Isaiah 56:6

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Summary

Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;

Join

1 Thessalonians 1:9

To love

James 2:5

Every

Isaiah 56:2

Isaiah 58:13

Revelation 1:10

General references

Bible References

Join

And let not the man from a strange country, who has been joined to the Lord, say, The Lord will certainly put a division between me and his people: and let not the unsexed man say, See, I am a dry tree.

One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.

They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

To love

And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.

And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).

Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

Every

Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.

If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and a great voice at my back, as of a horn, came to my ears,

General references

Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.

And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are living with you, and from their families which have come to birth in your land; and these will be your property.

And if a man from another country is among you and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let him do as is ordered in the law of the Passover: there is to be the same rule for the man from another nation and for him who had his birth in the land.

Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.

So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?