Standards

that the man of God may be fitted--for every good work having been completed.

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

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

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

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.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

`My statutes ye do keep: thy cattle thou dost not cause to gender <FI>with<Fi> diverse kinds; thy field thou dost not sow with diverse kinds, and a garment of diverse kinds, shaatnez, doth not go up upon thee.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

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 they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun--His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

`Each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers, do the sons of Israel encamp; over-against round about the tent of meeting they encamp.'

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--

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

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. — read the full passage →

whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

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

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.

Unto the walls of Babylon lift up an ensign, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For Jehovah hath both devised and done that which He spake, Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy daughters on the shoulder are carried.

And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, <FI>are of<Fi> the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah <FI>is<Fi> Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? --if Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

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

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering! — read the full passage →

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

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,

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?

Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction.

Pass ye on, pass on through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people, Raise up, raise up the highway, clear it from stones, Lift up an ensign over the peoples.

And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts;

I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

`Declare ye among nations, and sound, And lift up an ensign, sound, do not hide, Say ye: Captured hath been Babylon, Put to shame hath been Bel, Broken hath been Merodach, Put to shame have been her grievous things, Broken have been her idols.

`There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

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.

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

`The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> any one doing these.

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

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

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

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;

And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging, — read the full passage →

and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled-- — read the full passage →

and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'

Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.

and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us--

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;

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

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 one was in the beginning with God;

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

`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Words of Amos--who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa--that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking; — read the full passage →

Lift ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying: — read the full passage →

And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan hath journeyed (rearward to all the camps), by their hosts, and over its host <FI>is<Fi> Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host <FI>is<Fi> Elishama son of Ammihud.

And the standard of the camp of Reuben hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host <FI>is<Fi> Elizur son of Shedeur.

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeyeth in the first <FI>place<Fi> , by their hosts, and over its host <FI>is<Fi> Nahshon son of Amminadab.

The standard of the camp of Dan <FI>is<Fi> northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan <FI>is<Fi> Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, <FI>is<Fi> westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> Elishama son of Ammihud;

The standard of the camp of Reuben <FI>is<Fi> southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben <FI>is<Fi> Elizur son of Shedeur;

`Thou dost not murder.

and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground.

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

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

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' <FI>are<Fi> all his devices.

and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,