Man Has One Life

and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,

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;

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.

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 Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

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.

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 →

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

As <FI>in<Fi> water the face <FI>is<Fi> to face, So the heart of man to man.

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,

be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world--to life age-during shall keep it;

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

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

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live; — read the full passage →

Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death. — read the full passage →

and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

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;

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile; — read the full passage →

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;

for the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> death, and the mind of the Spirit--life and peace;

for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

`I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

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.

Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. — read the full passage →

I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness.

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' -- — read the full passage →

and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

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 →

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

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

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber; — read the full passage →

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

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.

Lo, that which I have seen: <FI>It is<Fi> good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it <FI> is<Fi> his portion.

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

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

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys <FI>is<Fi> with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,

`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

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

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, — read the full passage →

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

All things do without murmurings and reasonings, — read the full passage →

for to me to live <FI>is<Fi> Christ, and to die gain.

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

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

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 who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'

`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping <FI>it<Fi> !'

And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven, — read the full passage →

`He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find 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.

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.

The end of the whole matter let us hear: --`Fear God, and keep His commands, for this <FI>is<Fi> the whole of man.

See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it <FI>is<Fi> thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.

Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth <FI>it<Fi> unto his heart.

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

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous--violence.

A traveller to life <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

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

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.

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