Self Worth

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

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.

`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God, — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

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.

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

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

(not by works that <FI>are<Fi> in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

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

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

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon; — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

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.

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

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,

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

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

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.'

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

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 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 what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

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

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

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

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

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing, — read the full passage →

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;

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

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

`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.'

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 →

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; — read the full passage →

Thou <FI>art<Fi> all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,

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

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,

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.'

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.

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

`Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the land. — read the full passage →

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness <FI>is<Fi> as noon. — read the full passage →

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

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

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

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

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.

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

And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, — read the full passage →

Know that Jehovah He <FI>is<Fi> God, He made us, and we are His, His people--and the flock of His pasture.

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

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 →

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, — read the full passage →

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

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

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

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;

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

`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.'

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine.

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge; — 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 →

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

A city broken down without walls, <FI>Is<Fi> a man without restraint over his spirit!

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,

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

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;

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

`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.

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

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 →

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 →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

God <FI>is<Fi> in her midst--she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength--this <FI>is<Fi> the first command;

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round? — read the full passage →

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them; — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

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

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — 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. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

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,

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; — read the full passage →

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

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