Following Laws

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

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

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

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,

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

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.

O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.

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

and thou hast kept the commands of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

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 →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands. — read the full passage →

Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.

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

`And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you. — read the full passage →

lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

let it not be! we who died to the sin--how shall we still live in it?

I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, in My statutes walk, And My judgments observe, and do them, — read the full passage →

The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

in that I am commanding thee to-day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and thou hast lived and multiplied, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in the land whither thou art going in to possess it.

`And thou hast heard, O Israel, and observed to do, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest multiply exceedingly, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee, <FI>in<Fi> the land flowing with milk and honey.

for not the hearers of the law <FI>are<Fi> righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

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 →

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart <FI>are<Fi> they. — read the full passage →

I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

and kept the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that thou dost wisely all that thou dost, and whithersoever thou turnest,

`I am going in the way of all the earth, and thou hast been strong, and become a man,

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

`And this <FI>is<Fi> the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, — read the full passage →

and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth; — read the full passage →

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

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging, — read the full passage →

if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;

and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

The sum of Thy word <FI>is<Fi> truth, And to the age <FI>is<Fi> every judgment of Thy righteousness!

In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God, — read the full passage →

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

and the sting of the death <FI>is<Fi> the sin, and the power of the sin the law;

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!

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

every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

`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.

And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

The end of the whole matter let us hear: --`Fear God, and keep His commands, for this <FI>is<Fi> the whole of man.

O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons--to the age!

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

O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth--before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified? — read the full passage →

I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness <FI>be<Fi> through law--then Christ died in vain.

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that <FI>is<Fi> to God for Israel, is--for salvation; — read the full passage →

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

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound? — read the full passage →

for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging, — read the full passage →

`Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared, — read the full passage →

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.' — read the full passage →

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

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

Jesus saith to her, `Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father; — read the full passage →

for John was not yet cast into the prison--

but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.' — 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 there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

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.'

then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed <FI>is<Fi> abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'

He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, — read the full passage →

and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

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 →

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 →

Hear, O mountains, the strife of Jehovah, Ye strong ones--foundations of earth! For a strife <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah, with His people, And with Israel He doth reason.

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple,

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.

`Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land--she hath no raiser up.'