Over Confident

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

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

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

so that we do boldly say, `The Lord <FI>is<Fi> to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward, — read the full passage →

for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

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

Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I <FI>am<Fi> confident.

Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

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;

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

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

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard--to that day.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — 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.

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice; — read the full passage →

so that he who is thinking to stand--let him observe, lest he fall.

And beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are men unlettered and plebeian, they were wondering--they were taking knowledge also of them that with Jesus they had been--

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

Before destruction <FI>is<Fi> pride, And before stumbling--a haughty spirit.'

In the fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.

Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness <FI>is<Fi> to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

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

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

but I chastise my body, and bring <FI>it<Fi> into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

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,

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

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

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

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward,

Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens--Jesus the Son of God--may we hold fast the profession, — read the full passage →

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

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; --

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

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

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency <FI>is<Fi> of God,

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,

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

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

and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

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;

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard <FI>you<Fi> from the evil;

if to others I am not an apostle--yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized?

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous--and saved is He, Afflicted--and riding on an ass, And on a colt--a son of she-asses.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent <FI>is<Fi> easy.

I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation.

Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man, — read the full passage →

Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,

Trust in Him at all times, O people, Pour forth before Him your heart, God <FI>is<Fi> a refuge for us. Selah.

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

and it cometh to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are round about us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God hath this work been done.

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;

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

but according as He who did call you <FI>is<Fi> holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;

and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock--one shepherd.