Self Centered

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' <FI>are<Fi> all his devices.

For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,

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.

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

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

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →

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;

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

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

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 he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

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

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

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,

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

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

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers; — read the full passage →

And for me, let it not be--to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

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.

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought--for desires.

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

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

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

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

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,

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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

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

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

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;

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

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

let no one seek his own--but each another's.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

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.

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

`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.

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains--he hath carried them, And we--we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;

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

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

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?

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

Beloved, I call upon <FI>you<Fi> , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

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

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment; — read the full passage →

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

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

and ye are in him made full, who is the head of all principality and authority,

Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord;

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out, — read the full passage →

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

honour thy father and mother,