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;

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1 Thessalonians 1:9

To love

James 2:5

Every

Isaiah 56:2

Isaiah 58:13

Revelation 1:10

General references

Bible References

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Then shall not the stranger, which cleaveth to the LORD, say, "Alas the LORD hath shut me clean out from his people." Neither shall the gelded man say, "Lo, I am a dried tree."

One will say, "I am the LORD's." Another will call under the name of Jacob. The third shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and give himself under the name of Israel.

They shall ask the way to Zion; thither shall they turn their faces, and come and hang upon thee, in a covenant that never shall be broken.

Then they that gladly received his preaching were baptised; And the same day, there were added unto them about a three thousand souls.

Which when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad: and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would continually cleave unto the Lord.

And this they did, not as we looked for; but gave their own selves first to the Lord, and after unto us by the will of God:

for they themselves show of you what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from images for to serve the living and true God,

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And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.' This is the first commandment.

For we know well that all things work for the best unto them that love God, which also are called of purpose.

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, the same be anathema. Maranatha.

For in Jesus Christ, neither is circumcision anything worth, neither yet uncircumcision: but faith, which by love is mighty in operation.

Grace be with all them which love our Lord Jesus Christ in pureness. Amen. {Sent from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.}

Happy is the man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him?

Every

Blessed is the man that doth this, and the man's child which keepeth the same. He that taketh heed, that he unhallow not the Sabbath; that is, he that keepeth himself that he do no evil.

Yea, if thou turn thy feet from the Sabbath, so that thou do not the thing which pleaseth thyself in my holy day: then shalt thou be called unto the pleasant, holy, and glorious Sabbath of the LORD, where thou shalt be in honor - so that thou do not after thine own imagination, neither seek thine own will, nor speak thine own words.

I was in the spirit on a Sunday, and heard behind me a great voice, as it had been of a trumpet,

General references

"Remember the Sabbath day that thou sanctify it.

Six days ye shall work, and the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, a holy feast: so that ye may do no work therein, for it is the Sabbath of the LORD, wheresoever ye dwell.

and of the children of the strangers that are sojourners among you, and of their generations that are with you, which they begat in your land.

And when a stranger dwelleth among you and will offer Passover unto the LORD, according to the ordinance of Passover and manner thereof shall he offer it. And ye shall have one law both for the stranger and for him that was born at home in the land.'"

'Keep the Sabbath day that thou sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

Keep therefore the words of this covenant and do them, that ye may understand all that ye ought to do.

Then shall equity dwell in the desert, and righteousness in a fruitful land.

Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the right things contained in the law: shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?