Male Female Friendship

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,

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

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

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

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus--

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

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

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

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

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

and if from a son of five years even unto a son of twenty years--then hath thy valuation been of the male twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels;

`And if his offering <FI>is<Fi> out of the flock for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near;

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

To a despiser of his friends <FI>is<Fi> shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

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!

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

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

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.

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them,

a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;

or his sin wherein he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a male, a perfect one,

for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom--

`Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman--nor among your cattle;

lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female--

from male unto female ye do send out; unto the outside of the camp ye do send them; and they defile not their camps in the midst of which I do tabernacle.'

and if from a son of sixty years and above--if a male, then hath thy valuation been fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.

and if from a son of a month even unto a son of five years--then hath thy valuation been of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation <FI>is<Fi> three shekels of silver;

And if it <FI>is<Fi> a female--then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;

at your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats;

and he hath brought it near before Jehovah, and hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed from the fountain of her blood; this <FI>is<Fi> the law of her who is bearing, in regard to a male or to a female.

`And if he bring in a sheep <FI>for<Fi> his offering, for a sin-offering, a female, a perfect one, he doth bring in,

`And if his offering <FI>is<Fi> a sacrifice of peace-offerings, if out of the herd he is bringing near, whether male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near before Jehovah,

`And if his offering <FI>is<Fi> out of the flock--out of the sheep or out of the goats--for a burnt-offering, a male, a perfect one, he doth bring near,

`All opening a womb <FI>are<Fi> Mine, and every firstling of thy cattle born a male, ox or sheep;

`Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

`Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close <FI>it<Fi> for him.

two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah.

also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;

of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female;

and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every <FI>sort<Fi> thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.

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

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

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.

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

God--causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only--the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

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;

and Elijah saith unto Elisha, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;' and Elisha saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;' and they go down to Beth-El.

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

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

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

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;

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

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

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

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

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

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 →

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

every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

`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;

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.

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

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love. — read the full passage →

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, --`Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,'

and Jehovah thy God hath given it into thy hand, and thou hast smitten every male of it by the mouth of the sword.

`And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;

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 as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

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.

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

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.

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

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

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

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 →

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better <FI>is<Fi> a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

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

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?

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

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John, — read the full passage →

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

Better <FI>is<Fi> a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. — read the full passage →

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

And Job answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.