Cooperation

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

Do two walk together if they have not met?

And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined--unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.

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

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and <FI>he saith not<Fi> , `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail. — read the full passage →

let all things be done decently and in order.

And the hands of Moses <FI>are<Fi> heavy, and they take a stone, and set <FI>it<Fi> under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun;

And they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four,

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

And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren--`If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;' — read the full passage →

Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's journey; — read the full passage →

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; — read the full passage →

having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious, — read the full passage →

for where there are two or three gathered together--to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,

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

And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

and saith, `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath not left off His kindness and His truth with my lord; --I <FI>being<Fi> in the way, Jehovah hath led me to the house of my lord's brethren.'

And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus, — 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 →

How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not--that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?

And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its peace ye have peace.

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;

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

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 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;

dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

and as many as by this rule do walk--peace upon them, and kindness, and on the Israel of God!

for where there are two or three gathered together--to my name, there am I in the midst of them.' — read the full passage →

A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out--each one shouting,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, `It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables; — read the full passage →

but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation; — read the full passage →

in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, `Be ye reconciled to God;'

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 →

for also the body is not one member, but many;

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

if so be ye did taste that the Lord <FI>is<Fi> gracious,

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — 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,

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

and those having believing masters, let them not slight <FI>them<Fi> , because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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 of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

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

And working together also we call upon <FI>you<Fi> that ye receive not in vain the grace of God--

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send--Jesus Christ;

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

And Moses assembleth all the company of the sons of Israel, and saith unto them, `These <FI>are<Fi> the things which Jehovah hath commanded--to do them: — 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,

Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

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

being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with <FI>him<Fi> through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

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,

to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

this only do I wish to learn from you--by works of law the Spirit did ye receive, or by the hearing of faith?

manifested that ye are a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.

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;

much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God;

concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

and having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And Job answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

And the name of the man <FI>is<Fi> Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.

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

By faith Enoch was translated--not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to--that he had pleased God well,

Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing? — read the full passage →

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him! — read the full passage →

And all the company of the sons of Israel journey from the wilderness of Sin, on their journeyings, by the command of Jehovah, and encamp in Rephidim, and there is no water for the people to drink; — read the full passage →

For the law having a shadow of the coming good things--not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near, — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

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

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit, — read the full passage →

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;

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

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.

remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah--it <FI>is<Fi> the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year--in the month of Zif, it <FI>is<Fi> the second month--of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah. — read the full passage →

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.