Manliness

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

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong; — read the full passage →

And of the sons of Issachar, having understanding for the times, to know what Israel should do; their heads <FI>are<Fi> two hundred, and all their brethren <FI>are<Fi> at their command.

My people--its exactors <FI>are<Fi> sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people--thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

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

A city broken down without walls, <FI>Is<Fi> a man without restraint over his spirit!

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

`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.'

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?

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

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.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

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

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;

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 →

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

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

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

`I am going in the way of all the earth, and thou hast been strong, and become a man,

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

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

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

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

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

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;

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

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,

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

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

for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls--being faint.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

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 the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

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 the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

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

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — 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 →

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

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

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 →

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 it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and David dwelleth in Ziklag two days, — read the full passage →

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

be strong and strengthen thyself for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.'