Struggles

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh; — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. — read the full passage →

Now on one of those days, he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out. — read the full passage →

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil. — read the full passage →

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. — read the full passage →

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me,” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” — read the full passage →

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. — read the full passage →

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. — read the full passage →

He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.

When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. — read the full passage →

I said, “Let them set a clean turban on his head.” So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and Yahweh’s angel was standing by. — read the full passage →

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to be delivered?” says Yahweh: “shall I who cause to give birth shut the womb?” says your God.

Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. — read the full passage →

By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. — read the full passage →