Simplicity

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;

A preserver of the simple <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth salvation.

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

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; — read the full passage →

`Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that <FI>is<Fi> in the Christ;

or he who is exhorting--`In the exhortation!' he who is sharing--`In simplicity!' he who is leading--`In diligence?' he who is doing kindness--`In cheerfulness.'

In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, `I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple,

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart,

`The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me. — read the full passage →

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk. — read the full passage →

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment; — read the full passage →

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

`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.'

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

`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;

`Better <FI>is<Fi> a handful <FI>with<Fi> quietness, than two handfuls <FI>with<Fi> labour and vexation of spirit.'

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

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 my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power--

Better <FI>is<Fi> a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment; — read the full passage →

Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

`Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the land.

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,

for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;

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;

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

Better <FI>is<Fi> a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

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

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

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

I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

`Who <FI>is<Fi> simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart--she said to him,

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

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

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 Christ did not send me to baptize, but--to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed.

In Jehovah doth my soul boast herself, Hear do the humble and rejoice.

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

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice; — read the full passage →

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?

Jesus answered them and said, `My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice--ye had not condemned the blameless, — read the full passage →

and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

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

the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, <FI>is<Fi> with you all! Amen.

for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last--as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong; — read the full passage →

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.'

Jesus saith, `Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died--Martha--saith to him, `Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;'

His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.' — read the full passage →

The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

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;

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 there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you, — read the full passage →

for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.

A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent <FI>is<Fi> easy.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

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 is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →