Separation Of Church And State

And Jesus said unto them, Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled greatly at him.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.

Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request. — read the full passage →

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, — read the full passage →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.

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

He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still: and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be made holy still. — read the full passage →

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear: — read the full passage →

Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds); — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken), — read the full passage →

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. — read the full passage →

And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, — read the full passage →

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: — read the full passage →

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people. — read the full passage →

And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian. — read the full passage →

And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: — read the full passage →

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; — read the full passage →

A man that hath set at nought Moses’ law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses: — read the full passage →

But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. — read the full passage →

The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying, — read the full passage →

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? — read the full passage →

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side. — read the full passage →

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. — read the full passage →

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, — read the full passage →

Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him. — read the full passage →

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; — read the full passage →

But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ’s, at his coming. — read the full passage →

What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? — read the full passage →

For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within? — read the full passage →

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself. — read the full passage →

And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. — read the full passage →

And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? — read the full passage →

And when it came to pass that we were parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course unto Cos, and the next day unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: — read the full passage →

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill him. — read the full passage →

And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? — read the full passage →

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →