Self Respect

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

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.

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.

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,

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

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;

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

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

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

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

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

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

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

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;

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

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

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

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.

and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

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

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — 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.

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

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.

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me, — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity; — read the full passage →

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

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-- — read the full passage →

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth: — read the full passage →

`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.

wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses--for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world--our faith;

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

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,

Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many <FI>are<Fi> fighting against me, O most High, — read the full passage →

Since thou wast precious in Mine eyes, Thou wast honoured, and I have loved thee, And I appoint men in thy stead, And peoples instead of thy life.

`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

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 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.' — read the full passage →

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me: — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.

`Ye may not give that which is <FI>holy<Fi> to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned--may rend you.

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us; — read the full passage →

having known that, not with corruptible things--silver or gold--were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers, — read the full passage →

From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee <FI>with<Fi> kindness.

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 →

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

`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

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 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.

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

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 →

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

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

and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that <FI>is<Fi> towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that <FI>is<Fi> with me;

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, — read the full passage →

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,

Pray for us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to behave well,

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

For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you? — read the full passage →

in whom also ye are builded together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

`And now, Israel, what is Jehovah thy God asking from thee, except to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

that each of you know his own vessel to possess in sanctification and honour,

But much more the members of the body which seem to be more infirm are necessary, — read the full passage →

`He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;

For Thou <FI>art<Fi> my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.

Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope--the perfection of thy ways?

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any; — read the full passage →

And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation, — read the full passage →

and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

though I also have <FI>cause of<Fi> trust in flesh. If any other one doth think to have trust in flesh, I more; — read the full passage →

and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off, — read the full passage →

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive;

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;