Fantasizing

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed, — read the full passage →

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast <FI>is<Fi> nothing pure, but of them defiled <FI>are<Fi> even the mind and the conscience;

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive; — read the full passage →

Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled <FI>with<Fi> poverty.

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

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;

A Psalm of Asaph. Only--good to Israel <FI>is<Fi> God, to the clean of heart. And I--as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

And Jehovah saith unto me, `Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a graving tool of man, To haste spoil, enjoy prey.' — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, `Lie with me;' — read the full passage →

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,

and at the same time also, they learn <FI>to be<Fi> idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

A garden shut up <FI>is<Fi> my sister-spouse, A spring shut up--a fountain sealed.

Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

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.

And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh <FI>is<Fi> the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses--their issue.

And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam--Enoch--saying, `Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads, — read the full passage →

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

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.

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 a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have made with the house of Israel And with the house of Judah a new covenant, — read the full passage →

and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,

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 →

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;

`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.

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

`And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

Thy two breasts <FI>are<Fi> as two fawns, Twins of a roe, that are feeding among lilies.

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.

`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.

`And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice it;

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

kindness to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied!

It had, indeed, then (even the first tabernacle) ordinances of service, also a worldly sanctuary,

and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

honour widows who are really widows;

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 →

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

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;

and the truth shall make you free.'

for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,

Thus said Jehovah: Found grace in the wilderness Hath a people remaining from the sword Going to cause it to rest--Israel.

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed?

And I draw near unto the prophetess, and she conceiveth, and beareth a son; and Jehovah saith unto me, `Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz,

As the tower of David <FI>is<Fi> thy neck, built for an armoury, The chief of the shields are hung on it, All shields of the mighty.

Lo, thou <FI>art<Fi> fair, my friend, lo, thou <FI>art<Fi> fair, Thine eyes <FI>are<Fi> doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

And their might <FI>is<Fi> firm.

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

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

the meats <FI>are<Fi> for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body <FI>is<Fi> not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it--for the time is nigh!

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

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

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

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

and I beseech <FI>you<Fi> , that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

`Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the land.

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

`Because that this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved--What do ye tell him? that I <FI>am<Fi> sick with love!

My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.

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

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