Negative Influences

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

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;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

But--in the law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night: — read the full passage →

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

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

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

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

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,

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction--To err from sayings of knowledge.

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

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;

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

Not good <FI>is<Fi> your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men. — read the full passage →

For as he hath thought in his soul, so <FI>is<Fi> he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> not with thee.

in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

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

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

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

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

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 all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

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

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.

I will no more talk much with you, for the ruler of this world doth come, and in me he hath nothing;

now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love. — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

Beloved, I call upon <FI>you<Fi> , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul, — read the full passage →

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered--the obedience, — read the full passage →

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

These things remind <FI>them<Fi> of, testifying fully before the Lord--not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,

in every thing give thanks, for this <FI>is<Fi> the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

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; — read the full passage →

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

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

idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

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.

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

Not good <FI>is<Fi> your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven? — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

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;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'

`And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; — read the full passage →

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.

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.

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;

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

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

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

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;

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God,

And Jesus answering said to him, `Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal <FI>it<Fi> to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.