How We Should Live Our Lives

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers; — read the full passage →

to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

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 →

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;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

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.

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

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

All things do without murmurings and reasonings, — read the full passage →

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,

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 →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> , — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength--this <FI>is<Fi> the first command; — read the full passage →

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. — read the full passage →

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

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

Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him; — read the full passage →

Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up; — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

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

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

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 →

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ.

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

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

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding-- — read the full passage →

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

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

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

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

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

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life--unto death;

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

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

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;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

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.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;

for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

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

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

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,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength--this <FI>is<Fi> the first command;

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

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but <FI>one<Fi> tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin;

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

`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

<FI> Lamed.<Fi> To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.

for to me to live <FI>is<Fi> Christ, and to die gain.

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

`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 →

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

in every thing give thanks, for this <FI>is<Fi> the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

Many <FI>are<Fi> the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith--considering the issue of the behaviour--be imitating,

and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,