Doctrine Of Pharisees

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

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;

and ye may not call <FI>any<Fi> your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

and he was charging them, saying, `Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,'

And Jesus answering said to them, `Take heed that no one may lead you astray,

`And ye--ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director--the Christ, and all ye are brethren;

let them alone, guides they are--blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places--standing--to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

on every first <FI>day<Fi> of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.

cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed--Christ,

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

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;

to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

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

make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father--Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;' — read the full passage →

`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city, — read the full passage →

`And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

saying in a great voice, `Fear ye God, and give to Him glory, because come did the hour of His judgment, and bow ye before Him who did make the heaven, and the land, and sea, and fountains of waters.'

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.'

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

`Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

but that which ye have--hold ye, till I may come;

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving <FI>it<Fi> .

`Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: He who is overcoming may not be injured of the second death.

`Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming--I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.

remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place--if thou mayest not reform;

and some in fear save ye, out of the fire snatching, hating even the coat from the flesh spotted.

and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,

yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ--to life age-during;

And ye, beloved, on your most holy faith building yourselves up, in the Holy Spirit praying,

and ye, beloved, remember ye the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;

we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.

if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, `Hail!' — read the full passage →

See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;

Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.

If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;

and this <FI>is<Fi> the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;

Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

Ye, then, that which ye heard from the beginning, in you let it remain; if in you may remain that which from the beginning ye did hear, ye also in the Son and in the Father shall remain, — read the full passage →

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,

wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

to be mindful of the sayings said before by the holy prophets, and of the command of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour,

whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

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

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

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice--exulting;

if any one doth speak--`as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister--`as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power--to the ages of the ages. Amen.

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

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

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

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;

but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy <FI>are ye<Fi> ! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

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.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

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 →