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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 →

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.

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> .

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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.

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

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,

Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge; — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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;

And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? hath it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? and lo, they are putting forth the branch unto their nose!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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:

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

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

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; — read the full passage →

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;

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

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--

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

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> with you all. Amen.

and the truth shall make you free.'

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

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;

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,

Beloved, I call upon <FI>you<Fi> , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

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

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?

Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

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 those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

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

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.

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 →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

`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 the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

`Thou dost not murder.

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

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.

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

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

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.

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;

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. — read the full passage →

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.

Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape.

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

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

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 him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

And Rebekah lifteth up her eyes, and seeth Isaac, and alighteth from off the camel;

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth! — read the full passage →

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart; — read the full passage →

and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

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 →

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;

`Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

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

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

but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm, — read the full passage →

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — 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,