Obey

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

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

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

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

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;

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 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,

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?

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

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

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 in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

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,

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

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, — read the full passage →

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

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.

`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.

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.'

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

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

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;

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

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, — read the full passage →

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.

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

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 to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness--indignation and wrath,

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,

But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye--ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.

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

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

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,

to love Jehovah thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave to Him (for He <FI>is<Fi> thy life, and the length of thy days), to dwell on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.'

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, — read the full passage →

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.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

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 →

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; — read the full passage →

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-- — read the full passage →

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.

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

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;

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

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; — read the full passage →

Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.

`Thou dost not murder. — read the full passage →

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

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;

and why hast thou not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah--and dost fly unto the spoil, and dost do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah?'

and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

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

O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

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;

who shall render to each according to his works; — read the full passage →

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

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou <FI>art<Fi> my God--Thy Spirit <FI>is<Fi> good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

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

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.

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

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment; — read the full passage →

far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;

and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain--to the age.

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and to the teaching according to piety, — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

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

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; — read the full passage →

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

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

he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; — read the full passage →

Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.

and thou hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and done His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day.'

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;

and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness; — read the full passage →

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

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

And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

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.

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,

`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. — read the full passage →

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;

`Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which <FI>is<Fi> thy neighbour's.'

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

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, — read the full passage →

and having brought them, they set <FI>them<Fi> in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them, — read the full passage →

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; — read the full passage →