Spiritual Families

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. — read the full passage →

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. — read the full passage →

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; — read the full passage →

The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: