Mans Law

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

What, then, shall we say? the law <FI>is<Fi> sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

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?

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

so that the law, indeed, <FI>is<Fi> holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; — read the full passage →

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

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,

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

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 not the hearers of the law <FI>are<Fi> righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging, — read the full passage →

whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

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

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

`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.

whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

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.'

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

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

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

and having brought them, they set <FI>them<Fi> in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them, — 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.

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

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 →

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.

`And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,

and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

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

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

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`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.'

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

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works--who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

and we have known that the law <FI>is<Fi> good, if any one may use it lawfully; — read the full passage →

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

so that the law became our child-conductor--to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace. — read the full passage →

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.'

and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

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,

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;

lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness <FI>be<Fi> through law--then Christ died in vain.

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought--for desires.

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

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

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 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.

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

`To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands--the golden: — read the full passage →

and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God, — read the full passage →

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

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

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

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.

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

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh, — read the full passage →

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband; — read the full passage →

And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God; — read the full passage →

who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep <FI>it<Fi> .'