Impure Thoughts

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.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

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> .

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought--for desires.

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?

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 manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things <FI>are<Fi> naked and open to His eyes--with whom is our reckoning.

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

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss; — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war, — read the full passage →

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

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

For as he hath thought in his soul, so <FI>is<Fi> he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> not with thee.

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 the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

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 all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

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;

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

`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.

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed, — read the full passage →

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

for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

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;

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king's portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself.

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

Thou--Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, — read the full passage →

for the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> death, and the mind of the Spirit--life and peace;

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up, — read the full passage →

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit, — read the full passage →

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

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;

if ye had known me, my Father also ye would have known, and from this time ye have known Him, and have seen Him.'

Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

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

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

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 →

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

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

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 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 →

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

but their minds were hardened, for unto this day the same vail at the reading of the Old Covenant doth remain unwithdrawn--which in Christ is being made useless--

and to God--thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

`These things I have spoken to you, remaining with you,

he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you--to the age;

and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;

believe me, that I <FI>am<Fi> in the Father, and the Father in me; and if not, because of the works themselves, believe me.

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.