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

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 →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

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.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure, but evil <FI>is<Fi> to the man who is eating through stumbling.

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

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,

The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee.'

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

Taste ye and see that Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

And I--in their sickness my clothing <FI>is<Fi> sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

`And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;

then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent <FI>them<Fi> away.

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed, — read the full passage →

become followers together of me, brethren, and observe those thus walking, according as ye have us--a pattern; — read the full passage →

A Psalm. --A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me. — 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.

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

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled <FI>with<Fi> goodness.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou <FI>art<Fi> a man of appetite.

As <FI>with<Fi> milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And <FI>with<Fi> singing lips doth my mouth praise.

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

`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;

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

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.

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!

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar--bread of a fire-offering, for sweet fragrance; all the fat <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah's.

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

whose end <FI>is<Fi> destruction, whose god <FI>is<Fi> the belly, and whose glory <FI>is<Fi> in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

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,

but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, — read the full passage →

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow, — read the full passage →

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

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.

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry, — read the full passage →

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

Beloved, I call upon <FI>you<Fi> , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain; — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

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 →

and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, <FI>is<Fi> abomination before God;

Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

This <FI>is<Fi> my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

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:

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

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.'

he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him--a God, and he shall be to me--the son,

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

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

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,