Thematic Bible: Encouraged
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Brotherly kindness » Encouraged
with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,
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so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and esteem and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
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Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,
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Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
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And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
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men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In which ye greatly rejoice, although made sorrowful in various trials. Since it is now necessary for a little while,
Charity » Encouraged
and above all these things, love, which is the bond of perfection.
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Cleanliness » Encouraged
But when thou fast, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
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let us approach with a TRUE heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed in pure water.
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Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor. But do not make thyself known to the man until he shall have done eating and drinking.
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Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments.
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And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day, and, behold, if the disease is dim, and the disease be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab, and he shall wash his clothes, and be c
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And thus thou shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
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Confession of sin » Encouraged
Now therefore make confession to LORD, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.
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And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins. And he shall put them upon the head of the goat, a
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.
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He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.
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And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me,
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then he shall confess his sin which he has done. And he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been guilty.
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He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.
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Forbearance » Encouraged
And ye masters, do the same things to them, easing up the threats, knowing also that the master of you yourselves is in the heavens, and there is no partiality from him.
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forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,
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covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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with all humility and mildness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love.
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God » Love to » Encouraged
O love LORD, all ye his sanctified. LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays him who deals proudly.
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And thou shall love LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
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Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of LORD commanded you, to love LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cling to him, and to serve him with a
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keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.
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And Jesus said to him, Thou shall love Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.
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And now, Israel, what does LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
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Therefore thou shall love LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always.
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And may the Lord direct your hearts for the love of God, and for the steadfastness of the Christ.
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Good for evil » Examples of returning » Encouraged
If thou see the donkey of him who hates thee lying under his burden, thou shall refrain leaving him. Thou shall surely release [it] with him.
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If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.
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See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.
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Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.
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But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
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But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In love
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you,
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For ye are also doing it toward all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound more,
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Select readings
About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing. For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food. For every man partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is childlike. read more.
But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.
But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.
Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of doctrine of washings, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this we will do, if of course God will permit. read more.
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and who tasted of the heavenly gift, and who became partakers of Holy Spirit, and who tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, and who fell away, to restore again to repentance, crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and disgracing him publicly. For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God. But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning. But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving. And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end, so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises. For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself, saying, Surely indeed, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And this way, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation.
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and who tasted of the heavenly gift, and who became partakers of Holy Spirit, and who tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, and who fell away, to restore again to repentance, crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and disgracing him publicly. For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God. But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning. But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving. And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end, so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises. For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself, saying, Surely indeed, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And this way, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation.
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Into Christ
But being truthful in love, we may cause all things to grow for him who is the head--the Christ--
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For you to walk worthily of the Lord for every desire to please, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God,
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness,
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Formation
Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge, and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety,
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him is the glory both now and into the day of the age. Truly.
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Through "the word"
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
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Humiliation and self-affliction » Encouraged
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those who seek him, for good, but his power an So we fasted and besought our God for this, and he was entreated by us.
And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you, and ye shall afflict your souls, and ye shall offer an offering made by fire to LORD. And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before LORD your God. read more.
For whatever soul it be who shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people. And whatever soul it be who does any manner of work in that same day, that soul I will destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, ye shall keep your Sabbath.
For whatever soul it be who shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people. And whatever soul it be who does any manner of work in that same day, that soul I will destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, ye shall keep your Sabbath.
And it shall be a statute forever to you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger who sojourns among you. For on this day atonement shall be made for you, to cleanse you. Ye shall be clean from all your sins before LORD. It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and ye shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
Humility » Encouraged
Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.
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Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus,
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He has shown thee, O man, what is good. And what does LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
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But when thou are invited, having gone, sit down in the last place, so that when he who has invited thee comes, he will say to thee, Friend, go up higher, then it will be esteem to thee in the presence of those dining with thee.
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For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to over think beyond what he ought to think, but to think so as to think soundly, as God has apportioned to each man a measure of faith.
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Correct! They were broken off for their unbelief, and thou stand by thy faith. Be not high-minded but fear,
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Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
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But ye are not this way. Rather, the greater among you, shall become as the newer, and he who leads, as he who serves.
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Instruction » Of children encouraged » Encouraged
Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.
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And thou shall teach them diligently to thy sons, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lay down, and when thou rise up.
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And a bondman of Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
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and that ye may teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which LORD has spoken to them by Moses.
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that the generation to come might know, even the sons who should be born, who should arise and tell to their sons,
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And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
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These things command and teach.
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Justice » Encouraged
Masters, present to the bondmen what is right and equitable, knowing that ye also have a Master in heavens.
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Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man.
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Thou shall follow that which is altogether just, that thou may live, and inherit the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
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Thus says LORD, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness. For my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
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To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to LORD than sacrifice.
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Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.
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Kindness » Encouraged
with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,
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so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and esteem and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
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Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,
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Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
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And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
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men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In which ye greatly rejoice, although made sorrowful in various trials. Since it is now necessary for a little while,
Leaders » Preaching » Encouraged
And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good-news to the whole creation.
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What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
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And while going, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has come near.
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preach the word, stand ready in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
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But Jesus said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but thou, after departing, proclaim the kingdom of God.
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And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal those who were incapacitated.
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Go ye, and after standing in the temple, speak to the people all the sayings of this Life.
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Longsuffering » Encouraged
Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
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being strengthened in every ability, according to the dominion of his glory, for all perseverance and longsuffering with joy.
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preach the word, stand ready in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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in purity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in Holy Spirit, in non-hypocritical love,
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Love » Good for evil examples of returning » Encouraged
If thou see the donkey of him who hates thee lying under his burden, thou shall refrain leaving him. Thou shall surely release [it] with him.
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If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.
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See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.
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Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.
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But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
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But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
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Loyalty » Encouraged
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, leave not thy place, for deference allays great offences.
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And whoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
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My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.
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[him] who says to a king, [Thou are] vile, to ranking men, [Ye are] wicked,
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I [say], Keep the king's command, and that because of the oath of God.
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Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher, for there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God, are those that have been instituted.
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Remind them to be submissive to principle offices and positions of authority, to be obedient, to be prepared for every good work,
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Thou shall not revile the gods, nor {speak maliciously (LXX/NT)} of a ruler of thy people.
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that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
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And thou shall put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey.
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Mercy » Encouraged
Therefore turn thou to thy God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
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And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? Shall I smite them? And he answered, Thou shall not smite them. Would thou smite those whom thou have 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 great provision for them. And when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head. Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.
Ministers » Work of preaching » Encouraged
And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good-news to the whole creation.
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What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
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And while going, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has come near.
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preach the word, stand ready in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
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But Jesus said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but thou, after departing, proclaim the kingdom of God.
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And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal those who were incapacitated.
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Go ye, and after standing in the temple, speak to the people all the sayings of this Life.
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Patience » Encouraged
And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.
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In your perseverance ye gain your souls.
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rejoicing in hope, enduring tribulation, persevering in prayer,
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And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.
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Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and latter rain.
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And a bondman of Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
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and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety,
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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Aged men are to be without wine, noble, serious minded, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.
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For ye have need of perseverance, so that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
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Praise » Encouraged » Heavenly
And suddenly there came to be with the agent a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill among men.
Praise ye him, all his [heavenly] agents. Praise ye him, all his host.
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And they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four beings and the elders. And none could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, those who have been redeemed from the earth.
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saying, We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, who is and was, because thou have taken thy great power and reigned.
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And the four beings, one by one, each having six wings, are full of eyes around and inside. And they have no cessation day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord, the Almighty God, he was, and who is, and who is coming.
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And I looked, and I heard as a voice of many agents all around the throne and the beings and the elders. And the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands, saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been killed to receive the power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing!
And all the agents had stood all around the throne, and the elders, and the four beings, and they fell before his throne on their faces, and worshiped God, saying, Truly! Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and strength, is for our God into the ages of the ages. Truly!
And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Praise ye our God, all his bondmen and those who fear him, the small and the great.
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Praise » Encouraged » Nature's
Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains. For LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.
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The pastures are clothed with flocks. The valleys also are covered over with grain. They shout for joy; they also sing.
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Sing, O ye heavens, for LORD has done it. Shout, ye lower parts of the earth. Break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein. For LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify 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 fields shall clap their hands.
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Praise ye him, sun and moon. Praise him, all ye stars of light.
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Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein.
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Let the floods clap their hands. Let the hills sing for joy together
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Praise » Encouraged » Universal
Let them give glory to LORD, 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
Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name.
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Praise » Encouraged » Four-fold reason for
But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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Praise » Encouraged » With musical instruments
Give thanks to LORD with the harp. Sing praises to him with the psaltery of ten strings.
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Praise » Encouraged » In song
Sing praises to LORD, who dwells in Zion. Declare among the people his doings.
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Prayer » Boldness in » Encouraged
Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.
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Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded.
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Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.
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And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
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If therefore any man purges himself from these things, he will be a vessel for esteem, sanctified and useful to the master, prepared for every good work.
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And every man who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as that man is pure.
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Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
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Purge out the old leaven, so that ye may be a new lump, since ye are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us.
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Quietness » Encouraged
but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible, of the meek and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
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and to aspire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,
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for kings and all those who are in prominence, so that we may live a quiet and peaceful life in all piety and propriety.
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Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.
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Now to such men we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with quietness, they should eat their own bread.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » Encouraged
And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good-news to the whole creation.
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What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
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And while going, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has come near.
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preach the word, stand ready in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
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But Jesus said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but thou, after departing, proclaim the kingdom of God.
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And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal those who were incapacitated.
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Go ye, and after standing in the temple, speak to the people all the sayings of this Life.
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Restitution » Encouraged
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him. [A thief] shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
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then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,
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Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.
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if the wicked man restores the pledge, gives again that which he had taken by robbery, walks in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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Righteousness » Encouraged
Sow to yourselves in righteousness. Reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
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Stand ye therefore having girded 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, patience, mildness.
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And as he discoursed about righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment going to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, Go now, and having a convenient time, I will summon thee.
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Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.
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For I say to you, that unless your righteousness abounds more than of the scholars and Pharisees, ye will, no, not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
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Sober up rightly, and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak shame about you.
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having been filled with fruits of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, for glory and praise of God.
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Sanctification » Encouraged
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, for you to abstain from fornication,
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And may the God of peace himself sanctify you thoroughly. And may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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and said to them, Hear me, ye Levites. Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
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And ye shall be holy to me, for I, LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
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And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow LORD will do wonders among you.
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And let the priests also, who come near to LORD, sanctify themselves, lest LORD break forth upon them.
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And he said, Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
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And say thou to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh, for ye have wept in the ears of LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt. Therefore LORD will give you
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Self-examination » Encouraged
Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or know ye not yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless ye are test-failing something.
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Sin » Confession of » Encouraged
Now therefore make confession to LORD, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.
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And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins. And he shall put them upon the head of the goat, a
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.
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He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.
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And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me,
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then he shall confess his sin which he has done. And he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been guilty.
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He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.
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Social duties » Fidelity in business » Justice » The poor » Encouraged
The king who faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
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Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man.
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He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy man, then it was well. Was not this to know me? says LORD.
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Spiritual » Encouraged » In love
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you,
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For ye are also doing it toward all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound more,
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
But being truthful in love, we may cause all things to grow for him who is the head--the Christ--
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For you to walk worthily of the Lord for every desire to please, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God,
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Spiritual » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness,
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Formation
Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge, and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety,
Spiritual » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him is the glory both now and into the day of the age. Truly.
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
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teaching » Spirit as » Encouraged
Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.
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And thou shall teach them diligently to thy sons, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lay down, and when thou rise up.
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And a bondman of Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
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and that ye may teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which LORD has spoken to them by Moses.
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that the generation to come might know, even the sons who should be born, who should arise and tell to their sons,
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And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
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These things command and teach.
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Thanksgiving » Encouraged
Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.
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expressing thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,
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And all things, anything whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all in the name of Lord Jesus, expressing thanks to the God and Father through him.
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Because every creation of God is good, and nothing rejected that is received with thankfulness,
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Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay thy vows to the Most High.
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O give thanks to LORD. Call upon his name. Make known his doings among the peoples.
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In everything express thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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It is a good thing to give thanks to LORD, and to sing praises to thy name, O Most High,
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Witnessing to the truth » Encouraged
And ye also testify, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
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But ye will receive the power of the Holy Spirit that comes upon you. And ye will be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and as far as of the extremity of the earth.
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Ye are my witnesses, says LORD, 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, nor shall there be after me.
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These things speak and exhort and rebuke with every command. Let no man disregard thee.
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Go ye, and after standing in the temple, speak to the people all the sayings of this Life. And having heard, they entered into the temple at early morning, and taught. But the high priest having arrived, and those with him, they called the council together, and all the senate of the sons of Israel. And they sent to the p
And the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision at night, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent, because I am with thee, and no man will lay upon thee to harm thee, because many people are for me in this city.
And he said, The God of our fathers appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous man, and to hear a voice from his mouth, because thou will be a witness for him to all men of the things that thou have seen and heard.
Works, good » Encouraged » Insufficient to secure salvation
For ye are saved by grace through faith, and this a gift of God, not from you, not from works, so that not any man may boast.
Who saved us and who called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.
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Why? Because it was not from faith but as from works of law. For they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
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knowing that a man is not made righteous from works of law, instead through faith of Jesus Christ. And we believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made righteous from faith of Christ, and not from works of law, because no fles
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Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? And then I will profess to them, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, ye who work lawlessness.
Because from works of law no flesh will be made right before him, for through law is knowledge of sin.
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And if it is by grace, it is no longer from works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace. But if it is from works it is no longer grace, otherwise work is no longer work.
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But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not of works in righteousness that we did, but according to his mercy through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Works, good » Encouraged » Examples of
I know thy works, and thy toil, and thy perseverance, and that thou cannot tolerate evil, and thou examined those who say themselves to be apostles, and are not, and found them false.
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Now at Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which, being translated, is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charities that she did.
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For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in, naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me.
remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
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Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances of it.
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a woman came to him having an alabaster cruse of precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head as he sat relaxing. But when his disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste?
But Jesus knowing it, he said to them, Why do ye cause troubles to the woman? For she has wrought a good work upon me.
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Works, good » Encouraged » Furnish a pattern for imitation
who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a special people, a zealot of good works.
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Faithful is the saying. And I want thee to strongly insist about these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to manage good works. These things are good and beneficial to men.
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Concerning all things presenting thyself a pattern of good works in the doctrine: incorruption, dignity, incorruptibility,
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Works, good » Encouraged » Glorify God
Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.
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For you to walk worthily of the Lord for every desire to please, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God,
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Works, good » Encouraged » Demonstrate the reality of faith
Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.
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So also faith, if it has no works, is dead by itself. But some man will say, Thou have faith, and I have works. Show me thy faith from thy works, and I will show thee from my works my faith.
Works, good » Encouraged » Enriched life
to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share,
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Works, good » Encouraged » Tend to summons others to their tasks
And let us examine each other for provocation of love and good works.
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Zeal » The Call of Duty » Encouraged
But to be zealous of is always good in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
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As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
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So also ye, since ye are zealots of spirits, seek so that ye may excel for the edification of the church.
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not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
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Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.
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Because of which reason I remind thee to rekindle the gift of God that is in thee through the laying on of my hands.
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But I think it right, inasmuch as I am in this tent, to arouse you in memory.
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