Skin Color

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

Dark <FI>am<Fi> I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, — read the full passage →

Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

and his body as a beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet as the aspect of bright brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.

and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;

and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, — read the full passage →

and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.

Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered--it hath been as wood.

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.

And I did turn to see the voice that did speak with me, and having turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands, — read the full passage →

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

My beloved <FI>is<Fi> clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad!

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, — read the full passage →

and I have given on you sinews, and cause flesh to come up upon you, and covered you over with skin, and given in you a spirit, and ye have lived, and ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.'

for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

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.'

From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.

Clothed hath been my flesh <FI>with<Fi> worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,

and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,

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;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also--Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother--and Saul;

He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.

Dark <FI>am<Fi> I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon. — read the full passage →

And sons of Ham <FI>are<Fi> Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

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 →

Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to run to God.

`When a man hath in the skin of his flesh a rising, or scab, or bright spot, and it hath become in the skin of his flesh a leprous plague, then he hath been brought in unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests;

and He who is sitting was in sight like a stone, jasper and sardine: and a rainbow was round the throne in sight like an emerald.

To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him; — read the full passage →

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

And Miriam speaketh--Aaron also--against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

And these <FI>are<Fi> births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge. — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

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,

And I beheld, and lo, on them <FI>are<Fi> sinews, and flesh hath come up, and cover them doth skin over above--and spirit there is none in them.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

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

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

and the cloud hath turned aside from off the tent, and lo, Miriam <FI>is<Fi> leprous as snow; and Aaron turneth unto Miriam, and lo, leprous!

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 there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all <FI>is<Fi> rich to all those calling upon Him,

And above the expanse that <FI>is<Fi> over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, <FI>is<Fi> the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above. — read the full passage →

That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands <FI>are<Fi> all of them.

`And this <FI>is<Fi> the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith to him again, `Put in, I pray thee, thy hand into thy bosom;' and he putteth in his hand into his bosom, and he bringeth it out, and lo, his hand <FI>is<Fi> leprous as snow;

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

After these things I saw, and lo, a door opened in the heaven, and the first voice that I heard <FI>is<Fi> as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, `Come up hither, and I will shew thee what it behoveth to come to pass after these things;' — read the full passage →

and his head and hairs white, as if white wool--as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;

where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman--but the all and in all--Christ.

and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

`I was seeing till that thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment as snow <FI>is<Fi> white, and the hair of his head <FI>is<Fi> as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.

Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form. — read the full passage →

yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, --to the age;' and he goeth out from before him--leprous as snow.

`And when a man or woman hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots, white bright spots, — read the full passage →

And I saw another messenger flying in mid-heaven, having good news age-during to proclaim to those dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,

and Barnabas having taken him, brought <FI>him<Fi> unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

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

`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

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

and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; — read the full passage →

Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name.

Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

And the man Moses <FI>is<Fi> very humble, more than any of the men who <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the ground.

and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.