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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;

A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members? — read the full passage →

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all <FI>these<Fi> to come to pass, but the end is not yet.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

To do justice <FI>is<Fi> joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

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,

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

`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.

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself--my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye--ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

`To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands--the golden: — read the full passage →

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.

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

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

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;

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

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 →

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

`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;

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

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

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

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.

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.

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

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

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

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

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;

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go--first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

`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.

`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.'

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

`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.

The beginning of contention <FI>is<Fi> a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

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

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;

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

and the truth shall make you free.'

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

By David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

fear them not, for Jehovah your God, He is fighting for you.

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 →

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

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

`The beast that thou didst see: it was, and it is not; and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and wonder shall those dwelling upon the earth, whose names have not been written upon the scroll of the life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is.

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a man of battle; Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> His name.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'

By David. Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

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

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.