Doing What Is Right

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

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;

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

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,

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

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

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;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

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

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

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

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

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;

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake--because theirs is the reign of the heavens. — read the full passage →

who shall render to each according to his works; — read the full passage →

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

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

having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

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 →

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.

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.

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

I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

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

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

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 →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord;

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

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

this one was in the beginning with God;

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 all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone <FI>art<Fi> kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'

and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, `Great and wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true <FI>are<Fi> Thy ways, O King of saints,

because the eyes of the Lord <FI>are<Fi> upon the righteous, and His ears--to their supplication, and the face of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon those doing evil;'

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,

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 →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

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

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness <FI>be<Fi> through law--then Christ died in vain.

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

and all the same spiritual food did eat,

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

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

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;

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'