Leaving Church

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

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.

which is not another gospel: only there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. — read the full passage →

but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

All they that know thee among the peoples shall be astonished at thee: thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.

I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators; — read the full passage →

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises. — read the full passage →

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; — read the full passage →

Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh. — read the full passage →

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying;

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse;

If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; — read the full passage →

The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.

And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

But them that are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.

And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, — read the full passage →

Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be a place for the spreading of nets; thou shalt be built no more: for I Jehovah have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

She that is in Babylon, elect together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; — read the full passage →

and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned. — read the full passage →

I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;

So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.

Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

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

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, — read the full passage →

And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him to come into his house; — read the full passage →

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was priced, whom certain of the children of Israel did price; — read the full passage →

and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. — read the full passage →

Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin. — read the full passage →

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. — read the full passage →

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth, — read the full passage →

Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge. — read the full passage →

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest. — read the full passage →

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.

And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him? — read the full passage →

Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way;

for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? — read the full passage →

But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth; — read the full passage →

But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. — read the full passage →

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war. — read the full passage →

And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. — read the full passage →

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. — read the full passage →

And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed:

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.

Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.

and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.