Selfishness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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.'

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 →

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

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

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

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.'

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;

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;

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one, — 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 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;

Righteous <FI>is<Fi> the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched 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 →

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

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

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.'

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

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 →

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

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

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

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.

When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh <FI>months<Fi> --even these seventy years--did ye keep the fast <FI>to<Fi> Me--Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?

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,

I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them--Diotrephes--doth not receive us;

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'

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,

Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing <FI>is<Fi> for the head of him who is selling.

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 if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.

And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Darius the king hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu. — read the full passage →

Is it time for you--you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,

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

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

High hath been thy heart, because of thy beauty, Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom because of thy brightness, On the earth I have cast thee, Before kings I have set thee, to look on thee,

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?'

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

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices; — read the full passage →

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

Rivulets of waters <FI>is<Fi> the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it. — 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 →

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

And he said, `See--ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying--I am <FI>he<Fi> , and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them; — read the full passage →

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight. — read the full passage →

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced <FI>them<Fi> , went forth to go on to Macedonia; — read the full passage →

Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill, — read the full passage →

To do justice <FI>is<Fi> joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.

My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — 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 the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

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

The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth! — read the full passage →

`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.

Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall, — read the full passage →

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

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 Hezekiah hath not returned according to the deed <FI>done<Fi> unto him, for his heart hath been lofty, and there is wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem;

`As much as she did glorify herself and did revel, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and a widow I am not, and sorrow I shall not see;

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from 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; — read the full passage →

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

Only--his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.' — read the full passage →

and God saith unto him, `Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment, — 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 we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity--but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.