Weak In Flesh

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me.

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;

Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”

Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.

One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?”

After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.” — read the full passage →

For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

The disciples told him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?”

I and the Father are one.”

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father. — read the full passage →

Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.” — read the full passage →

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, — read the full passage →

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its breadth six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

The children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”

When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. — read the full passage →

Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.” — read the full passage →

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel. — read the full passage →

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.” — read the full passage →

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. — read the full passage →

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

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

Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me. — read the full passage →

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ — read the full passage →

“When the Counselorhas come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

If you love me, keep my commandments. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. — read the full passage →

If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm. — read the full passage →

Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’

Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.

When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, “Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people.”

Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. It shall be, that of whom I tell you, ‘This shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whoever I tell you, ‘This shall not go with you,’ the same shall not go.” — read the full passage →

A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. — read the full passage →

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there. — read the full passage →

Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.