The Sword Of The Spirit

and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

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

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.'

Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

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

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

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 →

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance <FI>is<Fi> as the sun shining in its might.

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

Then saith Jesus to him, `Go--Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

`For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll,

`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me.

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

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping <FI>it<Fi> !'

above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that <FI>for<Fi> which I sent it.

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

`And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things saith he who is having the sharp two-edged sword:

and we, being of the day--let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet--a hope of salvation,

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed <FI>it<Fi> with the bathing of the water in the saying,

and out of his mouth doth proceed a sharp sword, that with it he may smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he doth tread the press of the wine of the wrath and the anger of God the Almighty,

`Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God--speak that these stones may become loaves.'

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways, — read the full passage →

`Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;

Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

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

And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance <FI>for<Fi> clothing, And is covered, as <FI>with<Fi> an upper-robe, <FI>with<Fi> zeal.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness, — read the full passage →

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

For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater, — read the full passage →

The exaltation of God <FI>is<Fi> in their throat, And a two-edged sword in their hand.

the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

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.

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

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

Then saith Jesus to him, `Go--Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.' — read the full passage →

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth, — read the full passage →

And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

And he answereth and speaketh unto me, saying: `This <FI>is<Fi> a word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by a force, nor by power, But--by My Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts.

and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

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 →

`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, — read the full passage →

and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

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,

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up, — read the full passage →

in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'

and the three detachments blow with trumpets, and break the pitchers, and keep hold with their left hand on the lamps, and with their right hand on the trumpets to blow, and they cry, `The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.'

and the three hundred blow the trumpets, and Jehovah setteth the sword of each against his companion, even through all the camp; and the camp fleeth unto Beth-Shittah, at Zererath, unto the border of Abel-Meholah, by Tabbath.

having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

And lo, one of those with Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, drew his sword, and having struck the servant of the chief priest, he took off his ear.

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart; — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity--but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you; — read the full passage →

Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war, — read the full passage →

and having gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

And fallen hath Asshur by sword, not of the high, Yea, a sword--not of the low, doth consume him, And he hath fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary.

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 →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

And they have afflicted the land of Asshur with the sword, And the land of Nimrod at its openings, And he hath delivered from Asshur when he doth come into our land, And when he treadeth in our borders.

for the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> death, and the mind of the Spirit--life and peace;

And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,

Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take <FI>it<Fi> up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more--war.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;