Think not that I came to destroy the law of the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. For truly I say unto you, Until heaven and earth may pass away, one jot or tittle can not pass from the law, until all things may be accomplished. read more. Therefore if any one may break one of the least of these commandments, and so teach the people, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of the heavens: but whosoever may do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens. For I say unto you, that if your righteousness may not abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can not enter into the kingdom of the heavens. You have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not murder; and whosoever may murder shall be in danger of the judgment; but I say unto you that every one being angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever may say to his brother, Thou scoundrel, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever may say, Thou fool, shall be liable unto a hell of fire. Therefore if you may bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave there your gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to your brother, then having come offer your gift. Be reconciled with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him; lest the adversary may deliver you to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you may be cast into prison. Truly I say unto you, You can not go out from thence until you have paid the last farthing. You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say unto you that every one looking on a woman in order to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not that thy whole body may go away into hell. OMITTED TEXT And it was said, Whosoever may send away his wife, let him give her a divorcement. But I say unto you, that every one sending away his wife, except on account of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever may marry her who has been cast off commits adultery. Again you have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths. But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of His feet; neither by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. Neither swear by thy head, because thou art unable to make one hair white or black. But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but that which aboundeth more than these is of the evil one. You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smites thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also: to him wishing to prosecute thee at law, and take away thy coat, let him have the cloak also. Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him two. Give to the one asking thee, and do not turn away from the one wishing to borrow from thee. You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies with a divine love, bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you: in order that you may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because He raises up His sun on the wicked and on the good, and rains on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those that love you, what reward have ye? because the publicans also do the same. If you salute your brethren only, what do ye more abundantly? do not the heathens also the same thing? Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

Therefore all things whatsoever you may wish that the people may do unto you, do ye even so unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Then Peter, coming to Him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? Jesus says to him, I say not unto thee, Until seven time; but Until seventy times seven.

Jesus said to him, If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

And He traveling along the road, one having run to Him and worshiping Him, asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do in order that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? No one is good but One, God. read more. You know the commandments, thou must not commit adultery, thou must not murder, thou must not steal, thou must not bear false witness, thou must not defraud, honor thy father and mother. And he said to Him, Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth. Jesus looking on him loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. And he being grieved at the word, went away sorrowing: for he had great possessions. And Jesus looking around, says to His disciples; How hardly shall those having riches enter into the kingdom of God! And the disciples were astonished at His words, and Jesus again responding, says to them, Children, how difficult it is to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of God. And they were astonished exceedingly, saying to one another, And who is able to be saved? And Jesus looking upon them says, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God. Peter began to say to Him, Behold, we have left all things, and followed thee. Jesus said, Truly I say unto you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, on account of me and the gospel, except he may receive a hundredfold now in this time, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the coming age eternal life. But many who are first shall be last; and the last first.

And He said to him, You answered correctly: do this, and you shall live.

And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life? And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? No one is good, except One, God. read more. You know the commandments, thou must not commit adultery, thou must not murder, thou must not steal, thou must not bear false witness, honor thy father and mother. And he said, All these things have I kept from my youth. And Jesus hearing these things, said to him, Still one thing is lacking to thee: Sell all things whatsoever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. And hearing these things, he went away very sorrowful; for he was exceedingly rich. Jesus seeing him said, How hardly will those having riches enter into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of God. And those hearing said, And who is able to be saved? And He said, Those things which are impossible with men are possible with God. And Peter said, Behold, we have left all things, and followed thee. And He said to them, Truly I say unto you, that there is no one who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who may not receive a hundredfold in this time, and in the coming age eternal life.

Therefore, as by one man sin came into the world, and death by sin; and thus death came upon all men, in that all sinned; (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed, there being no law; read more. but death reigned from Adam unto Moses, even on those who did not sin after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the type of him who is to come. But not as was the transgression, even so is the free gift: for if by the transgression of one many died, how much more by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, did the grace of God and the gift abound unto many! And not as by the one having sinned, is the free gift; for indeed, judgment was from one unto condemnation, but the free gift is from many transgressions unto justification. For if by the transgression of one death reigned through one; how much more shall those receiving the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Christ Jesus!) Therefore then, as by the transgression of one, judgment came to all men to condemnation; so also through the righteousness of one, the free gift came on all men unto the justification of life: for as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous. But the law came, that the transgression might abound; but where sin did abound, there did grace superabound: in order that as sin reigned through death, so may grace reign also through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Then what shall we say? must we abide in sin, in order that grace may abound? It could not be so. How shall we, who are dead unto sin, live any longer in it? read more. Whether do you not know, that so many of us as were baptized unto Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death: in order that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so must we also walk in newness of life. For if we have grown together in the likeness of His death, we shall also be in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified along with him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer serve sin; for the one having died has been made free from sin. But if we died along with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him: knowing that Christ having risen from the dead dies no more; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he lives, he lives unto God. So you also thus reckon yourselves dead unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ.

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Thanks be unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord: then therefore with the mind I serve the law of God; but with carnality the law of sin.

But ye are not in depravity, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.

and he not fashioned after this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Let love be free from hypocrisy. Abhorring the evil, cleaving to the good:

Owe no man anything, but to love one another with divine love: for the one loving another with divine love has fulfilled the law. For, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is fulfilled in this word, in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself with divine love. read more. Divine love works no evil to its neighbor: for divine love is the fulfilling of the law. And recognizing this time, that it is already the hour we should wake out of sleep: for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. For the night is far spent, and the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside the works of the darkness, and let us put on the arms of the light. Let us walk circumspectly, as in the day; not with revelries and drunkenness, not with debaucheries and impurities, not in strife and envy: but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the lust of the flesh.

But I exhort you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you may all speak the same things, and that there may be no schisms among you; but you may be perfected in the same mind and in the same disposition.

But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought:

And I, brethren, was not able to speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even babes in Christ.

Brethren, be not children in intellect: but be infants in evil, but be perfect in intellect.

But the fruit of the Spirit is divine love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

But those belonging to Christ Jesus have crucified carnality with the passions and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, as ye indeed are called in one hope of your calling; read more. one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart;

Therefore be ye imitators of God, as beloved children;

having confidence as to this same thing, that the one having begun a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Jesus Christ:

for God is the one working in you both to will and to do, of his own good pleasure.

Not that I already received it, or have already been made perfect: but I persevere, if I may receive that for which I have indeed been received by Christ Jesus.

Therefore let us, so many as are perfect, think the same thing: and if you think otherwise in any respect, God will also reveal this to you:

Rejoice in the Lord always: I say to you again, Rejoice. Let your clemency be made known to all men; the Lord is nigh. read more. Be solicitous about nothing; but in all prayer and supplication, let your request be made known to God. And the peace of God, that passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, so many things as are true, so many things as are noble, so many things as are righteous, so many things as are pure, so many things as are lovely, so many things as are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things. Whatsoever things you have indeed learned and received and heard and seen in me, do the same: and the God of peace will be with you.

I can do all things through him who fills me up with dynamite.

who also having revealed to us your divine love in the Spirit. Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,

Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding, that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God. read more. being impowered with all power, according to the might of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light; who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; in whom we have redemption, the remission of sins: who is the image of the invisible God, being the first begotten of all creation, because in him all things are created, in the heavens and upon the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All things were created by him, and unto him; and he before all things, and all things consist in him: and himself is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, in order that in all things himself may be preeminent: because in him all fulness is pleased to dwell; and through him, to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross: through him, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens. And you, being at one time aliens and enemies in your minds on account of wicked works, nevertheless he has now reconciled in the body of his cross through death, to present you holy and blameless and unreprovable before him, if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became.

whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

and in all these things put on divine love, which is the bond of perfection.

Epaphras, who is from you, the servant of Jesus Christ, always agonizing in your behalf in his prayers, in order that you may stand perfect even having been fully carried away in all the will of God, salutes you.

For it became him, on account of whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in leading many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.

and having been made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all those who obey him;

Concerning whom there is much word to us, and difficult to speak, since you are dull of hearing.

Therefore having left the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be carried to perfection; not again laying the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Then indeed if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for unto it the people have been tithed, what need is there still that another priest shall rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is a change of the law. read more. For he unto whom these things were spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one ministers at the altar: for it is evident that our Lord sprang from Judah; in reference to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. And it is still more abundantly evident, if after the similitude of Melchizedek another priest rises, who was not made after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For it is testified, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. For there is a disannulling of the preceding commandment, on account of its weakness and inadequacy for the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh unto God.

For the law institutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which is after the law, the Son, having been made perfect forever.

which is a figure unto the present time, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered, not being able to make the worshiper perfect, as to his conscience;

For by one offering he has forever perfected the sanctified.

God having reserved something better for us, that they might not be made perfect apart from us.

to the whole company, and to the church of the first-born, who have been written in the heavens, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of justified people who have been made perfect,

in every good thing to do his will, doing that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory unto the age of the ages. Amen.

But let endurance have its perfect work, in order that you may be perfect and whole in every part, lacking in nothing.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

But the one having looked into the perfect law which is the law of liberty, and having remained in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be happy in his work.

For we all fail in many things; if any one fails not in word, the same is a perfect man, able even to bridle the whole body.

whom you not seeing, love with divine love; on whom, not looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: