Misleading Love

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, — read the full passage →

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

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

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;

Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?' — read the full passage →

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die. — read the full passage →

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear

for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive;

I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

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

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

`Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!'

and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul--according to the wisdom given to him--did write to you,

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,

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment; — read the full passage →

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment; — read the full passage →

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

and to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, <FI>is<Fi> honour and glory--to the ages of the ages! Amen.

that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.

We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you, — read the full passage →

And when Peter came to Antioch, to the face I stood up against him, because he was blameworthy, — read the full passage →

and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

let all things be done decently and in order.

for in part we know, and in part we prophecy; — read the full passage →

The love doth never fail; and whether <FI>there be<Fi> prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless; — read the full passage →

let no one seek his own--but each another's.

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> .

I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth--God;

that, according as it hath been written, `He who is glorying--in the Lord let him glory.'

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

But--in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.' — read the full passage →

In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

In Jehovah doth my soul boast herself, Hear do the humble and rejoice.

`And lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have known--with all your heart, and with all your soul--that there hath not fallen one thing of all the good things which Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing.

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of, — read the full passage →

for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord--Jesus Christ--denying,

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

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 ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

concerning which salvation seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy, — read the full passage →

lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

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

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

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, `Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me, — read the full passage →

(not by works that <FI>are<Fi> in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

for ye do it also to all the brethren who <FI>are<Fi> in all Macedonia; and we call upon you, brethren, to abound still more,

And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of <FI>my<Fi> writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

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

the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

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

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,