Sincerity

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.

so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

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;

for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless--to a day of Christ,

`And now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah;

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

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.

The grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ--undecayingly! Amen.

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,

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

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

not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

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;

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

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

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

O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'

And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,

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;

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart <FI>is<Fi> mischiefs, An open grave <FI>is<Fi> their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

and saith, `I pray thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which <FI>is<Fi> good in thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth--a great weeping.

Of Zebulun, going forth to the host, arranging battle with all instruments of battle, <FI>are<Fi> fifty thousand, and keeping rank without a double heart.

for our exhortation <FI>is<Fi> not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile, — read the full passage →

who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

the shewing therefore of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf, to them shew ye, even in the face of the assemblies.

Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they <FI>are<Fi> drawn <FI>swords<Fi> .

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

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;

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;

To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

providing right things, not only before the Lord, but also before men;

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;

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;

all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

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.

`And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

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 →

As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water <FI>is able<Fi> to make.

according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him; — read the full passage →

and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

no more as a servant, but above a servant--a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

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

Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

and they heard a great voice out of the heaven saying to them, `Come up hither;' and they went up to the heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them;

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> ,

he saith--who is testifying these things--`Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming, Lord Jesus!

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;

Salute you doth the <FI>assembly<Fi> in Babylon jointly elected, and Markus my son.

and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

that through two immutable things, in which <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before <FI>us<Fi> ,

for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

according as I did exhort thee to remain in Ephesus--I going on to Macedonia--that thou mightest charge certain not to teach any other thing,

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

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 →

The disciples therefore went away again unto their own friends,

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

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;

that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship <FI>is<Fi> with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you, — read the full passage →

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility--life age-during;