Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Conversion » Exhortations to
Return ye unto him against whom the sons of Israel have deeply revolted,
Say unto them, As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely, I can take no pleasure in the death of the lawless man, But that the lawless man turn from his way, and live,- Turn ye, turn ye, from your wicked ways, For wherefore should ye die. O house of Israel?
Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
And I said, after she had been doing all these things, Unto me, shall thou return? and she returned not, - and her treacherous sister Judah saw it!
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us,
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Freedom, Abuse Of ChristianAmbition, positive aspects ofAvoiding Sinevil, believers' responses toClouds, Figurative UseAttitudes, in prayerAthleticsThe Christian RaceLibertinismPatience, In Christian LivingPersecution, Attitudes ToPrizesRunningSelf DisciplineSuffering, Encouragements InConduct, ProperGames, SpiritualVictoryAbuse, Of Christian FreedomPatience Exercised
Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;
Verse Concepts
AbstinenceForeignersCommitment, to the worldBeggingBeing A Pilgrimencouragement, examples ofChastitydesiresLustMortificationNomadsOutsidersSanctification, Means And ResultsSelf DenialSelf IndulgenceSeparationSin, Avoidance Of
Sin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSociety, Positive Aspects OfSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSaints, As PilgrimsAliens, Christians In The WorldChristians, Names OfForsaking SinCitizenshipLiving For The MaterialAvoiding EvilReckoned As ForeignersAbstaining From DrugsPrinciples Of WarCitizensovereatingCharacteristics Of Pilgrims
That ye were to strip off - as regardeth the former behaviour - the old man, who corrupteth himself according to his deceitful covetings,
In whom, ye have also been circumcised with a circumcision not done by hand, in the despoiling of the body of flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ, -
He that covereth his transgressions, shall not prosper, but, he that confesseth and forsaketh, shall find compassion.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
Forsaking » Who should forsake their way
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
God » Remember » Returning to
For ye were as sheep going astray, but have now turned back unto the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
Come, and let us return unto Yahweh! for, he, hath torn, that he might heal us, - smitten, that he might bind us up.
Now, while yet he was holding afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and, running, fell upon his neck, and tenderly kissed him.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
If he slew of them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;
and so they turn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who have carried them away captive, - and pray unto thee in the direction of their own land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy Name,
And Yahweh, will plague Egypt, plague and heal, - And they will turn unto Yahweh And he will be entreated of them and will heal them.
For thus, said my Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel - By returning and resting, shall ye be saved, In keeping quiet and trusting, shall be your strength, - Howbeit ye would not!
Return thou, O Israel, unto Yahweh thy God, - for thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.
From the days of your fathers, have ye departed from my statutes, and not observed them, Return ye unto me, that I may return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts. And yet ye say, Wherein shall we return?
God » Mercy of » Promises of divine mercy
Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh, - Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.
Go, and proclaim these words, towards the North and say - Return! thou apostate - Israel, Urgeth Yahweh, I will not lower my face against you, - for full of lovingkindness, I am, Declareth Yahweh, I will not maintain mine anger unto times age-abiding.
Keeping lovingkindness to a thousand generations, Forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, Though he leave not, utterly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers, Upon sons, And upon sons' sons, Unto a third and unto a fourth generation.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Age-abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him;
For a small moment, I forsook thee, - But, with abounding compassions, do I embrace thee:
With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - with the blameless hero, thou didst show thyself blameless;
For, by your returning unto Yahweh, your brethren and your children, shall find compassion before their captors, so as to return unto this land. For, gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh your God, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye will return unto him.
God's Promises » Of mercy » Of pardon
And I will throw upon you clean water and ye shall he clean, - From all your uncleannesses and from all your manufactured gods, will I cleanse you;
If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous - that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Verse Concepts
Accepting ChristCoolAsking for forgivenessProblem SolvingFaultsCleansed ConsciencesAvoiding SinApologizingGod's attitude towards peopleAssurance, nature ofGuilt, Removal OfHoliness, Believers' Growth InThe Lord's PrayerSanctification, Means And ResultsSin, Confession OfSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSin, Deliverance From GodSinnersGod Is JustConfessionForgiveness Of SinsAwareness
Forsaking SinPenitentPromises To Stand onExamining YourselfAcknowledge, SinCleansing The BodyAsking For HelpBeing Cleansed From SinRepentanceA Forgiving GodSin ConfessedCleanlinessConfession of sinForgivenessForgiving YourselfForgiving Others Who Hurt YouGod's ForgivenessLove And ForgivenessForgiveness Kjvforgivingcleansingconfessing
O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me, I have wiped out, As with a thick cloud, thy transgressions, And as with a broad cloud, thy sins, - Return unto me, for I have redeemed thee.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity - and passing over the transgression - of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he!
I - I, am he that is ready, To wipe out thy transgressions for mine own sake, - And, thy sins, not remember.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, - That I may pardon her.
Then shall they no longer teach Every man his neighbour, and Every man his brother, saying, Know ye Yahweh, - For, they all, shall know me, From the least of them Even unto the greatest of them, Declareth Yahweh, For I will forgive their iniquity, And their sin, will I remember, no more.
And I will purify them, from all their iniquity wherewith they have sinned against me, - And I will grant pardon for all their iniquities Wherewith they have sinned against me, and Wherewith they have transgressed against me;
Because, propitious, will I be as to their unrighteousnesses, and, of their sins, in nowise will I be mindful, any more.
God's Promises » Of mercy » Promises of divine
Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh, - Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.
Go, and proclaim these words, towards the North and say - Return! thou apostate - Israel, Urgeth Yahweh, I will not lower my face against you, - for full of lovingkindness, I am, Declareth Yahweh, I will not maintain mine anger unto times age-abiding.
Keeping lovingkindness to a thousand generations, Forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, Though he leave not, utterly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers, Upon sons, And upon sons' sons, Unto a third and unto a fourth generation.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Age-abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him;
For a small moment, I forsook thee, - But, with abounding compassions, do I embrace thee:
With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - with the blameless hero, thou didst show thyself blameless;
For, by your returning unto Yahweh, your brethren and your children, shall find compassion before their captors, so as to return unto this land. For, gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh your God, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye will return unto him.
Man » The ways of man
I know O Yahweh, That not to a son of earth, pertaineth his own path, - Not, to the man who walketh, also to direct his own steps.
For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, - and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.
All the ways of a man, may be pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon. For, my thoughts, are not, your thoughts, Nor, your ways, my ways, - Declareth Yahweh. For, higher, are the heavens than the earth, - So, higher, are My ways than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
Can ye then say - The way of My Lord will not be equal? Hear I pray you O house of Israel, Will my way, not be equal? Will not your ways be unequal? When a righteous man shall turn away from his righteousness and do that which is perverse and die because of those things In his own perversity which he hath done, shall he die. But when a lawless man turneth away from his lawlessness which he hath done, And hath done justice and righteousness He, shall save his own soul, alive: read more.
When he considered, then he turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, He shall surely live. He shall not die. Can the house of Israel then say- The way of My Lord will not be equal? Will my ways, not be equal O house of Israel? Will not your ways be unequal? Therefore, Every man according to his own ways, will I judge you O house of Israel, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Return ye - and make good your return - from all your transgressions, That they become not unto you a stumbling_ block of iniquity.
When he considered, then he turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, He shall surely live. He shall not die. Can the house of Israel then say- The way of My Lord will not be equal? Will my ways, not be equal O house of Israel? Will not your ways be unequal? Therefore, Every man according to his own ways, will I judge you O house of Israel, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Return ye - and make good your return - from all your transgressions, That they become not unto you a stumbling_ block of iniquity.
And can the sons of thy people say, The way of The Lord will not be equal? Nay! but as for them, their way will not be equal! When the righteous man shall turn from his righteousness and commit perversity Then shall he die for them; But when the lawless man shall turn from his lawlessness, and do justice and righteousness Upon them, shall he live. read more.
And can ye then say, The way of The Lord will not be equal? Every man - according to his own ways so will I judge you O house of Israel?
And can ye then say, The way of The Lord will not be equal? Every man - according to his own ways so will I judge you O house of Israel?
Man » The lord being greater than man
Because, God's foolish thing, is, wiser than men, and, God's weak thing, mightier than men.
Ye, are, of God, dear children, and have overcome them; because, greater, is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon. For, my thoughts, are not, your thoughts, Nor, your ways, my ways, - Declareth Yahweh. For, higher, are the heavens than the earth, - So, higher, are My ways than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
Lo! in this, thou hast not been right - let me answer thee, For, GOD, is greater than, man.
Mercy » Promises of divine
Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh, - Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.
Go, and proclaim these words, towards the North and say - Return! thou apostate - Israel, Urgeth Yahweh, I will not lower my face against you, - for full of lovingkindness, I am, Declareth Yahweh, I will not maintain mine anger unto times age-abiding.
Keeping lovingkindness to a thousand generations, Forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, Though he leave not, utterly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers, Upon sons, And upon sons' sons, Unto a third and unto a fourth generation.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Age-abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him;
For a small moment, I forsook thee, - But, with abounding compassions, do I embrace thee:
With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - with the blameless hero, thou didst show thyself blameless;
For, by your returning unto Yahweh, your brethren and your children, shall find compassion before their captors, so as to return unto this land. For, gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh your God, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye will return unto him.
God's Mercy » Manifested » To repentant sinners
My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
He that covereth his transgressions, shall not prosper, but, he that confesseth and forsaketh, shall find compassion.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
I will arise, and go unto my father, and will say unto him - Father! I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: No longer, am I worthy to be called a son of thine, - Make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came unto his own father. Now, while yet he was holding afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and, running, fell upon his neck, and tenderly kissed him.
Pardon » Promised
Come, I pray you, and let us settle the disputer Saith Yahweh, - Though your sins be found like scarlet, As snow, shall they be made white, Though they appear red like crimson, As wool, shall they become.
And I will throw upon you clean water and ye shall he clean, - From all your uncleannesses and from all your manufactured gods, will I cleanse you;
If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous - that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Verse Concepts
Accepting ChristCoolAsking for forgivenessProblem SolvingFaultsCleansed ConsciencesAvoiding SinApologizingGod's attitude towards peopleAssurance, nature ofGuilt, Removal OfHoliness, Believers' Growth InThe Lord's PrayerSanctification, Means And ResultsSin, Confession OfSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSin, Deliverance From GodSinnersGod Is JustConfessionForgiveness Of SinsAwareness
Forsaking SinPenitentPromises To Stand onExamining YourselfAcknowledge, SinCleansing The BodyAsking For HelpBeing Cleansed From SinRepentanceA Forgiving GodSin ConfessedCleanlinessConfession of sinForgivenessForgiving YourselfForgiving Others Who Hurt YouGod's ForgivenessLove And ForgivenessForgiveness Kjvforgivingcleansingconfessing
O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me, I have wiped out, As with a thick cloud, thy transgressions, And as with a broad cloud, thy sins, - Return unto me, for I have redeemed thee.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity - and passing over the transgression - of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he!
I - I, am he that is ready, To wipe out thy transgressions for mine own sake, - And, thy sins, not remember.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, - That I may pardon her.
Then shall they no longer teach Every man his neighbour, and Every man his brother, saying, Know ye Yahweh, - For, they all, shall know me, From the least of them Even unto the greatest of them, Declareth Yahweh, For I will forgive their iniquity, And their sin, will I remember, no more.
And I will purify them, from all their iniquity wherewith they have sinned against me, - And I will grant pardon for all their iniquities Wherewith they have sinned against me, and Wherewith they have transgressed against me;
Because, propitious, will I be as to their unrighteousnesses, and, of their sins, in nowise will I be mindful, any more.
In those days and in that time, Declareth Yahweh, The iniquity of Israel, shall be sought, and there shall be none, And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; For I will grant pardon to them whom I suffer to remain.
Pardon » Is granted » Abundantly
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Law, however, gained admission, in order that the fault might abound, but, where the sin abounded, the favour greatly superabounded:
Repentance » Pardon, for sin
With weeping, shall they come in, And with supplications, will I lead them, I will bring them unto rivers of waters By a smooth way, wherein they shall not stumble, - For I have become, to Israel, a father, And as for Ephraim, my firstborn, is he!
Go, and proclaim these words, towards the North and say - Return! thou apostate - Israel, Urgeth Yahweh, I will not lower my face against you, - for full of lovingkindness, I am, Declareth Yahweh, I will not maintain mine anger unto times age-abiding.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Returning to God » General references to
For ye were as sheep going astray, but have now turned back unto the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
Come, and let us return unto Yahweh! for, he, hath torn, that he might heal us, - smitten, that he might bind us up.
Now, while yet he was holding afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and, running, fell upon his neck, and tenderly kissed him.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
If he slew of them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;
and so they turn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who have carried them away captive, - and pray unto thee in the direction of their own land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy Name,
And Yahweh, will plague Egypt, plague and heal, - And they will turn unto Yahweh And he will be entreated of them and will heal them.
For thus, said my Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel - By returning and resting, shall ye be saved, In keeping quiet and trusting, shall be your strength, - Howbeit ye would not!
Return thou, O Israel, unto Yahweh thy God, - for thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.
From the days of your fathers, have ye departed from my statutes, and not observed them, Return ye unto me, that I may return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts. And yet ye say, Wherein shall we return?
Sin » Excuses offered for » To be forsaken
Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us,
Verse Concepts
Freedom, Abuse Of ChristianAmbition, positive aspects ofAvoiding Sinevil, believers' responses toClouds, Figurative UseAttitudes, in prayerAthleticsThe Christian RaceLibertinismPatience, In Christian LivingPersecution, Attitudes ToPrizesRunningSelf DisciplineSuffering, Encouragements InConduct, ProperGames, SpiritualVictoryAbuse, Of Christian FreedomPatience Exercised
Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;
Verse Concepts
AbstinenceForeignersCommitment, to the worldBeggingBeing A Pilgrimencouragement, examples ofChastitydesiresLustMortificationNomadsOutsidersSanctification, Means And ResultsSelf DenialSelf IndulgenceSeparationSin, Avoidance Of
Sin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSociety, Positive Aspects OfSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSaints, As PilgrimsAliens, Christians In The WorldChristians, Names OfForsaking SinCitizenshipLiving For The MaterialAvoiding EvilReckoned As ForeignersAbstaining From DrugsPrinciples Of WarCitizensovereatingCharacteristics Of Pilgrims
That ye were to strip off - as regardeth the former behaviour - the old man, who corrupteth himself according to his deceitful covetings,
In whom, ye have also been circumcised with a circumcision not done by hand, in the despoiling of the body of flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ, -
He that covereth his transgressions, shall not prosper, but, he that confesseth and forsaketh, shall find compassion.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
Sinners » Pardon of » Promised
And I will throw upon you clean water and ye shall he clean, - From all your uncleannesses and from all your manufactured gods, will I cleanse you;
If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous - that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Verse Concepts
Accepting ChristCoolAsking for forgivenessProblem SolvingFaultsCleansed ConsciencesAvoiding SinApologizingGod's attitude towards peopleAssurance, nature ofGuilt, Removal OfHoliness, Believers' Growth InThe Lord's PrayerSanctification, Means And ResultsSin, Confession OfSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSin, Deliverance From GodSinnersGod Is JustConfessionForgiveness Of SinsAwareness
Forsaking SinPenitentPromises To Stand onExamining YourselfAcknowledge, SinCleansing The BodyAsking For HelpBeing Cleansed From SinRepentanceA Forgiving GodSin ConfessedCleanlinessConfession of sinForgivenessForgiving YourselfForgiving Others Who Hurt YouGod's ForgivenessLove And ForgivenessForgiveness Kjvforgivingcleansingconfessing
O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me, I have wiped out, As with a thick cloud, thy transgressions, And as with a broad cloud, thy sins, - Return unto me, for I have redeemed thee.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity - and passing over the transgression - of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he!
I - I, am he that is ready, To wipe out thy transgressions for mine own sake, - And, thy sins, not remember.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, - That I may pardon her.
Then shall they no longer teach Every man his neighbour, and Every man his brother, saying, Know ye Yahweh, - For, they all, shall know me, From the least of them Even unto the greatest of them, Declareth Yahweh, For I will forgive their iniquity, And their sin, will I remember, no more.
And I will purify them, from all their iniquity wherewith they have sinned against me, - And I will grant pardon for all their iniquities Wherewith they have sinned against me, and Wherewith they have transgressed against me;
Because, propitious, will I be as to their unrighteousnesses, and, of their sins, in nowise will I be mindful, any more.
Transgression » Sin, definition of » To be forsaken
Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us,
Verse Concepts
Freedom, Abuse Of ChristianAmbition, positive aspects ofAvoiding Sinevil, believers' responses toClouds, Figurative UseAttitudes, in prayerAthleticsThe Christian RaceLibertinismPatience, In Christian LivingPersecution, Attitudes ToPrizesRunningSelf DisciplineSuffering, Encouragements InConduct, ProperGames, SpiritualVictoryAbuse, Of Christian FreedomPatience Exercised
Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;
Verse Concepts
AbstinenceForeignersCommitment, to the worldBeggingBeing A Pilgrimencouragement, examples ofChastitydesiresLustMortificationNomadsOutsidersSanctification, Means And ResultsSelf DenialSelf IndulgenceSeparationSin, Avoidance Of
Sin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSociety, Positive Aspects OfSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSaints, As PilgrimsAliens, Christians In The WorldChristians, Names OfForsaking SinCitizenshipLiving For The MaterialAvoiding EvilReckoned As ForeignersAbstaining From DrugsPrinciples Of WarCitizensovereatingCharacteristics Of Pilgrims
That ye were to strip off - as regardeth the former behaviour - the old man, who corrupteth himself according to his deceitful covetings,
In whom, ye have also been circumcised with a circumcision not done by hand, in the despoiling of the body of flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ, -
He that covereth his transgressions, shall not prosper, but, he that confesseth and forsaketh, shall find compassion.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
Ways » The ways of man
I know O Yahweh, That not to a son of earth, pertaineth his own path, - Not, to the man who walketh, also to direct his own steps.
For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, - and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.
All the ways of a man, may be pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.
Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon. For, my thoughts, are not, your thoughts, Nor, your ways, my ways, - Declareth Yahweh. For, higher, are the heavens than the earth, - So, higher, are My ways than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
Can ye then say - The way of My Lord will not be equal? Hear I pray you O house of Israel, Will my way, not be equal? Will not your ways be unequal? When a righteous man shall turn away from his righteousness and do that which is perverse and die because of those things In his own perversity which he hath done, shall he die. But when a lawless man turneth away from his lawlessness which he hath done, And hath done justice and righteousness He, shall save his own soul, alive: read more.
When he considered, then he turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, He shall surely live. He shall not die. Can the house of Israel then say- The way of My Lord will not be equal? Will my ways, not be equal O house of Israel? Will not your ways be unequal? Therefore, Every man according to his own ways, will I judge you O house of Israel, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Return ye - and make good your return - from all your transgressions, That they become not unto you a stumbling_ block of iniquity.
When he considered, then he turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, He shall surely live. He shall not die. Can the house of Israel then say- The way of My Lord will not be equal? Will my ways, not be equal O house of Israel? Will not your ways be unequal? Therefore, Every man according to his own ways, will I judge you O house of Israel, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Return ye - and make good your return - from all your transgressions, That they become not unto you a stumbling_ block of iniquity.
And can the sons of thy people say, The way of The Lord will not be equal? Nay! but as for them, their way will not be equal! When the righteous man shall turn from his righteousness and commit perversity Then shall he die for them; But when the lawless man shall turn from his lawlessness, and do justice and righteousness Upon them, shall he live. read more.
And can ye then say, The way of The Lord will not be equal? Every man - according to his own ways so will I judge you O house of Israel?
And can ye then say, The way of The Lord will not be equal? Every man - according to his own ways so will I judge you O house of Israel?