Giving Up

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving; — read the full passage →

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

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day; — read the full passage →

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

for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

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 →

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

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, — read the full passage →

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;

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.

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

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

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation; — read the full passage →

A wretched man I <FI>am<Fi> ! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

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

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices; — read the full passage →

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

always rejoice ye; — read the full passage →

And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death; — read the full passage →

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

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 →

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy. — read the full passage →

in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

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;

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint,

`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not--having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains--seek that which is gone astray?

on every first <FI>day<Fi> of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

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 →

and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts, — read the full passage →

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

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,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want. — read the full passage →

And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much, — read the full passage →

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name; — read the full passage →

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

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

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, — 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, — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according to a promise of life that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death--death even of a cross, — read the full passage →

and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'