

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

and no wonder--for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

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

<FI> no,<Fi> but that the things that the nations sacrifice--they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship of the demons. — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good; — read the full passage →

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →