Trust No Man

for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive;

and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray. — read the full passage →

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will--these ye may not do;

remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

how strait <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!

and Jesus himself was not trusting himself to them, because of his knowing all <FI>men<Fi> , — read the full passage →

so that we do boldly say, `The Lord <FI>is<Fi> to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

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

I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory, — read the full passage →

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

`I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

but I chastise my body, and bring <FI>it<Fi> into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.

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

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

who--not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but--of God were begotten.

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

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of <FI>my<Fi> writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another, — read the full passage →

by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.

let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, `That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.'

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;