Fortitude

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you; — read the full passage →

It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, — read the full passage →

That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,

then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;'

For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands--age-during--in the heavens,

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

And they impress a certain one passing by--Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus--that he may bear his cross, — read the full passage →

`This Jesus did God raise up, of which we are all witnesses;

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.

and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God hath put into his heart,

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

Yea, he doth build the temple of Jehovah, And he doth bear away honour, And he hath sat and ruled on His throne, And hath been a priest on His throne, And a counsel of peace is between both.

who unto an example and shadow do serve of the heavenly things, as Moses hath been divinely warned, being about to construct the tabernacle, for `See (saith He) thou mayest make all things according to the pattern that was shewn to thee in the mount;') --

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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

which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar;

and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire. — read the full passage →

for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, `Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

And Jehovah putteth forth His hand, and striketh against my mouth, and Jehovah saith unto me, `Lo, I have put my words in thy mouth.

Tried <FI>is<Fi> thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.

Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

`And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,

concerning which salvation seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy, — read the full passage →

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

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 which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard--to that day.

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

and thus sinning in regard to the brethren, and smiting their weak conscience--in regard to Christ ye sin;

Not good <FI>is<Fi> your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

Because of this <FI>it is<Fi> of faith, that <FI>it may be<Fi> according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which <FI>is<Fi> of the law only, but also to that which <FI>is<Fi> of the faith of Abraham,

and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John <FI>as<Fi> a ministrant;

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

`But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. — read the full passage →

And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.

Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob. — read the full passage →

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Therefore do I loathe <FI>it<Fi> , And I have repented on dust and ashes.

But, is it true? --God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!

And it is declared to Solomon, saying, `Lo, Adonijah feareth king Solomon, and lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear to me as to-day--he doth not put to death his servant by the sword.'

And Zadok the priest goeth down, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause Solomon to ride on the mule of king David, and cause him to go unto Gihon,

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise--in your hearts;

and to a mediator of a new covenant--Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him--' — read the full passage →

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

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

for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;'

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one; — read the full passage →

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him. — read the full passage →

Great <FI>is<Fi> our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.

<FI> Lamed.<Fi> To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.

Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou <FI>art<Fi> God.

All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip--shake the head, — read the full passage →

When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous--what hath he done?

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on a fourth; --

What, then, <FI>is<Fi> the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? — read the full passage →

`And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,

After these things I will turn back, and I will build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen down, and its ruins I will build again, and will set it upright--

and God, what things before He had declared through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He did thus fulfil;

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

And it hath come to pass, Every one who hath been left of all the nations, Who are coming in against Jerusalem, They have also gone up from year to year, To bow themselves to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, And to celebrate the feast of the booths.

And I say unto them: `If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire--thirty silverlings.

And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth--to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth <FI>are<Fi> of old, From the days of antiquity.

`Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies. — read the full passage →

`Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, God of all flesh: For Me is anything too wonderful?

Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

Remember former things of old, For I <FI>am<Fi> Mighty, and there is none else, God--and there is none like Me. — read the full passage →

And I say, `Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man--unclean of lips <FI>am<Fi> I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'

Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two <FI>each<Fi> covereth its face, and with two <FI>each<Fi> covereth its feet, and with two <FI>each<Fi> flieth.

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

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

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

Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.

And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.

Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

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

Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.

By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One? — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they have said, `The king of Israel he is,' and they turn round against him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out, and Jehovah hath helped him, and God enticeth them from him,

and Jehovah maketh Solomon exceedingly great before the eyes of all Israel, and putteth upon him the honour of the kingdom that hath not been on any king over Israel before him.