Mediocrity

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehennaof fire.

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things: — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”

Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. — read the full passage →

They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me; — read the full passage →

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house. — read the full passage →

Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people answered him not a word.

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” — read the full passage →

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn’t of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin. Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages, but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations; to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? — read the full passage →

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: