The Fall

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

And the woman seeth that the tree <FI>is<Fi> good for food, and that it <FI>is<Fi> pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make <FI>one<Fi> wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?' — read the full passage →

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 →

Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

for to vanity was the creation made subject--not of its will, but because of Him who did subject <FI>it<Fi> --in hope, — read the full passage →

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase.

And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered--in the beginning.

during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase.

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

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee--the head, and thou dost bruise him--the heel.'

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent--dust <FI>is<Fi> its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter;

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter; — read the full passage →

in every thing give thanks, for this <FI>is<Fi> the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed <FI>is<Fi> abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where <FI>art<Fi> thou?' — read the full passage →

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

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.

And they have not said in their heart, `Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'

And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling <FI>are<Fi> together, And a little youth is leader over them. — read the full passage →

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,

And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die,

And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which <FI>is<Fi> upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; — read the full passage →

and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — 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 before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that <FI>is<Fi> in the Christ;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

Go, and thou hast proclaimed these words toward the north, and hast said, Turn back, O backsliding Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah! I cause not Mine anger to fall upon you, For I <FI>am<Fi> kind, an affirmation of Jehovah, I watch not to the age.

that I have given the rain of your land in its season--sprinkling and gathered--and thou hast gathered thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil,

your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;

and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

being stedfast to Him who did appoint him, as also Moses in all his house,

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.

The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.

For seven <FI>times<Fi> doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.

Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director.

and of the fruit of the tree which <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'

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

These are in your love-feasts craggy rocks; feasting together with you, without fear shepherding themselves; clouds without water, by winds carried about; trees autumnal, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

Because Jehovah loveth Jacob, And hath fixed again on Israel, And given them rest on their own land, And joined hath been the sojourner to them, And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →

by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou <FI>art<Fi> , and unto dust thou turnest back.'

and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they <FI>are<Fi> naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it--your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

and those having believing masters, let them not slight <FI>them<Fi> , because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

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;

and the God of the peace shall bruise the Adversary under your feet quickly; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <FI>be<Fi> with you. Amen!

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

Thou--who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

one doth believe that he may eat all things--and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God-- — read the full passage →

for what, if certain were faithless? shall their faithlessness the faithfulness of god make useless?

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.' — read the full passage →

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; — read the full passage →

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!

For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe, — read the full passage →

And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God. — read the full passage →

For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up! — read the full passage →

Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap, — read the full passage →

Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,

and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man <FI>is<Fi> evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;

and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day one.

that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.

Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.

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

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one--Jesus Christ.

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?