Men Pleasers

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; — read the full passage →

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; — read the full passage →

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. — read the full passage →

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: — read the full passage →

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

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

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. — read the full passage →

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: — read the full passage →

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: — read the full passage →

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, — read the full passage →

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, — read the full passage →

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. — read the full passage →

Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. — read the full passage →

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. — read the full passage →

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.