Secret Societies

For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; — read the full passage →

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? — read the full passage →

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another;

For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord Yahweh’s hand fell there on me. — read the full passage →

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why do you ask about my name, since it is wonderful?”

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, — read the full passage →

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” — read the full passage →

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Blessed are those who do his commandments,that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth. — read the full passage →

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, — read the full passage →

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”; — read the full passage →

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”; — read the full passage →

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God’s Spirit. — read the full passage →

But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing. — read the full passage →

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing. — read the full passage →

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” — read the full passage →

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

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

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known. — read the full passage →

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” — read the full passage →

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. — read the full passage →

Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.