Joking

As <FI>one<Fi> pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

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;

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

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

To execute inventions <FI>is<Fi> as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

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

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth. — read the full passage →

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

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

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;

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy <FI>is<Fi> affliction. — read the full passage →

And I have given them for a trembling, For evil--to all kingdoms of the earth, For a reproach, and for a simile, For a byword, and for a reviling, In all the places whither I drive them.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; — read the full passage →

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

And Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab, — read the full passage →

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.

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 →

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.

`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

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

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

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

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

and the tongue <FI>is<Fi> a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

As <FI>one<Fi> pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

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

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.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

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

for the fruit of the Spirit <FI>is<Fi> in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

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

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

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.'

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? — 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,

the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

because of this become not fools, but--understanding what <FI>is<Fi> the will of the Lord,

and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

`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.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger. — read the full passage →

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;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; — read the full passage →

so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.

pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

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;'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth. — read the full passage →

Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: -- — read the full passage →

Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth <FI>his<Fi> going.

And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he <FI>is<Fi> a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'

And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as <FI>one<Fi> mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

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,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him, — read the full passage →

In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity--but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, <FI>it is<Fi> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison, — read the full passage →

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

Right <FI>it is<Fi> not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to <FI>do anything<Fi> in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings--