Having A Baby

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you. — read the full passage →

`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection, — read the full passage →

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

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;

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

and she brought forth her son--the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

and when God was well pleased--having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called <FI>me<Fi> through His grace--

And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her--

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

and even if I do judge my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me; — read the full passage →

as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, --`Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,'

And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them, — read the full passage →

for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

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

and having taken them in his arms, having put <FI>his<Fi> hands upon them, he was blessing them.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.

and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;

And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them, — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

`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;

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

`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? — read the full passage →