Looking Back

and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth--

And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is--a pillar of salt!

Remember not former things, And ancient things consider not. — read the full passage →

And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;' — read the full passage →

Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged <FI>it<Fi> , to turn back from the holy command delivered to them, — read the full passage →

because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror, — 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.

remember the wife of Lot.

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.

to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — 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.

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

Remember not former things, And ancient things consider not.

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

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;

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

And the righteous layeth hold <FI>on<Fi> his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And--dumb are they all.

`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.'

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 →

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 if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

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.

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself--face to the earth, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

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

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!

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

Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain; — 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,

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

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

in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward; — read the full passage →

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;

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,

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.

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, — read the full passage →

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar, — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'

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

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

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 we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.

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

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.'

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 →

He said, `I <FI>am<Fi> a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'

this one was in the beginning with God;

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. — read the full passage →

for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great <FI>before<Fi> the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'

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 it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;' — read the full passage →

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, — read the full passage →

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

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

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted <FI>them<Fi> , and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth, — read the full passage →

and `their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;'

On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples,

and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself--face to the earth,

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?' — read the full passage →

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

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 →

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

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

this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

There came a man--having been sent from God--whose name <FI>is<Fi> John,

Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up, Do ye not know it? Yea, I put in a wilderness a way, In a desolate place--floods.

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,

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;

He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

In him was life, and the life was the light of men,

And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke <FI>are<Fi> before him, and he <FI>is<Fi> with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him, — read the full passage →

He saith to them, `Come and see;' they came, and saw where he doth remain, and with him they remained that day and the hour was about the tenth.

And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, `Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.'

lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as <FI>is<Fi> good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.'

`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

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

Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up! — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees-- — read the full passage →

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

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;

Peter having seen this one, saith to Jesus, `Lord, and what of this one?' — read the full passage →