Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Conduct » Christian conduct
You must continue telling the people what is proper for wholesome teaching: the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible, healthy in faith, in love, and in steadfastness; the older women, too, to be reverent in their deportment, and not to be slanderers or slaves to heavy drinking, but to be teachers of what is right, read more.
so as to train the younger women to be affectionate wives and mothers, to be serious, pure, home keepers, kind, and subordinate to their husbands, so as not to cause God's message to suffer reproach. Keep urging the younger men to be sensible. In everything you yourself continue to set them a worthy example of doing good; be sincere and serious in your teaching, let your message be wholesome and unobjectionable, so that our opponent may be put to shame at having nothing evil to say about us. Continue urging slaves to practice perfect submission to their masters and to give them perfect satisfaction, to stop resisting them and stealing from them, but to show such perfect fidelity as to adorn, in everything they do, the teaching of God our Saviour. For God's favor has appeared with its offer of salvation to all mankind, training us to give up godless ways and worldly cravings and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world, while we are waiting for the realization of our blessed hope at the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to ransom us from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people to be His very own, zealous of good works. You must continue teaching this, and continue exhorting and reproving people, with full authority. Let no one belittle you.
so as to train the younger women to be affectionate wives and mothers, to be serious, pure, home keepers, kind, and subordinate to their husbands, so as not to cause God's message to suffer reproach. Keep urging the younger men to be sensible. In everything you yourself continue to set them a worthy example of doing good; be sincere and serious in your teaching, let your message be wholesome and unobjectionable, so that our opponent may be put to shame at having nothing evil to say about us. Continue urging slaves to practice perfect submission to their masters and to give them perfect satisfaction, to stop resisting them and stealing from them, but to show such perfect fidelity as to adorn, in everything they do, the teaching of God our Saviour. For God's favor has appeared with its offer of salvation to all mankind, training us to give up godless ways and worldly cravings and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world, while we are waiting for the realization of our blessed hope at the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to ransom us from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people to be His very own, zealous of good works. You must continue teaching this, and continue exhorting and reproving people, with full authority. Let no one belittle you.
Finally, you must all live in harmony, be sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble, never returning evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but blessing instead, because it was for this that you were called, to obtain the blessing of heirs. For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. read more.
He must turn, too, away from evil and do right; He must seek peace and follow it, Because the eyes of the Lord are on upright men, and His ears listen to their pleading cries, but His face is against them that do wrong."
He must turn, too, away from evil and do right; He must seek peace and follow it, Because the eyes of the Lord are on upright men, and His ears listen to their pleading cries, but His face is against them that do wrong."
Deceit » Forbidden
For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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Evil » Speech evil speaking » Warnings against
You must remove all bitterness, rage, anger, loud threats, and insults, with all malice.
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For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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So once for all get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all sorts of slander,
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And the tongue is a fire, and takes its place among the parts of our bodies as a world of evil; it soils the whole body and sets on fire the circle of man's nature, and itself is set on fire by hell.
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Stop talking against one another, brothers. Whoever is in the habit of talking against a brother or of criticizing his brother is criticizing and condemning the law. But if you are in the habit of criticizing the law, you are not a practicer but a critic of the law.
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Constantly remind people to submit to and obey the rulers who have authority over them, so as to be ready for any good enterprise, to stop abusing anyone, to be peaceable, fair-minded, showing perfect gentleness to everybody.
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
You must remove all bitterness, rage, anger, loud threats, and insults, with all malice.
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For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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So once for all get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all sorts of slander,
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And the tongue is a fire, and takes its place among the parts of our bodies as a world of evil; it soils the whole body and sets on fire the circle of man's nature, and itself is set on fire by hell.
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Stop talking against one another, brothers. Whoever is in the habit of talking against a brother or of criticizing his brother is criticizing and condemning the law. But if you are in the habit of criticizing the law, you are not a practicer but a critic of the law.
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Constantly remind people to submit to and obey the rulers who have authority over them, so as to be ready for any good enterprise, to stop abusing anyone, to be peaceable, fair-minded, showing perfect gentleness to everybody.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » The tongue to be restrained
If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.
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For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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Peace » Necessary to the enjoyment of life
For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. He must turn, too, away from evil and do right; He must seek peace and follow it,
Slander » Saints » Should keep their tongue from
For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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Slander » Saints should keep their tongues from
For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of restraining the tongue
If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.
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For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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Speaking, evil » Warnings against
You must remove all bitterness, rage, anger, loud threats, and insults, with all malice.
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For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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So once for all get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all sorts of slander,
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And the tongue is a fire, and takes its place among the parts of our bodies as a world of evil; it soils the whole body and sets on fire the circle of man's nature, and itself is set on fire by hell.
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Stop talking against one another, brothers. Whoever is in the habit of talking against a brother or of criticizing his brother is criticizing and condemning the law. But if you are in the habit of criticizing the law, you are not a practicer but a critic of the law.
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Constantly remind people to submit to and obey the rulers who have authority over them, so as to be ready for any good enterprise, to stop abusing anyone, to be peaceable, fair-minded, showing perfect gentleness to everybody.
Speaking, evil » The tongue to be restrained
If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.
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For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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