Following God

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

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.

Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

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.

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ.

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

`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man <FI>is<Fi> his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.

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

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish; — 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? — read the full passage →

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, <FI>Is<Fi> the righteous falling before the wicked.

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

`Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands--the least--and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach <FI>them<Fi> , he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

`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.

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take <FI>it<Fi> up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me--honour him will the Father.

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

He chooseth new gods, Then war <FI>is<Fi> at the gates! A shield is not seen--and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.

`Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things-- — read the full passage →

so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, <FI>each<Fi> with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile. — read the full passage →

And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel, — read the full passage →

and My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me--I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it.

`When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep. — read the full passage →

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit, — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

And the God of the peace, who did bring up out of the dead the great shepherd of the sheep--in the blood of an age-during covenant--our Lord Jesus, — read the full passage →

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; — read the full passage →

and saith, `This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots;

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

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 →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

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.

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'

And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me--let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

The soul that doth sin--it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who <FI>are<Fi> with Saul and with Jonathan--and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son. — read the full passage →

And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, `Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;' — read the full passage →

in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you ye walk, so that ye live, and <FI>it is<Fi> well with you, and ye have prolonged days in the land which ye possess.

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, — read the full passage →

because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;' — read the full passage →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — 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.

and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth, — 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 →

and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'

so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

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

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations, — read the full passage →

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;' — read the full passage →

These things having said, Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the brook of Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples, — read the full passage →

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;

From this <FI>time<Fi> many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him, — read the full passage →

And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem--scribes and Pharisees--saying, — read the full passage →

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

And My Spirit I give in your midst, And I have done this, so that in My statutes ye walk, And My judgments ye keep, and have done them.

Incline not <FI>to<Fi> the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways.

I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

But--in the law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

And here is a fear of Jehovah on all kingdoms of the lands that <FI>are<Fi> round about Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat;

And David saith to his men, `Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which <FI>is<Fi> to Judah, and encamp between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-Dammim; — 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.'

from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;

And Moses hasteth, and boweth to the earth, and doth obeisance, — read the full passage →

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him; — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

after Jehovah your God ye walk, and Him ye fear, and His commands ye keep, and to His voice ye hearken, and Him ye serve, and to Him ye cleave.