Thematic Bible: Encouraged
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Brotherly kindness » Encouraged
as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:
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that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ:
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Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
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Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
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and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
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who are kept guarded by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,
Charity » Encouraged
And to all these add love, which is the bond of perfectness.
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Cleanliness » Encouraged
But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
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let us approach with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our hearts from a wicked conscience, and washed as to our body with pure water.
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Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go down to the floor; make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
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And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
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And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day, and behold, the sore is become pale and the sore hath not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a scab; and he shall wash his garments and be clean.
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And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them water of purification from sin; and they shall pass the razor over all their flesh, and shall wash their garments, and make themselves clean.
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Confession of sin » Encouraged
And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.
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and Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the living goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away to the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready;
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Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
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And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, through their unfaithfulness wherein they were unfaithful to me, and also that they have walked contrary unto me,
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then they shall confess their sin which they have done; and he shall recompense his trespass according to the principal thereof, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
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He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;
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Forbearance » Encouraged
And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.
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forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any should have a complaint against any; even as the Christ has forgiven you, so also do ye.
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bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
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God » Love to » Encouraged
Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer.
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and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength.
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Only, take great heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
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And he said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.
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And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
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Thou shalt love then Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments continually.
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But the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of the Christ.
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Good for evil » Examples of returning » Encouraged
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving it to him: thou shalt certainly loosen it with him.
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If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
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See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all;
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If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
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But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you,
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But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In love
But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,
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For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Select readings
Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking of it, since ye are become dull in hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that one should teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food. For every one that partakes of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe; read more.
but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.
but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.
Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on to what belongs to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God, of the doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment; and this will we do if God permit. read more.
For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God, and the works of power of the age to come, and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves as they do the Son of God, and making a show of him. For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God; but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end is to be burned. But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises. For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee; and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise. For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God, and the works of power of the age to come, and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves as they do the Son of God, and making a show of him. For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God; but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end is to be burned. But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises. For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee; and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise. For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Into Christ
but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
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so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Formation
But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge, in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Through "the word"
as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on to what belongs to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
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Humiliation and self-affliction » Encouraged
and my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.
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And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him. And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Also on the tenth of this seventh month is the day of the atonement: a holy convocation shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and present an offering by fire to Jehovah. And ye shall do no manner of work on that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God. read more.
For every soul that is not afflicted on that same day, shall be cut off from among his peoples. And every soul that doeth any manner of work on that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. No manner of work shall ye do: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings. A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
For every soul that is not afflicted on that same day, shall be cut off from among his peoples. And every soul that doeth any manner of work on that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. No manner of work shall ye do: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings. A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you. In the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you; for on that day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you: from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah. A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: it is an everlasting statute.
Humility » Encouraged
Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against the proud, but to the humble gives grace.
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For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus;
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He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
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But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;
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For I say, through the grace which has been given to me, to every one that is among you, not to have high thoughts above what he should think; but to think so as to be wise, as God has dealt to each a measure of faith.
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Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and thou standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:
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Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
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But ye shall not be thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.
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Instruction » Of children encouraged » Encouraged
Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
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and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;
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and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken to them by the hand of Moses.
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That the generation to come might know them, the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell them to their children,
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And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.
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Enjoin and teach these things.
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Justice » Encouraged
Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
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Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
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Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
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Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
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To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
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Render to all their dues: to whom tribute is due, tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.
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Kindness » Encouraged
as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:
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that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ:
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Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
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Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
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and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
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who are kept guarded by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,
Leaders » Preaching » Encouraged
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.
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What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.
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And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
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proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.
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and sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
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Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
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Longsuffering » Encouraged
Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
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strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy;
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proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
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in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
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Love » Good for evil examples of returning » Encouraged
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving it to him: thou shalt certainly loosen it with him.
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If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
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See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all;
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If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
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But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you,
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But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;
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Loyalty » Encouraged
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for quietness pacifieth great offences.
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And whosoever will not do the law of thy God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed diligently upon him, whether unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
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My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
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Shall one say to a king, Belial? to nobles, Wicked?
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I say, Keep the king's commandment, and that on account of the oath of God.
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Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above him. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.
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Put them in mind to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient to rule, to be ready to do every good work,
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Thou shalt not revile the judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people.
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that they may present sweet odours to the God of the heavens, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.
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And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him.
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Mercy » Encouraged
And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
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And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite? shall I smite them? And he said, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. And he prepared a great repast for them, and they ate and drank; and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Ministers » Work of preaching » Encouraged
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.
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What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.
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And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
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proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.
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and sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
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Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
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Patience » Encouraged
But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.
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By your patient endurance gain your souls.
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As regards hope, rejoicing: as regards tribulation, enduring: as regards prayer, persevering:
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But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
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And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;
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in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
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Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.
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that the elder men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience;
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For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
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Praise » Encouraged » Heavenly
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.
Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.
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and they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn that song save the hundred and forty-four thousand who were bought from the earth.
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saying, We give thee thanks, Lord God Almighty, He who is, and who was, that thou hast taken thy great power and hast reigned.
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And the four living creatures, each one of them having respectively six wings; round and within they are full of eyes; and they cease not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.
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And I saw, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and strength, to our God, to the ages of ages. Amen.
And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his bondmen, and ye that fear him, small and great.
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Praise » Encouraged » Nature's
Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones.
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The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.
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Sing, ye heavens; for Jehovah hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, the forest, and every tree therein! For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
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For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
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Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.
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Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.
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Let the floods clap their hands; let the mountains sing for joy together,
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Praise » Encouraged » Universal
let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.
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Let the peoples praise thee, O God, let all the peoples praise thee.
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Praise » Encouraged » Perpetually
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of the lips confessing his name.
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Praise » Encouraged » Four-fold reason for
But ye are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;
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Praise » Encouraged » With musical instruments
Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.
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Praise » Encouraged » In song
Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.
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Prayer » Boldness in » Encouraged
Let us approach therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.
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Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
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Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear.
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And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.
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If therefore one shall have purified himself from these, in separating himself from them, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work.
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And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
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Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil,
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Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
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Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For also our passover, Christ, has been sacrificed;
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Quietness » Encouraged
but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.
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Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.
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and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,
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for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;
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Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.
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Now such we enjoin and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » Encouraged
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.
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What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.
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And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
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proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.
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and sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
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Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
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Restitution » Encouraged
If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood-guiltiness for him; he should have made full restitution: if he had nothing, he would have been sold for his theft.
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then it shall be, if he hath sinned and transgressed, that he shall restore what he robbed or that in which he hath defrauded, or the deposit, or the lost thing which he found,
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and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
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if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, doing nothing that is wrong; he shall certainly live, he shall not die.
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Righteousness » Encouraged
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
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Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
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But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit.
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And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee;
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Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
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For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
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Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.
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being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise.
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Sanctification » Encouraged
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
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Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly: and your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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and he said to them, Hear me, ye Levites: hallow yourselves now, and hallow the house of Jehovah the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the sanctuary.
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And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.
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And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst.
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And the priests also, who come near to Jehovah, shall hallow themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.
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And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah. Hallow yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he hallowed Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
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And unto the people shalt thou say, Hallow yourselves for to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who will give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt; and Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
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Self-examination » Encouraged
examine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates?
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Sin » Confession of » Encouraged
And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.
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and Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the living goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away to the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready;
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Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
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And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, through their unfaithfulness wherein they were unfaithful to me, and also that they have walked contrary unto me,
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then they shall confess their sin which they have done; and he shall recompense his trespass according to the principal thereof, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
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He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;
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Social duties » Fidelity in business » Justice » The poor » Encouraged
A king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
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Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
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Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard.
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
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Spiritual » Encouraged » In love
But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,
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For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
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so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;
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Spiritual » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Formation
But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge, in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
Spiritual » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on to what belongs to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
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teaching » Spirit as » Encouraged
Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
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and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;
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and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken to them by the hand of Moses.
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That the generation to come might know them, the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell them to their children,
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And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.
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Enjoin and teach these things.
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Thanksgiving » Encouraged
Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
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giving thanks at all times for all things to him who is God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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And everything, whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.
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For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;
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Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;
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Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his acts among the peoples.
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in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;
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{A Psalm, a Song, for the Sabbath day.} It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High;
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Witnessing to the truth » Encouraged
and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning.
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but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
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Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am HE: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
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These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise thee.
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Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
And the Lord said by vision in the night to Paul, Fear not, but speak and be not silent; because I am with thee, and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee; because I have much people in this city.
And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth; for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Works, good » Encouraged » Insufficient to secure salvation
For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift: not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.
who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time,
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Wherefore? Because it was not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,
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but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law nor but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of the faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.
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Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through thy name, and through thy name cast out demons, and through thy name done many works of power? and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.
Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him; for by law is knowledge of sin.
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But if by grace, no longer of works: since otherwise grace is no more grace.
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But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared, not on the principle of works which have been done in righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Works, good » Encouraged » Examples of
I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;
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And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.
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for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
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Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and for the charges thereof!
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a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table. But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end was this waste?
But Jesus knowing it said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me.
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Works, good » Encouraged » Furnish a pattern for imitation
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works.
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The word is faithful, and I desire that thou insist strenuously on these things, that they who have believed God may take care to pay diligent attention to good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
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in all things affording thyself as a pattern of good works; in teaching uncorruptedness, gravity,
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Works, good » Encouraged » Glorify God
Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
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so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;
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Works, good » Encouraged » Demonstrate the reality of faith
having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through your good works, themselves witnessing them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself. But some one will say, Thou hast faith and I have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and I from my works will shew thee my faith.
Works, good » Encouraged » Enriched life
to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,
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Works, good » Encouraged » Tend to summons others to their tasks
and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works;
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Zeal » The Call of Duty » Encouraged
But it is right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you --
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I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.
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Thus ye also, since ye are desirous of spirits, seek that ye may abound for the edification of the assembly.
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as to diligent zealousness, not slothful; in spirit fervent; serving the Lord.
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Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
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For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
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But I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance,
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