Spiritual Families

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. — read the full passage →

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

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

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

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

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: — read the full passage →

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

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

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

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal 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 bribes shall live.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, 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 upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

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

We love, because he first loved us.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

(but if a man knoweth 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 also ye were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

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

having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto 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, these are sons of God.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come 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 one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.

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

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

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

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

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish 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 a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah 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 living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,

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

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

but he shall receive a 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 the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 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 worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the 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, cannot 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 one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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

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

if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

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

Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the 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 custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,

And behold, there was before him a certain man that 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 also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades 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 Jehovah 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; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor 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 seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But 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 lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children; — read the full passage →

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