Obedience To God

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

And Samuel saith, `Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as <FI>in<Fi> hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

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 in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death--death even of a cross,

for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.

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

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping <FI>it<Fi> !'

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth <FI>is<Fi> Mine;

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered--the obedience,

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Servants--to their own masters <FI>are<Fi> to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

through whom we did receive grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name;

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising <FI>us<Fi> , and we were reverencing <FI>them<Fi> ; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during,

The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, — read the full passage →

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

Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you ye walk, so that ye live, and <FI>it is<Fi> well with you, and ye have prolonged days in the land which ye possess.

that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ; — read the full passage →

how strait <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!

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.

ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.

but that the world may know that I love the Father, and according as the Father gave me command so I do; arise, we may go hence.

`And thou hast loved Jehovah thy God, and kept His charge, and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commands, all the days;

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

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;

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God, — read the full passage →

for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.

If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.

The end of the whole matter let us hear: --`Fear God, and keep His commands, for this <FI>is<Fi> the whole of man.

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,

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep; — read the full passage →

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

`See, I am setting before you to-day a blessing and a reviling: — read the full passage →

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

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God:

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you, — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;

in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep; — read the full passage →

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.

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 who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.

And Samuel saith, `Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as <FI>in<Fi> hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams; — 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 →

and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'

after Jehovah your God ye walk, and Him ye fear, and His commands ye keep, and to His voice ye hearken, and Him ye serve, and to Him ye cleave.

in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ;

and thanks to God, that ye were servants of the sin, and--were obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which ye were delivered up;

A traveller to life <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

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

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

and kept the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that thou dost wisely all that thou dost, and whithersoever thou turnest,