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Your righteousness
Your righteousness | |
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The Lord knoweth how
to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished |
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8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: | |
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. | |
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. | |
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. | |
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. | |
13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, | |
14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. | |
15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. | |
16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. | |
17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. | |
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: | The Spirit dwells |
19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. | |
20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. | |
Suffer as a Christians
Suffer according to the will of God |
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4 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; | Blessed are …; |
2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. | |
3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: | |
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: | |
5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. | |
6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. | |
7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. | |
8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. | |
9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. | |
10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. | |
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. | |
12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: | |
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. | |
14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. | |
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. | |
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. | |
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? | |
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? | |
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. | |
follow their pernicious ways
– follow the way of Balaam make merchandise with feigned words – speak great swelling words of vanity |
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2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. | |
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. | |
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. | |
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; | |
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; | |
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; | |
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: | |
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) | |
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: | |
10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. | |
11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. | |
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; | |
13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; | |
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: | |
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; | |
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet. | |
17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. | |
18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. | |
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. | |
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. | |
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. | |
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. | if the salt have lost his saviour |
The salt of the earth
The light of the world |
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5 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: | |
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, | |
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. | |
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. | |
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. | |
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. | |
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. | |
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. | |
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. | |
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. | |
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. | |
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. | |
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. | |
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. | |
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. | |
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. | |
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. | |
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. | |
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. | |
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. | |
21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: | |
22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. | |
23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; | |
24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. | |
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. | |
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. | |
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: | |
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. | |
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. | |
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. | |
31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: | |
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. | |
33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: | |
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne: | |
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. | |
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. | |
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. | |
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: | |
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. | |
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. | |
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. | |
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. | |
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. | |
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; | |
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. | |
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? | |
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? | |
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. |
Believe
Believe | |
The Son manifests His name:
myself; my Father; my commandments; my words; my sayings You ask in my name: my peace; my life; my love; my joy; my way; my glory; my disciples; |
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12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. | |
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. | |
14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. | |
15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, | |
16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. | |
17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. | |
18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. | |
19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. | |
20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. | |
14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. | |
2 In my Father‘s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. | |
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. | |
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. | |
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? | |
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. | |
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. | |
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. | |
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? | |
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. | |
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake. | |
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. | |
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. | |
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. | |
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. | |
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; | |
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. | |
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. | |
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. | |
20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. | |
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. | |
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? | |
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. | |
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. | |
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. | |
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. | |
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. | |
28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. | |
29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. | |
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. | |
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. | |
15 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. | |
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. | |
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. | |
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. | |
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. | |
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. | |
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. | |
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. | |
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. | |
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father‘s commandments, and abide in his love. | |
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. | |
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. | |
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. | |
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. | |
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. | |
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. | |
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. | |
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. | |
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. | |
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. | |
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. | |
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin. | |
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. | |
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. | |
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. | |
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: | |
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. | |
16 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. | |
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. | |
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. | |
4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. | |
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? | |
6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. | |
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. | |
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: | |
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; | |
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; | |
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. | |
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. | |
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. | |
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. | |
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. | |
16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. | |
17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? | |
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. | |
19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? | |
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. | |
21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. | |
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. | |
23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. | |
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. | |
25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. | |
26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: | |
27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. | |
28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. | |
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. | |
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. | |
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? | |
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. | |
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. | |
17 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: | |
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. | |
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. | |
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. | |
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. | |
6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. | |
7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. | |
8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. | |
9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. | |
10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. | |
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. | |
12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. | |
13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. | |
14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. | |
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. | |
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. | |
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. | |
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. | |
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. | |
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; | |
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. | |
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: | |
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. | |
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. | |
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. | |
26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. |
Trust and do
Get Wisdom
Get Wisdom | |
44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. | |
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: | |
46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. | |
3 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: | |
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. | |
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: | |
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. | |
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. | |
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. | |
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. | |
8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. | |
9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: | |
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. | |
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: | |
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. | |
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. | |
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. | |
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. | |
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. | |
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. | |
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. | |
19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. | |
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. | |
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: | |
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. | |
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. | |
24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. | |
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. | |
26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. | |
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. | |
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. | |
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. | |
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. | |
31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. | |
32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. | |
33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. | |
34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. | |
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. | |
4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. | |
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. | |
3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. | |
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. | |
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. | |
6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. | |
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. | |
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. | |
9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. | |
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. | |
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. | |
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. | |
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. | |
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. | |
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. | |
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. | |
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. | |
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. | |
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. | |
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. | |
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. | |
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. | |
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. | |
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. | |
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. | |
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. | |
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. |
Receiving Promises
Receiving Promises | |
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: | |
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. | |
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. | |
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. | |
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. | |
20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. | |
21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. | |
22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. | |
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. | |
24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. | |
25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. | |
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. | |
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. | |
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. | |
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. | |
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. | |
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. | |
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. | |
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. | |
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: | |
10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. | |
11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. | |
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. | |
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. | |
14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. | |
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. | |
16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. | |
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, | |
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: | |
19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. | |
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. | |
21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. | |
22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. | |
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. | |
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; | |
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; | |
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. | |
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. | |
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. | |
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. | |
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. | |
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. | |
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: | |
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. | |
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. | |
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: | |
36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: | |
37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; | |
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. | |
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: | |
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. |