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Honoring Your Father And Mother
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? — read the full passage →
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →
My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.
But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.
For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—
And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →
But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And the whole company of them rose up, and brought him before Pilate. — read the full passage →
Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →
Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:
And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him. — read the full passage →
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →
And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
And they that were in the boat worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:
and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. — read the full passage →
And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; — read the full passage →
and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.
That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.
And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,
let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, — read the full passage →
And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: — read the full passage →
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →
and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →
and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:
For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →
For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.
in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →
And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →
And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.
And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. — read the full passage →
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles. — read the full passage →
This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? — read the full passage →
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?
Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →
Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? — read the full passage →
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.
And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife; — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.