Cultural Diversity

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;

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also <FI>is<Fi> the Christ, — read the full passage →

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands, — read the full passage →

where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman--but the all and in all--Christ.

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings-- — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

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

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;

And sons of the stranger, who are joined to Jehovah, To serve Him, and to love the name of Jehovah, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath from polluting it, And those keeping hold on My covenant. — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian, — read the full passage →

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.

and it hath come to pass, ye separate it for an inheritance to yourselves, and to the sojourners who are sojourning in your midst, who have begotten sons in your midst, and they have been to you as native, with the sons of Israel, with you they are separated for an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

`But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion,

And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also--Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother--and Saul;

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also <FI>is<Fi> the Christ,

And I saw another messenger flying in mid-heaven, having good news age-during to proclaim to those dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created, — read the full passage →

and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to the heaven, and said--`Father, the hour hath come, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee, — read the full passage →

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 →

And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews, — read the full passage →

Praise Jehovah, all ye nations, Glorify Him, all ye peoples. — read the full passage →

and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;

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

for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain; — read the full passage →

Then, after fourteen years again I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken with me also Titus; — read the full passage →

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous, — read the full passage →

`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him; — read the full passage →

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.

And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion calling upon him, — read the full passage →

Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.

In the going out of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a strange people, — read the full passage →

And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and wonderful, seven messengers having the seven last plagues, because in these was completed the wrath of God, — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice; — read the full passage →

for many walk of whom many times I told you--and now also weeping tell--the enemies of the cross of the Christ! — read the full passage →

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 →

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings-- — read the full passage →

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him, — read the full passage →

And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, `I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.' — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: `Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near <FI>is<Fi> My salvation to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.' — read the full passage →

and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;

and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

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 →

I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;

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

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him, — read the full passage →

Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you. — read the full passage →

the sojourner who <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low; — read the full passage →

And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree; — read the full passage →

And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals; — read the full passage →

A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said--`Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'

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

Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor, — read the full passage →

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration, — 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, — read the full passage →

And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, — read the full passage →

And joined have been many nations unto Jehovah in that day, And they have been to Me for a people, And I have dwelt in thy midst, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts hath sent me unto thee.

For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him <FI>with<Fi> one shoulder.

`Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the earth: Your peace be great! — read the full passage →

I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices <FI>Are<Fi> for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, `A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples.

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. --A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah. — read the full passage →

And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, <FI>and<Fi> of the Hittites, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.' — read the full passage →

all the company of Israel do keep it. — read the full passage →

and Pharaoh calleth Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he giveth to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goeth out over the land of Egypt.

And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

These three <FI>are<Fi> sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.

and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground. — 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,

And when Peter came to Antioch, to the face I stood up against him, because he was blameworthy, — read the full passage →

O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me: — read the full passage →

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

awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say <FI>it<Fi> . — read the full passage →

and if all may prophecy, and any one may come in, an unbeliever or unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is discerned by all, — read the full passage →

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

`Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the nations was sent the salvation of God, these also will hear it;'

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John, — read the full passage →

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: With the blood ye do eat, And your eyes ye lift up unto your idols, And blood ye shed, and the land ye inherit! — read the full passage →

And that day <FI>is<Fi> to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of His adversaries, And the sword hath devoured, and been satisfied, And it hath been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice <FI>is<Fi> to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In the land of the north, by the river Phrat. — read the full passage →

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked <FI>is<Fi> before me.' — read the full passage →

in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, <FI>by<Fi> the river Gozan, and <FI>in<Fi> the cities of the Medes. — read the full passage →

only, against Jehovah rebel not ye: and ye, fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they <FI>are<Fi> ; their defence hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> with us; fear them not.' — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →