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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;

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

Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.

And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, `How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary? — read the full passage →

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

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

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. — read the full passage →

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.

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;

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

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge; — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, From the east I bring in thy seed, And from the west I gather thee.

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

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

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 →

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.'

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.

`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.

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies <FI>on<Fi> the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness, — read the full passage →

A man there hath been in the land of Uz--Job his name--and that man hath been perfect and upright--both fearing God, and turning aside from evil. — read the full passage →

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

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

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.

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

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

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked. — read the full passage →

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

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.

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

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

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

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

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

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

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

that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who <FI>is<Fi> in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

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 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.

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

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

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

And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he <FI>is<Fi> son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begetteth Jephthah, — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life--unto death;

`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; — read the full passage →

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

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

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 command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

As for you, ye devised against me evil--God devised it for good, in order to do as <FI>at<Fi> this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

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

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

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

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

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

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

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 →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

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

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

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 →

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 →

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.

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

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.

honour thy father and mother,

And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him, — read the full passage →

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her, — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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

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, — read the full passage →

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, — read the full passage →

pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

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;

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

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

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

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 →

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me. — read the full passage →