Long Distance Relationships

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

for if even in the flesh I am absent--yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Mizpah also, for he said, `Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

`Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask--it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint,

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

`Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, God of all flesh: For Me is anything too wonderful?

`When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and <FI>one<Fi> doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life <FI>is<Fi> the coming desire.

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! — read the full passage →

For yet the vision <FI>is<Fi> for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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;

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

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for <FI>it<Fi> ? — read the full passage →

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

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;

Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'

And she saith, `Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.'

Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

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.

Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us, — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

And the messenger said to them, `Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people-- — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

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

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

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God. — read the full passage →

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

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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

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.

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time, — read the full passage →

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

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 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 →

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

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

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

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;

and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her, — read the full passage →

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

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

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

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

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

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, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead, — read the full passage →

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

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

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — 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. — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

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

Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'

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;'

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

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

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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

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

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' — read the full passage →

and the truth shall make you free.'

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, — read the full passage →

The first thing <FI>is<Fi> wisdom--get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

To the Overseer, `On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens. — read the full passage →