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The Sword Of The Spirit
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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. — read the full passage →
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. — read the full passage →
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, — read the full passage →
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: — read the full passage →
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
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.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. — read the full passage →
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; — read the full passage →
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) — read the full passage →
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
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:
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: — read the full passage →
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. — read the full passage →
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. — read the full passage →
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
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 →
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
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