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| Exodus 33:14-15 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. |
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| Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. |
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| Joshua 10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. |
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| Isaiah 8:13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. |
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| Isaiah 10:1-2 1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! |
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| Isaiah 30:15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. |
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| Isaiah 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. |
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| And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. |
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| The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. |
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| * And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. * And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. |
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| Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. |
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| And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. |
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| Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. |
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| * Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; * To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! |
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| For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. |
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| He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. |
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| * The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. * The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. * I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. * For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. * He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. * Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. |
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| And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. |
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| Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? |
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| Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. |
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| I lie down in peace; at once I fall asleep; for only you, LORD, make me dwell in safety. |
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| But all who take refuge in you will be glad; they will sing out their joy for ever. |
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| Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. |
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| You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me]; I intend that my mouth will not transgress. |
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| * Wondrously show Your [marvelous and amazing] lovingkindness, O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand From those who rise up against them. * Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the [a]apple of Your eye; Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings. |
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| He delivered me from my strong enemies and from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. |
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| * Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. * Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. * Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. |
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| Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. |
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| Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call. |
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| One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. |
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| I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. |
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| Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. |
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| The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. |
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| The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. |
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| In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. |
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| Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. |
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| Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. |
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| Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. |
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| He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. |
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| Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. |
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| God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; |
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| Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. |
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| He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. |
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| For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. |
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| * Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: |
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| * And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. |
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| These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. |
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| * Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. * Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. * Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. * Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. |
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| * God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. * Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. |
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| Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
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| * For you have become my stronghold, a refuge in the day of my trouble. * To you, O my Strength, will I sing; for you, O God, are my stronghold and my merciful God. |
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| Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. |
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| From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. |
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| He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. |
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| Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. |
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| You have showed me great troubles and adversities, but you will restore my life and bring me up again from the deep places of the earth. |
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| O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; |
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| Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. |
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| Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. |
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| My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. |
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| The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. |
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| You have showed me great troubles and adversities, but you will restore my life and bring me up again from the deep places of the earth. |
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| All (unable to find solace in the night or through seeking God) |
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| I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
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| And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands |
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| He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. |
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| A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. |
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| He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. (God |
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| As often as I said, "My foot has slipped," your love, O LORD, upheld me. |
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| When many cares fill my mind, your consolations cheer my soul. |
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| But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my trust. |
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| * Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. |
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| * Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: * Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; * Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; * Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. |
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| They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: |
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| Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. |
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| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. |
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| For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. |
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| Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. |
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| Plead my cause and redeem me; according to your promise, give me life. |
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| The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; it is he who shall keep you safe. |
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| They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. |
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| They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. |
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| Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. |
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| Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! |
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| When I called, you answered me; you increased my strength within me. |
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| The LORD will make good his purpose for me; O LORD, your love endures for ever; do not abandon the works of your hands. |
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| * Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: * And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
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| All - we can cry to God when we |
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| All - the psalmist feels desolation of soul and cries out to God. |
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| * Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: * My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. |
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| The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. |
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| The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does. |
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| The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. |
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| Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. |
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| Psalm 145:17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. |
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The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. |
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| The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. |
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| * My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: * For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. |
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| * Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. * In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. |
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| * Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: * So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. |
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| * My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: * For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. |
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| * Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. * For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. |
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| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. |
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| Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. |
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| The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. |
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| The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. |
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| Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. |
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| He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. |
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| A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. |
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| He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. |
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| Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. |
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| The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. |
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| By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. |
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| When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. |
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| It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. |
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| The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts. |
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| Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
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| A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. |
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| Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. |
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| Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. (NIV) |
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| The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. |
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| The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. (NIV) |
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| Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. (NIV) |
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| To answer before listening |
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| A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. |
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| In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines. (NIV) |
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| A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel. (NIV) |
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| The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. (NIV) |
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| A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. |
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| Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. |
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| Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. |
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| Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
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| Man's goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way? |
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| The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head. |
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| The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. |
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| There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord. |
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| The horse is prepared for the day of battle, But deliverance and victory belong to the Lord. |
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| Perils of drinking wine to excess. |
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| Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. |
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| Open rebuke is better than secret love. |
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| Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
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| As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
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| Amplified: As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man. |
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| As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. |
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| The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. |
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| For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. |
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| An unjust man is repulsive to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way [of the Lord] is repulsive to the wicked. |
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| He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. |
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| Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord. |
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| The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. |
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| Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. |
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| Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. |
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| 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. |
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| But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. |
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| Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. |
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| And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. |
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| Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. |
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| Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. |
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| * Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. * Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. * For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. |
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| * Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: * Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. |
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| And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. |
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| * But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. * And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. |
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| * But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. * And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. |
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| ...They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. |
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| And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. (Another time Jesus showed anger.) |
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| List of all 12 apostles: Peter (Simon), James and John (sons of Zebedee, or sons of thunder), Andrew, Phillip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddeus, Simon (the Canaanite), and Judas Iscariot. J4T2P2ABSM |
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| A chapter containing some incredible stories of faith, and of Jesus |
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| And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. (The same disciples who witnessed the transfiguration witnessed the raising of Jairus |
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| And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. |
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| * That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, * In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. |
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| And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness... (believe this was the first time the Bible refers to someone as being |
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| When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. |
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| * And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. * And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. |
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| But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. |
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| This is a huge chapter. Parable of the seed and the sower, and a wide variety of Jesus |
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| * And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: * But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (Barnes: "It is of more importance to attend to the instructions of the Lord Jesus than to be engaged in the affairs of the world.") |
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| * And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. * For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. |
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| * And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. * The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? (Rare reference to Jesus as |
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| And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. (Self-righteousness of Pharisees and scribes.) |
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| He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. * If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? * And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? * No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. |
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| Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. |
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| story of the rich man and Lazarus. |
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| Parable of the self-righteous Pharisee and penitent publican. |
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| I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. |
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| Parable of the rich young ruler. |
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| And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, 30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. |
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| Blind beggar calling out to Jesus. |
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| In your patience possess ye your souls. |
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| For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? (AMP: A proverb meaning if the innocent has to suffer what will happen to the guilty?) |
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| * The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. * Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. |
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| I receive not honor from men. |
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| The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. |
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| Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. |
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| 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. |
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| If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. |
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| 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. ** Holy Spirit = Spirit of truth. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. |
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| And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. |
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| This is a great chapter for the 21st Century Church of God! |
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| Conversion of Saul; Peter raises Tabitha from the dead. |
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| And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. |
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| * Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: * By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. |
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| * For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. * But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. * Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. * For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. |
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| Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. [Christ: the second Adam.] |
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| For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. |
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| For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| several verses of interest are below, but the truth is that virtually the whole chapter is worthy of remembrance and memorization. |
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| For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. [Notes in the Amplified Bible explain that the term |
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| * The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: * And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. |
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| Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. |
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| And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. |
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| He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? |
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| Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. |
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| For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: |
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| Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? |
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| * What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. * But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. * Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; * As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. |
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| For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. |
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| That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. |
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| For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. [Goes on to say that we are all members of one body.] |
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| * If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. * Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. * Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. * Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. |
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| Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
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| Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. |
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| For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. |
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| Romans 14:15-18 [Amplified] |
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| * If your brother is being hurt or offended because of food [that you insist on eating], you are no longer walking in love [toward him]. Do not let what you eat destroy and spiritually harm one for whom Christ died. * Therefore do not let what is a good thing for you [because of your freedom to choose] be spoken of as evil [by someone else]; * for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. * For the one who serves Christ in this way [recognizing that food choice is secondary] is acceptable to God and is approved by men. |
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| The faith which you have [that gives you freedom of choice], have as your own conviction before God [just keep it between yourself and God, seeking His will]. Happy is he who has no reason to condemn himself for what he approves. |
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| And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. |
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| For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. |
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| Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? |
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| Very powerful words from Paul admonishing the arrogance of the church at Corinth (e.g. v.21: What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?). Paul asserts that he is their spiritual father, and will come back to evaluate whether they are walking the walk - since they are talking the talk. |
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| * Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? * Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? |
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| Advice on marriage: better to remain unmarried, but not wrong to marry. |
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| Important chapter which warns us against committing the same sins as the Israelites. |
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| Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. |
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| There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. |
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| Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. |
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| Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. |
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| Conduct in church, man as the head of the woman, warning about communion. (This could be a contentious chapter in the world today!) |
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| Gifts of the Spirit and the body of the Church. |
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| Instructions to the church (prophecy, women, conduct and order in church) |
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| Lots in this chapter. Witness as to proof of the resurrection (possible counter-argument to the Sadducees who did not believe in the Resurrection); allusion to the Millenial Reign; differences between Adam and Christ and earthly versus spiritual beings; our eventual victory over death. |
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| Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. |
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| Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. |
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| The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for other believers. |
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| * But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: * How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? |
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| 2 Corinthians 3:7-8 (AMP) |
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| * Now if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones [the covenant of the Law which led to death because of sin], came with such glory and splendor that the Israelites were not able to look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, [a brilliance] that was fading, * how will the ministry of the Spirit [the new covenant which allows us to be Spirit-filled] fail to be even more glorious and splendid?) |
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| The glory of the Spirit in Christ, and in us. |
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| Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. ( |
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| Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. |
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| The many ways in which the servants of God have been tried. |
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| Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? (v.15: interesting choice of word -- |
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| Corinthians have come full circle; overcoming what caused Paul to chastise them in the first place and turning back to God. The church at Corinth has earned Paul |
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| For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. |
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| For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. |
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| 2 Corinthians 8:13-14 (AMP) |
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| * For it is not [intended] that others be relieved [of their responsibility] and that you be [a]burdened [unfairly], but [b]that there be equality [in sharing the burden] |
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| As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. |
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| * But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. * Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. |
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| And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: [AMP: And God is able to make all grace [every favor and earthly blessing] come in abundance to you, so that you may always [under all circumstances, regardless of the need] have complete sufficiency in everything [being completely self-sufficient in Him], and have an abundance for every good work and act of charity.] |
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| You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous, and this [generosity, administered] through us is producing thanksgiving to God [from those who benefit]. |
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| 2 Corinthians 9:13-15 [AMP] |
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| * Because of this act of ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to the gospel of Christ which you confess, as well as for your generous participation [in this gift] for them and for all [the other believers in need], * and they also long for you while they pray on your behalf, because of the surpassing measure of God |
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| Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. |
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| * For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: * (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) * Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; |
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| * But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. * For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. |
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| * And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. * For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. * And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. * Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. |
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| (Barnes) It better shows the firmness of our Christian principle to endeavor to benefit others when they love us the less for all our attempts, than it does to attempt to do good on the swelling tide of popular favor. |
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| Paul marvels that the Galatians have turned so quickly to another Gospel - which is not another Gospel. He warns anyone who preaches a Gospel other than that which he and the apostles have preached - even if an angel, or themselves - may be accursed. He says this twice, which seems to add emphasis. |
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| For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. |
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| In this chapter, Paul distinguishes between ministry of the circumcision (the Gospel to the Jews) and uncircumcision (the Gospel to the Gentiles) - which is Paul |
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| * I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. * I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. |
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| Paul transitions quickly from theology in chapter 2 to sharp correction of the Galatian church in this chapter. But it is a huge chapter, continuing to explain that now that Christ has come, righteousness can only come by faith. He invokes Abraham, and explains that the law was given only to lead us to the faith that is now in Jesus Christ. He also plainly states that there are no longer distinctions - including Jew and Gentile - because all who are in Christ are one. |
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| Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? |
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| * Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. * Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. |
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| But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. |
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| * There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. * And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. |
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| This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. |
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| * But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, * Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. |
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| * Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. * Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. * For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. * But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. [AMP: But each one must carefully scrutinize his own work [examining his actions, attitudes, and behavior], and then he can have the personal satisfaction and inner joy of doing something commendable [a]without comparing himself to another.] |
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| In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. (Barnes: What a rich, beautiful word, derived from an old French word related to a deluge of water. Imagine standing in a desert after a long hike. Dusty, achy, thirsting. Deeply thirsting. Then suddenly a deluge of needed, desired, and yearned-for water falls over you, cleaning your skin, cooling your tired muscles, quenching your thirst. That is being lavished. Life has a way of leaving us aching and thirsty for dignity and love. We have a way of leaving each other aching and thirsty for dignity and love. And in this deep soul need, God lavishes us with grace. Too often we imagine God |
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| * In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, * Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. |
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| For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: |
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| For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; |
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| That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: |
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| * That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, * May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; * And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. * Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, * Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. |
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| Summarizes some key elements of Christian conduct; specifically: not lying (v. 25), not letting the sun go down on our wrath (v. 26) or giving place to the devil (v. 27), not only not stealing, but doing the opposite - giving (v. 28), minding our speech (v. 29), not grieving the Holy Spirit (v. 30), and being kind and forgiving to one another - because we have been forgiven (v. 32). |
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| With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; |
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| Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
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| And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; |
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| * Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. * For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. |
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| For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. |
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| Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. |
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| Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: |
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| inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. [Implying that the gospel is to be defended?] |
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| Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. |
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| And do not [for a moment] be frightened or intimidated in anything by your opponents and adversaries, for such [constancy and fearlessness] will be a clear sign (proof and seal) to them of [their impending] destruction, but [a sure token and evidence] of your deliverance and salvation, and that from God. |
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| * Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. * Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. |
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| But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: [Christ, despite being one with God, gave up all that was rightly His to die for us, and to serve as an example of Godly conduct.] |
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| * Do all things without murmurings and disputings: * That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; |
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| Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. [From the Amplified notes: Jews often used |
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| * If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: * Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; * Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. * But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. [Love how Paul |
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| Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, * I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. * Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. [Paul repeatedly in this chapter implies an uncertainty that he may or shall attain the resurrection; only that it is his goal. This is a healthy attitude for all of us; knowing that we are unable to achieve it on our own, and that it is strictly and solely a function of God |
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| * (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: * Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) |
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| * Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. * And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. |
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| Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. |
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| * Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. * I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. * I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. |
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| But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. |
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| This chapter is a great explanation of Christ |
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| And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: |
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| [Dead, but made alive...and forgiven!] |
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| [Nailing contrary doctrine to the cross with Him] |
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| And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. |
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| Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. [AMP: Conduct yourself with wisdom in your interactions with outsiders (non-believers), make the most of each opportunity [treating it as something precious]. |
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| For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. |
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| 1 Thessalonians 2:7 [AMP] |
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| But we behaved gently when we were among you, like a devoted mother tenderly caring for her own children. |
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| As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, [These two verses, perhaps, describe attributes of both mother and father, and which by extension can also be attributes of the Christian. The mother, tenderly caring, and the father, comforting, encouraging, and exhorting, can serve as excellent examples for those looking to learn how to better love his or her fellow man.] |
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| For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. |
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| For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. [Paul, perhaps, worried.] |
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| * And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; * That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. [AMP: * and to make it your ambition to live quietly and peacefully, and to mind your own affairs and work with your hands, just as we directed you, * so that you will behave properly toward outsiders [exhibiting good character, personal integrity, and moral courage worthy of the respect of the outside world], and be dependent on no one and in need of nothing [be self-supporting]. |
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| A huge chapter for peaceable Christian conduct, especially in the body of the church of believers. |
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| For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, |
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| * And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; * And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. |
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| * Rejoice evermore. * Pray without ceasing. * In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. * Quench not the Spirit. * Despise not prophesyings. * Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. * Abstain from all appearance of evil. |
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| For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. |
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| But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. |
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| [Role of women in the church.] |
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| * Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; * Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; * Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. * For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: [Catholic church?] |
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| For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. |
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| Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it is based on [the testimony of at least] two or three witnesses. |
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| [Some fascinating and under-reported passages here: treatment and conduct of widows, children taking care of parents, church leadership and the selection and admonition thereof.] |
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| * For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. * And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. |
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| For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. |
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| No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. |
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| Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. |
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| * But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. * If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. |
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| * And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, * In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; * And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. |
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| * This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. * For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, * Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, * Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; * Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. |
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| * All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: * That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. |
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| * Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. * For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; * And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. |
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| And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
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| This chapter takes the time to quote specific Scriptures that pertain to the Son of God, and ties many of these relationships together and makes clear the divinity, and the equality, of Christ. |
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| But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? |
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| This chapter specifically ties the humanity of mankind to the humanity of Christ, and explains that only by becoming a man could Christ truly reconcile the sins and temptations of man to God. In this chapter, Jesus calls mankind His brethren. Also: the devil has the power of death (v.14), but Christ has delivered from this bondage and fear of death. |
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| So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. |
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| For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. |
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| * There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. * For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. * Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. |
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| For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. |
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| Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. |
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| Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; [Hard to picture Jesus this way...but again, gives us encouragement that we are not alone and that He did not experience what we experienced.] |
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| * For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, * And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, * If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. [Albert Barnes writes a terrific commentary on this verse.] |
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| The priesthood of Melchizedek, and how it has superseded the priesthood of Aaron. Melchizedek was greater than Abraham. |
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| [Barnes: The only thing remarkable is, that be should have been a priest |
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| The New Covenant described. |
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| And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: |
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| Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. |
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| For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. |
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| Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. |
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| * For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. * For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. |
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| * Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. * But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. |
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| Covers faith in great detail, and has been called the |
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| * Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. * For by it the elders obtained a good report. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| * Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; * Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. |
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| * Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. * 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. |
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| * And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: * God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. |
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| ...Jesus the author and finisher of our faith |
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| For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. |
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| * And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: * For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. [These thoughts about chastening go all the way to v.13] |
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| ...Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. |
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| * Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. * And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. [There will only be one more shaking of the earth, and heaven also, so that those things with heavenly foundation will remain.] |
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| Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. |
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| Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. |
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| This is packed with wisdom and instruction, and many of its passages are often quoted. It is worth reviewing frequently, and in its entirety! |
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| * My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; * Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. * But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. |
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| * If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. * But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. * For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. * A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. |
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| For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. |
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| * But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: * For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. |
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| Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. |
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| The sin of partiality to persons. |
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| The necessity of works to justify one |
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| But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? |
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| But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. |
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| * But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. * And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. |
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| * But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. * Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. * Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. |
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| Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. |
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| Warning to the rich man and the oppressor. |
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| Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. |
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| * Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. * Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. * Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. |
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| Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. |
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| The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. [Following this: Elias |
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| Who were chosen and foreknown by God the Father and consecrated (sanctified, made holy) by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and to be sprinkled with [His] blood: May grace (spiritual blessing) and peace be given you in increasing abundance [that spiritual peace to be [a]realized in and through Christ, [b]freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts]. |
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| Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. |
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| Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; |
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| For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. |
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| Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: |
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| * Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: * Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. |
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| ...be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: |
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| * Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; * Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock. * And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. |
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| * Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. * Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: * Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (the law of faith - Joyce Meyer) |
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| * Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: * Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. * But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. |
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| * And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; * And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; * And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. * For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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| Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: |
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| Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. |
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| Judgment for false teachers. |
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| * 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. * 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. * 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. |
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| The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. [Perhaps a secret to God |
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| If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
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| John addresses little children directly. Barnes makes the case that this is because he recognizes both their important place in the church, their need to be properly educated in the ways of Christ, and the admonition of Christ Himself to care for and feed them. All that is in the world will eventually belong to them. |
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| Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.) |
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| For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. |
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| And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. |
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| And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. |
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| There are a ton of important passages in this chapter, centered on love, how love binds us to God, and how God |
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| Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. |
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| He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. |
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| In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. |
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| Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. |
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| There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. |
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| If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? |
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| For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. |
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| For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. |
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| Barnes makes a strong argument that a portion of this passage is not authentic. |
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| "Whatever was the cause, the case furnishes an illustration of the bad influence of one ambitious and arrogant man in a church. It is often in the power of one such man to bring a whole church under his control, and effectually to embarrass all its movements, and to prevent all the good which it would otherwise accomplish. |
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| A severe warning to false teachers, and to those whom they have crept into the midst of. Barnes believes that the Book of Jude was written first and then copied, or referred to, by Peter in 2 Peter 2. |
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| And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. |
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| But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
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| But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. |
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And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. |
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| Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. |
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| He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. |
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| Ezekiel 34 (whole chapter) |
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| Judgment of poor shepherds, judgment of fat vs. lean cattle |
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| Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. |
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| In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. |
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| Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. |
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| Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. |
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| Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
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| He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. |
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| I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
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| A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. |
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| He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. (God’s three promises in response to our trust - Joyce Meyer) |
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. |
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| Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. |
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| 9Honour 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. |
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| 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. |
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As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Amplified: As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man. |
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| The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. |
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| Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. |
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