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

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> .

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to 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,

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

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,

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

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

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

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

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 →

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

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

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

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

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

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

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

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

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

for these things being to you and abounding, do make <FI>you<Fi> neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

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

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

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 if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

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

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

for for this we both labour and are reproached, because we hope on the living God, who is Saviour of all men--especially of those believing.

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

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

and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,

are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized?

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings--

so, then--not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

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.

being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the rising again out of the dead--

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

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.

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

the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

one doth believe that he may eat all things--and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

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

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

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

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.

lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

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

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;