Motherhood

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching; — read the full passage →

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

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 →

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' — read the full passage →

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

sober, pure, keepers of <FI>their own<Fi> houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

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

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers, — read the full passage →

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters--in all purity;

honour thy father and mother,

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

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

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene; — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

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,

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →

and whence <FI>is<Fi> this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.

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 commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

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.

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;

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

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good; — read the full passage →

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — 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. — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'