Men

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

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

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

`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.'

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

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,

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.

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

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?

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;

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

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;

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

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 →

The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

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;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

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

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

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;

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

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;

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

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.

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be.

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

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 I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

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

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and <FI>from<Fi> the Lord Jesus Christ!

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 →

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

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 those having believing masters, let them not slight <FI>them<Fi> , because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

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

`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

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.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — 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 →

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

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,

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

Every one who is called by My name, Even for My honour I have created him, I have formed him, yea, I have made him.

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

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

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;

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly. — read the full passage →

the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

and in like manner also the males having left the natural use of the female, did burn in their longing toward one another; males with males working shame, and the recompense of their error that was fit, in themselves receiving.

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

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

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

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

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

What <FI>is<Fi> man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it <FI>is<Fi> .

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

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us--

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

a two-souled man <FI>is<Fi> unstable in all his ways.

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

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

first, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world;

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

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