Truth And Self Esteem

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

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.

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 Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward, — read the full passage →

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

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

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 →

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope. — read the full passage →

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.

Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; — read the full passage →

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; — read the full passage →

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.

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. — read the full passage →

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous, — read the full passage →

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

who <FI>were<Fi> once not a people, and <FI>are<Fi> now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well; — read the full passage →

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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, — read the full passage →

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly, — read the full passage →

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

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, — read the full passage →

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;' — read the full passage →

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another, — read the full passage →

for I through law, did die, that to God I may live; — read the full passage →

as we have said before, and now say again, If any one to you may proclaim good news different from what ye did receive--anathema let him be! — read the full passage →

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

And the all things <FI>are<Fi> of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation, — read the full passage →

for see your calling, brethren, that not many <FI>are<Fi> wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good; — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

and the righteousness of God <FI>is<Fi> through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, --for there is no difference, — read the full passage →

and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus, — read the full passage →

if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father; — read the full passage →

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you. — read the full passage →

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue, — read the full passage →

verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit; — 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; — read the full passage →

And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, `If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.' — read the full passage →

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

`Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you--for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets. — read the full passage →

`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake-- — read the full passage →

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, `Which is the first command of all?' — read the full passage →

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name; — read the full passage →

`Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens; — read the full passage →

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name. — read the full passage →

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

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. — read the full passage →

For I--Jehovah thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour, I have appointed Egypt thine atonement, Cush and Seba in thy stead. — read the full passage →

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts, saying, `As I thought--so hath it not been? And as I counselled--it standeth;

For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.

The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour. — read the full passage →

A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps. — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love. — read the full passage →

The breath of man <FI>is<Fi> a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words--they are not! — read the full passage →

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, <FI>From the<Fi> increase of his lips he is satisfied. — read the full passage →

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

There is a way right before a man, And its latter end--ways of death.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted. — read the full passage →

Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise. — read the full passage →

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil. — read the full passage →

Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not. — read the full passage →

Thy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is--to all of us.' — read the full passage →

I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist. — read the full passage →

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth. — read the full passage →

Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.) — read the full passage →

Because better <FI>is<Fi> Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee. — read the full passage →

For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give <FI>it<Fi> , Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not. — read the full passage →

Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I <FI>am<Fi> confident.

He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way. — read the full passage →

Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full! — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good. — read the full passage →

Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit.