Haughty Eyes

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

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,

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

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.'

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

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

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; --

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →

and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

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.

because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

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 →

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus,

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh--lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →