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Ethics
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Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →
A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →
Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. — read the full passage →
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?” — read the full passage →
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; — read the full passage →
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? — read the full passage →
“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →
Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ — read the full passage →
Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →
“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything. — read the full passage →
He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. — read the full passage →
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. — read the full passage →
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. — read the full passage →
But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
But into whatever city you enter, and they don’t receive you, go out into its streets and say, — read the full passage →
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” — read the full passage →
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” — read the full passage →
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, — read the full passage →
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →
Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.” — read the full passage →
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →
How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? — read the full passage →
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →
“You shall not murder.
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.
who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.
You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.
To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. — read the full passage →
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →
For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. — read the full passage →
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
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