Tough Decisions

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. — read the full passage →

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

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

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. — read the full passage →

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. — read the full passage →

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: — read the full passage →

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. — read the full passage →

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

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

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. — read the full passage →

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; — read the full passage →

For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

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.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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

And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. — read the full passage →

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. — read the full passage →

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.