Speaking Ill 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 →

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;

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

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;

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee. — read the full passage →

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

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

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.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

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

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together, — read the full passage →

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — 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 some in fear save ye, out of the fire snatching, hating even the coat from the flesh spotted.

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;

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Heal me, O Jehovah, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, for my praise <FI>art<Fi> Thou.

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

`And--praying--ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

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,

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

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.

`And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;

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;

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

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

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

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

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

Women--in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For `Outcast' they have called to thee, `Zion it <FI>is<Fi> , there is none seeking for her.'

in which they think it strange--your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

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

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I--I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

and He saith, `If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

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

and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee every sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt (which thou hast known) doth He put on thee, and He hath put them on all hating thee.

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,

and it came to pass, the father of Publius with feverish heats and dysentery pressed, was laid, unto whom Paul having entered, and having prayed, having laid <FI>his<Fi> hands on him, healed him;

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains--he hath carried them, And we--we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.

is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we are also boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we did receive the reconciliation;

And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people.

Lo, I am increasing to it health and cure, And have healed them, and revealed to them The abundance of peace and truth.

Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

`Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee;

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

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,

being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus,

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'