Treating Sinners

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

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

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.

And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.

or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee. — read the full passage →

Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not: — read the full passage →

Then Job answered and said, — read the full passage →

If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. — read the full passage →

And out of his mouth proceedeth 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 of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

And great hail, every stone about the weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. — read the full passage →

Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? — read the full passage →

Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words. — read the full passage →

Sheol is naked beforeGod, And Abaddon hath no covering.

When they casttheedown, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?

Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. — read the full passage →

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. — read the full passage →

Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, Andwander for lack of food?

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

And after my skin, eventhisbody, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! — read the full passage →

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within his own authority.

for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, — read the full passage →

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! — read the full passage →

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart. — read the full passage →

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped; — read the full passage →

And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in theothercities. — read the full passage →

And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, — read the full passage →

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →