Games

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain; — read the full passage →

and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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

And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.

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

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift <FI>is<Fi> the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.

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

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 all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

`And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades, — read the full passage →

Lo, that which I have seen: <FI>It is<Fi> good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it <FI> is<Fi> his portion. — read the full passage →

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

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;

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

`Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

To execute inventions <FI>is<Fi> as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

Thou hast faith! to thyself have <FI>it<Fi> before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

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

doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

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.

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

`Thou dost not sow thy vineyard <FI>with<Fi> divers things, lest the fulness of the seed which thou dost sow, and the increase of the vineyard, be separated.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

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!

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 →

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy; — read the full passage →

`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 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,

they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, — read the full passage →

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

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

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

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.'

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 →

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

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

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

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 →

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

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 there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord--Jesus Christ--denying,

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

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

Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man.

Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil, — read the full passage →

Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> all its judgment!

Poor <FI>is<Fi> he who is working--a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, — read the full passage →

and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

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.

Ye were running well; who did hinder you--not to obey the truth?

and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible; — read the full passage →

`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

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

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it <FI>is<Fi> a gift of God.

Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I--in Thy law I have delighted.

And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.

And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him, — read the full passage →

Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! — read the full passage →

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

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;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →