Family Divided

`Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division; — 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.

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 →

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another; — read the full passage →

`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled? — read the full passage →

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

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 →

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,

`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled? — read the full passage →

and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

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; — read the full passage →

`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?

`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

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?

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

`Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;

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;

Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.' — 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. — read the full passage →

I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

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;

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

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

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;

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

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

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, — read the full passage →

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — 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.

`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning, — read the full passage →

the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou--who art thou that dost judge the other?

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 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;

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

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

And he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

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

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

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

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

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

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

so <FI>is<Fi> he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

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

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

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

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; — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, — read the full passage →

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

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,

`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; — read the full passage →

`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.

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

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