Music In The Church

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;

and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, `Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength. — read the full passage →

saying, `I will declare Thy name to my brethren, in the midst of an assembly I will sing praise to Thee;' and again, `I will be trusting on Him;'

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed,

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives;

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit, — read the full passage →

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings--commands of men.'

Sing ye to Him--sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders.

`For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll,

and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

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

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up;

but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue.

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation.

that the man of God may be fitted--for every good work having been completed.

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' --A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.