Personal Growth

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what <FI>are<Fi> the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,

through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God. — read the full passage →

to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

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,

Your own selves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your own selves prove ye; do ye not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of? — read the full passage →

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, — 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,

of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;

And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and <FI>is<Fi> good both with Jehovah, and also with men.

Charge these things, and teach; — read the full passage →

`And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion. — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ, — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye, — read the full passage →

and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow, — read the full passage →

Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit; — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

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.

Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness, — read the full passage →

and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment, — read the full passage →

Charge these things, and teach;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

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 that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

and the saying of the Lord doth remain--to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

a two-souled man <FI>is<Fi> unstable in all his ways.

being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught--abounding in it in thanksgiving.

rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

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 →

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.

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless--to a day of Christ,

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

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.

And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:

who <FI>were<Fi> once not a people, and <FI>are<Fi> now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

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

as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; — read the full passage →

`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son--they are Mine, The soul that is sinning--it doth die.

having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

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.

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

The Spirit quench not;

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

continually pray ye;

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;

and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

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

to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit--

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

this one was in the beginning with God;

and when that which is perfect may come, then that which <FI>is<Fi> in part shall become useless.

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice--exulting;

let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and <FI>in<Fi> worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

`What--to you, ye--using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted?

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

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

which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body--not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.

and not holding the head, from which all the body--through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together--may increase with the increase of God.

having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

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

and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

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

that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,

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

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.

And if to live in the flesh <FI>is<Fi> to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,