Pleasing People

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be.

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.

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

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 ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye, — 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;

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

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

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

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--

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

Cease for you from man, Whose breath <FI>is<Fi> in his nostrils, For--in what is he esteemed?

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

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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; — read the full passage →

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

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

Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,

as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many--that they may be saved.

how are ye able--ye--to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that <FI>is<Fi> from God alone ye seek not?

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.

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,

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

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

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

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

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

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

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name; — read the full passage →

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 →

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.

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

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

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you--an odour of a sweet smell--a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

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,

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

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

for neither is it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

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,

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;

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

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

By faith Enoch was translated--not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to--that he had pleased God well, — read the full passage →

By faith Enoch was translated--not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to--that he had pleased God well,

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

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit; — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

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.'

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

and the truth shall make you free.'

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.

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

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom <FI>is<Fi> the glory--to the ages of the ages! Amen.

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;

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain; — read the full passage →

and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye; — read the full passage →

and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

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

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 →

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

and all the same spiritual drink did drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;