Greeting Others

Salute ye one another in a kiss of love; peace to you all who <FI>are<Fi> in Christ Jesus! Amen.

if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, `Hail!'

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

salute you do all the brethren; salute ye one another in an holy kiss.

I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands, — read the full passage →

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

For good <FI>is<Fi> a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

salute all the brethren in an holy kiss;

And coming to the house salute it, — read the full passage →

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;

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

having known that he hath been subverted who <FI>is<Fi> such, and doth sin, being self-condemned.

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace; — read the full passage →

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

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son; — read the full passage →

I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

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.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

so that ye remember and have done all My commands, and ye have been holy to your God;

and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

salute one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ do salute you.

Little youths, it is the last hour; and even as ye heard that the antichrist doth come, even now antichrists have become many--whence we know that it is the last hour;

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer <FI>is<Fi> an abomination.

`Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; — read the full passage →

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

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.

And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more--war.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, `Lo, the tabernacle of God <FI>is<Fi> with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them--their God,

out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but--that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

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

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. — read the full passage →

and he speaketh unto the company, saying, `Turn aside, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and come not against anything that they have, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.'

for he who is saying to him, `Hail,' hath fellowship with his evil works.

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

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

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

Because of this, among you many <FI>are<Fi> weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,

`Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

<FI> Koph.<Fi> I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,

And upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, hath the Spirit of Jehovah been, in the midst of the assembly, — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;

and as an enemy count <FI>him<Fi> not, but admonish ye <FI>him<Fi> as a brother;

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

salute one another in an holy kiss;

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

`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 passing by, he saw a man blind from birth, — read the full passage →

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old. — read the full passage →

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

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

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;

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:

We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;

a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — read the full passage →

And I commend you to Phebe our sister--being a ministrant of the assembly that <FI>is<Fi> in Cenchrea-- — read the full passage →

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

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

having written through their hand thus: `The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to those in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brethren, who <FI>are<Fi> of the nations, greeting;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

And I saw one messenger standing in the sun, and he cried, a great voice, saying to all the birds that are flying in mid-heaven, `Come and be gathered together to the supper of the great God, — read the full passage →

and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,

for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first, — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge?

and ye are having been puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he may be removed out of the midst of you who did this work,

who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations--

for they are spirits of demons, doing signs--which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to bring them together to the battle of that great day of God the Almighty; --

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all; — read the full passage →

and not certainly with the whoremongers of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, seeing ye ought then to go forth out of the world--

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

`Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:

if then I did wash your feet--the Lord and the Teacher--ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

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 →