Robbery

For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for them.

And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And--he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness, — read the full passage →

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.

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth--when it increaseth--set not the heart.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

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

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God,

`Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.

`Thou dost not steal.

these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.'

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

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, — 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.

for having received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being borne to him by the excellent glory: `This is My Son--the beloved, in whom I was well pleased;'

thou--thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

yet to us <FI>is<Fi> one God, the Father, of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we through Him;

And Peter said, `Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

`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 Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

(The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth--he doth not die.

And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And--he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness, — read the full passage →

`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; — read the full passage →

in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my good news, through Jesus Christ.

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead.

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

Say unto them, I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But--in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel?

In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on him.

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another;

that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow--of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth--

and I behold another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of the sin that <FI>is<Fi> in my members.

`For ye brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor speaking evil of your goddess;

And Thomas answered and said to him, `My Lord and my God;'

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;

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,

Woe <FI>to<Fi> the city of blood, She is all with lies--burglary--full, Prey doth not depart.

And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

and in those times many do stand up against the king of the south, and sons of the destroyers of thy people do lift themselves up to establish the vision--and they have stumbled.

The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed--without judgment.

And--he hath begotten a son, A burglar--a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,

Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.

Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

And the masters of Shechem set for him ambushes on the top of the hills, and rob every one who passeth over by them in the way, and it is declared to Abimelech.

`When a man is found stealing a person, of his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and hath tyrannized over him, and sold him, then hath that thief died, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

`And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

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,

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, — read the full passage →

because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow--of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth-- — read the full passage →

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that <FI>is<Fi> above every name, — read the full passage →

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God, — read the full passage →

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

journeyings many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from kindred, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brethren;

how that God was in Christ--a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news--peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)

therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one--but Barabbas;' and Barabbas was a robber.

and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder--the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.

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

whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth <FI>one<Fi> slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person--to die. — read the full passage →

To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares. — read the full passage →

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.' — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters; — read the full passage →

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

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

for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'