Legalism

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

They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?' — read the full passage →

therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness <FI>be<Fi> through law--then Christ died in vain.

having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law--to do them,' — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi> to do, and those not to neglect. — read the full passage →

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

`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens. — read the full passage →

but according as He who did call you <FI>is<Fi> holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,

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

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

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.

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

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they--they have sought out many devices.

Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate? — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

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

and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.

to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled--to all the fulness of God;

And he answereth and speaketh unto me, saying: `This <FI>is<Fi> a word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by a force, nor by power, But--by My Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts.

for, in abundance of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'

and I fell before his feet, to bow before him, and he saith to me, `See--not! fellow servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren, those having the testimony of Jesus; bow before God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of the prophecy.'

Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life; — read the full passage →

Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.

Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, `Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;

And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

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

And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him--righteousness.

`This <FI>is<Fi> the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws on their hearts, and upon their minds I will write them,'

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 to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

Do we begin again to recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation unto you, or from you? — read the full passage →

And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe; — read the full passage →

`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.' — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given; — read the full passage →

`Jehovah doth establish thee to Himself for a holy people, as He hath sworn to thee, when thou keepest the commands of Jehovah thy God, and hast walked in His ways;

And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is--A precept of men is taught!

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered--the obedience, — read the full passage →

Then, after fourteen years again I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken with me also Titus; — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that <FI>is<Fi> to God for Israel, is--for salvation; — read the full passage →

And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren--`If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;' — read the full passage →

And in <FI>his<Fi> speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat), — read the full passage →

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle--not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who did raise him out of the dead-- — read the full passage →

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers-- — read the full passage →

`For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon; — read the full passage →

`And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow, — read the full passage →

and all servants of the king, who <FI>are<Fi> in the gate of the king, are bowing and doing obeisance to Haman, for so hath the king commanded for him; and Mordecai doth not bow nor do obeisance.

and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.

Beloved, I call upon <FI>you<Fi> , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul, — read the full passage →

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.' — read the full passage →

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, <FI>are<Fi> in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole <FI>is<Fi> before them. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, <FI>is<Fi> abomination before God;

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city; — read the full passage →

And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died; — read the full passage →

he making defence--`Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar--did I commit any sin.' — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to them, `Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.' — read the full passage →

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?

`Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up. — read the full passage →

And I have taken you out of the nations, And have gathered you out of all the lands, And I have brought you in unto your land, — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. — read the full passage →

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

And Moses calleth unto all Israel, and saith unto them, `Hear, Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking in your ears to-day, and ye have learned them, and have observed to do them. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

`For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth; — read the full passage →

`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.

none is greater in this house than I, and he hath not withheld from me anything, except thee, because thou <FI>art<Fi> his wife; and how shall I do this great evil? --then have I sinned against God.'

and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

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,

And it is yet more abundantly most evident, if according to the similitude of Melchisedek there doth arise another priest, — read the full passage →

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news, — read the full passage →

yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him, — read the full passage →

And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →