Selfish People

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

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter; — read the full passage →

Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom, — read the full passage →

and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness--indignation and wrath,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

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

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

for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,

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

And the dogs <FI>are<Fi> strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they <FI>are<Fi> shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:

A generation--pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.

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

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;' — read the full passage →

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.

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

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us, — read the full passage →

And thou--thou seekest for thee great things--do not seek, for lo, I am bringing in evil on all flesh--an affirmation of Jehovah--and I have given to thee thy life for a spoil, in all places whither thou goest.'

among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath--as also the others,

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

but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made, — read the full passage →

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

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

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. — read the full passage →

Who <FI>is<Fi> even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.

but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

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

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

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

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;

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where <FI>is<Fi> Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper--I?'

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

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?'

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

through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

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

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

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,

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

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; — read the full passage →

and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what <FI>is<Fi> the profit?

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

for <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind, — read the full passage →

for to me to live <FI>is<Fi> Christ, and to die gain. — read the full passage →

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

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 ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God; — read the full passage →

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

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

`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,

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.'

Then Judas--he who delivered him up--having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying, — read the full passage →

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' — read the full passage →

And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;' — read the full passage →

And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me--let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.' — read the full passage →

Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought <FI>it<Fi> home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? --an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running--each to his house,

and I--I have heard of thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, lo--thou art able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know--purple thou dost put on, and a bracelet of gold <FI> is<Fi> on thy neck, and third in the kingdom thou dost rule.' — read the full passage →

Is it a little thing for you--the good pasture ye enjoy, And the remnant of your pasture ye tread down with your feet, And a depth of waters ye do drink, And the remainder with your feet ye trample,

Every saying of God <FI>is<Fi> tried, A shield He <FI>is<Fi> to those trusting in Him.

And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, `Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan; — read the full passage →

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

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

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

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.'

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

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;

no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

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

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

let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!

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

for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers; — read the full passage →

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; — read the full passage →

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;