Segregation

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do? — read the full passage →

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. — read the full passage →

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning; — read the full passage →

For there is no partiality with God.

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, — read the full passage →

Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me. — read the full passage →

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

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

“You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever, — read the full passage →

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you. — read the full passage →

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John — read the full passage →

Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans. — read the full passage →

He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly. — read the full passage →

I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

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 →

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold.I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. — read the full passage →

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — 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.

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator, — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh, “Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. — read the full passage →

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, — read the full passage →

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions, — read the full passage →

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact. — read the full passage →

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. — read the full passage →

When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News. — read the full passage →

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both. — read the full passage →

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed. — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. — read the full passage →

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel; — read the full passage →

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. — read the full passage →

that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News, — read the full passage →

Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense. — read the full passage →

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, — read the full passage →

The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables. — read the full passage →

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live among you, who shall father children among you; and they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. — read the full passage →

The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail. — read the full passage →

An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly. — read the full passage →

Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh. — read the full passage →

When Solomon had finished the building of Yahweh’s house, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do, — read the full passage →

After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” — read the full passage →

It shall be, when you have come in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, possess it, and dwell in it, — read the full passage →

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you; — read the full passage →

For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner, a statute forever throughout your generations. As you are, so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh. — read the full passage →

He who blasphemes Yahweh’s name, he shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him. The foreigner as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. — read the full passage →

But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples. — read the full passage →

“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. — read the full passage →

For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it in that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”

“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him: — read the full passage →

He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. — read the full passage →

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! — read the full passage →

Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men. — read the full passage →

‘Why have we fasted,’ say they, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors. — read the full passage →

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →