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Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

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

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

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;

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

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;

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

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

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.

this knowing, that our old man was crucified with <FI>him<Fi> , that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

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

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought--for desires.

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;

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

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;

and the truth shall make you free.'

Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.

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 →

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?

And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which <FI>is<Fi> upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

but I chastise my body, and bring <FI>it<Fi> into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.

and ye, brethren, may ye not be weary doing well,

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

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.

Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.

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.

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.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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 delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

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 →

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life <FI>are<Fi> multiplied to thee.

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

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;

Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

`Thou dost not murder.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

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

and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain--to the age.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, — read the full passage →

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

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,

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

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

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

because of this become not fools, but--understanding what <FI>is<Fi> the will of the Lord,

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

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

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

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.

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

`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;

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

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

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

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;

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

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you? — read the full passage →

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