The Word 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;

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.'

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.

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

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

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.

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

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

Every saying of God <FI>is<Fi> tried, A shield He <FI>is<Fi> to those trusting in Him.

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;

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

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

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

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> !'

Is it not thus? My word <FI>is<Fi> as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer--it breaketh in pieces a rock.

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

already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

Because of this also, we--we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;

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

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

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

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 →

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

For upright <FI>is<Fi> the word of Jehovah, And all His work <FI>is<Fi> in faithfulness.

`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.

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

God! perfect <FI>is<Fi> His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield <FI>is<Fi> He to all those trusting in Him.

All things do without murmurings and reasonings, — read the full passage →

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

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.

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple,

Sayings of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

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,

if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings,

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

stedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do <FI>it<Fi> .

Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that <FI>is<Fi> to God for Israel, is--for salvation; — read the full passage →

Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.

And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great. — read the full passage →

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

My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, — read the full passage →

O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.

In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him, — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

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 →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.

and the saying of the Lord doth remain--to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.

for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

My hiding place and my shield <FI>art<Fi> Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

Every saying of God <FI>is<Fi> tried, A shield He <FI>is<Fi> to those trusting in Him. — read the full passage →

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. — read the full passage →

The sum of Thy word <FI>is<Fi> truth, And to the age <FI>is<Fi> every judgment of Thy righteousness!

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

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah. — 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.

Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.

For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

God! perfect <FI>is<Fi> His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield <FI>is<Fi> He to all those trusting in Him. — read the full passage →

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

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;

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.

the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

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.

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

I did write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who <FI>is<Fi> from the beginning; I did write to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God in you doth remain, and ye have overcome the evil.

And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

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

in which I suffer evil--unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

<FI> Lamed.<Fi> To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.

He sendeth His word and healeth them, And delivereth from their destructions.

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 Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;

and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

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 →

`And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.