James 1:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Looketh

2 Corinthians 13:5

Hebrews 12:15

The perfect

James 2:12

Romans 7:12

Liberty

1 Peter 2:16

And

A forgetful

James 1:23

This

Revelation 22:14

General references

Luke 11:28

Bible References

Looketh

It is yourselves you must test, to see whether you are holding to the faith. It is yourselves you must examine. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you fail to stand the test!

Be careful that no one fails to gain God's favor, or some poisonous root may come up to trouble and contaminate you all??16 some immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his very birthright for one single meal.

The perfect

You must talk and act like men who expect to be judged by the law that treats men as free.

So the Law itself is holy, and each command is holy, just, and good.

Liberty

and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."

It is not a consciousness of servitude that has been imparted to you, to fill you with fear again, but the consciousness of adoption as sons, which makes us cry, "Abba!" that is, Father.

Now the Lord here means the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

This is the freedom with which Christ has freed us. So stand firm in it, and do not get under a yoke of slavery again.

Live like free men, only do not make your freedom an excuse for doing wrong, but be slaves of God.

And

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide by what I teach, you are really disciples of mine,

I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. You must retain my love.

And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.

and after the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism went away with Paul and Barnabas, and they talked with them, and urged them to rely on the favor of God.

To this day I have had God's help and I stand here to testify to high and low alike, without adding a thing to what Moses and the prophets declared would happen,

Those who by persistently doing right strive for glory, honor, and immortality will have eternal life,

Observe then the goodness and the severity of God??everity to those who have fallen, but goodness to you, provided you abide by his goodness, for otherwise, you in your turn will be pruned away.

But they will be saved through motherhood, if they continue to have faith and to be loving and holy, and sensible as well.

Look out for yourself and for your teaching. Persevere in your work, for if you do you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

Keep what you have heard from the beginning in your hearts; then you will always be in union with the Son and the Father.

A forgetful

For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him,

This

If anyone comes to me and listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, I will show you whom he is like.

But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "

Now that you have this knowledge, you will be blessed if you act upon it.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who from this time forth die as Christians!" "Yes!" answers the Spirit, "Let them rest from their toil, for what they have done will go with them!"

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so as to have the right to approach the tree of life and to enter the gates of the city.

General references

But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "