Oaths

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; — read the full passage →

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

`Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary--is debtor! — read the full passage →

for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation <FI>is<Fi> the oath,

And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;

For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

but I--I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,

for the law doth appoint men chief priests, having infirmity, but the word of the oath that <FI>is<Fi> after the law <FI>appointeth<Fi> the Son--to the age having been perfected.

for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation <FI>is<Fi> the oath, — read the full passage →

and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? --

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, `The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou <FI>art<Fi> a priest--to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;')

`And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it--is debtor! — read the full passage →

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask. — read the full passage →

And the things that I write to you, lo, before God--I lie not;

An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ--the Son of God.'

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul; — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God, — read the full passage →

for we do enter into the rest--we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest--;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

for God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,

and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ--the Son of God.' — read the full passage →

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

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

so I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest--!')

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit, — read the full passage →

nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'

For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself, — read the full passage →

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 he began to anathematize, and to swear--`I have not known this man of whom ye speak;'

For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

And inasmuch as <FI>it is<Fi> not apart from oath, (for those indeed apart from oath are become priests, — read the full passage →

I charge you <FI>by<Fi> the Lord, that the letter be read to all the holy brethren;

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 →

nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'