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beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

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 →

And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

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;

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

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

`Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? — read the full passage →

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

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms; — read the full passage →

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 having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him;

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out--freely ye did receive, freely give. — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out--freely ye did receive, freely give.

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,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

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

wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'

but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind, — read the full passage →

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

And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come; and he who is hearing--let him say, Come; and he who is thirsting--let him come; and he who is willing--let him take the water of life freely.

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

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

for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;

for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for--your perfection!

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

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

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

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

Henceforth, let no one give me trouble, for I the scars of the Lord Jesus in my body do bear.

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.'

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men. — 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,

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth; — read the full passage →

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?' — read the full passage →

`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted. — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and he said to her, `Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go away in peace, and be whole from thy plague.'

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

Salute you doth Lukas, the beloved physician, and Demas;

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 →

if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

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

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; — read the full passage →

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

`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 lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?'