Disobedience

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed, — read the full passage →

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;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

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

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,

for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.

`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.

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not! — read the full passage →

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-- — read the full passage →

For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast <FI>them<Fi> down to Tartarus, did deliver <FI>them<Fi> to judgment, having been reserved,

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

for if the word being spoken through messengers did become stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience did receive a just recompense,

because of which things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping <FI>it<Fi> !'

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;

and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep; — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

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 →

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God, — read the full passage →

having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers,

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

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

God they profess to know, and in the works they deny <FI>Him<Fi> , being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another;

and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one, — read the full passage →

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.

for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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 didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.' — 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;

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath--as also the others,

that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

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 →

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you, — read the full passage →

your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;

`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;