Thematic Bible: Encouraged
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Brotherly kindness » Encouraged
Put affection into your love for the brotherhood; be forward to honour one another;
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that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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As God's own chosen, then, as consecrated and beloved, be clothed with compassion, kindliness, humility, gentleness, and good temper ??13 forbear and forgive each other in any case of complaint; as Christ forgave you, so must you forgive.
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Love is very patient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy; love makes no parade, gives itself no airs,
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be kind to each other, be tender-hearted, be generous to each other as God has been generous to you in Christ.
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and the power of God protects you by faith till you do inherit the salvation which is all ready to be revealed at the last hour. You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials;
Charity » Encouraged
And above all you must be loving, for love is the link of the perfect life.
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Cleanliness » Encouraged
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
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let us draw near with a true heart, in absolute assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from a bad conscience, and our bodies washed in pure water;
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Confession of sin » Encouraged
if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, he forgives our sins and cleanses us from all iniquity;
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Forbearance » Encouraged
And as for you masters, act by your servants in the same way, and stop threatening them; be sure that they and you have a Lord and Master in heaven, and there is no partiality about him.
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always slow to expose, always eager to believe the best, always hopeful, always patient.
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with perfect modesty and gentleness, showing forbearance to one another patiently, zealous in love
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God » Love to » Encouraged
so keeping yourselves within the love of God and waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that ends in life eternal.
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He replied, "You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.
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May the Lord direct your hearts towards God's love and towards Christ's patience!
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Good for evil » Examples of returning » Encouraged
No, you must love your enemies and help them, you must lend to them without expecting any return; then you will have a rich reward, you will be sons of the Most High for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the evil.
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see that none of you pays back evil for evil, but always aim at what is kind to one another and to all the world;
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if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in this way you will make him feel a burning sense of shame.
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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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I tell you, my hearers, 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 excel in love to one another and to all men (as is my love for you),
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as indeed is your practice towards all the brothers throughout all Macedonia. We beseech you, brothers, to excel in this more and more;
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Select readings
On this point I have a great deal to say, which it is hard to make intelligible to you. For you have grown dull of hearing. Though by this time you should be teaching other people, you still need someone to teach you once more the rudimentary principles of the divine revelation. You are in need of milk, not of solid food. (For anyone who is fed on milk is unskilled in moral truth; he is a mere babe. read more.
Whereas solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by exercise to distinguish good and evil.)
Whereas solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by exercise to distinguish good and evil.)
Let us pass on then to what is mature, leaving elementary Christian doctrine behind, instead of laying the foundation over again with repentance from dead works, with faith in God, with instruction about ablutions and the laying on of hands, about the resurrection of the dead and eternal punishment. With God's permission, we will take this step. read more.
For in the case of people who have been once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly Gift, who participated in the holy Spirit, who tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the world to come, and then fell away ??6 it is impossible to make them repent afresh, since they crucify the Son of God in their own persons and hold him up to obloquy. For land which absorbs the rain that often falls on it, and bears plants that are useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God; whereas, if it produces thorns and thistles, it is reprobate and on the verge of being cursed ??its fate is to be burned. Though I say this, beloved, I feel sure you will take the better course that means salvation. God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints. It is my heart's desire that each of you would prove equally keen upon realizing your full hope to the very end, so that instead of being slack you may imitate those who inherit the promises by their stedfast faith. For in making a promise to Abraham God swore by himself (since he could swear by none greater), I will indeed bless you and multiply you. Thus it was that Abraham by his stedfastness obtained what he had been promised. For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute,
For in the case of people who have been once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly Gift, who participated in the holy Spirit, who tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the world to come, and then fell away ??6 it is impossible to make them repent afresh, since they crucify the Son of God in their own persons and hold him up to obloquy. For land which absorbs the rain that often falls on it, and bears plants that are useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God; whereas, if it produces thorns and thistles, it is reprobate and on the verge of being cursed ??its fate is to be burned. Though I say this, beloved, I feel sure you will take the better course that means salvation. God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints. It is my heart's desire that each of you would prove equally keen upon realizing your full hope to the very end, so that instead of being slack you may imitate those who inherit the promises by their stedfast faith. For in making a promise to Abraham God swore by himself (since he could swear by none greater), I will indeed bless you and multiply you. Thus it was that Abraham by his stedfastness obtained what he had been promised. For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute,
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Into Christ
we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him,
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so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
He who furnishes the sower with seed and with bread to eat will supply seed for you and multiply it; he will increase the crop of your charities ??11 you will be enriched on all hands, so that you can be generous on all occasions, and your generosity, of which I am the agent, will make men give thanks to God;
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Formation
intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety,
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory now and to the day of eternity: Amen.
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Through "the word"
Like newly-born children, thirst for the pure, spiritual milk to make you grow up to salvation.
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Let us pass on then to what is mature, leaving elementary Christian doctrine behind, instead of laying the foundation over again with repentance from dead works, with faith in God,
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Humiliation and self-affliction » Encouraged
Humility » Encouraged
You younger men must also submit to the presbyters. Indeed you must all put on the apron of humility to serve one another, for the haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace.
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Treat one another with the same spirit as you experience in Christ Jesus.
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No, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in he will tell you, 'Move higher up, my friend.' Then you will be honoured before your fellow guests.
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In virtue of my office, I tell everyone of your number who is self-important, that he is not to think more of himself than he ought to think; he must take a sane view of himself, corresponding to the degree of faith which God has assigned to each.
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Granted. They were broken off ??for their lack of faith. And you owe your position to your faith. You should feel awed instead of being uplifted.
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humble yourselves before the Lord, and then he will raise you up.
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not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant.
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Instruction » Of children encouraged » Encouraged
Let the inspiration of Christ dwell in your midst with all its wealth of wisdom; teach and train one another with the music of psalms, with hymns, and songs of the spiritual life; praise God with thankful hearts.
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And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;
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Give these orders and teach these lessons.
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Justice » Encouraged
Masters, treat your servants justly and fairly; remember you have a Master of your own in heaven.
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Pay them all their respective dues, tribute to one, taxes to another, respect to this man, honour to that.
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Kindness » Encouraged
Put affection into your love for the brotherhood; be forward to honour one another;
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that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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As God's own chosen, then, as consecrated and beloved, be clothed with compassion, kindliness, humility, gentleness, and good temper ??13 forbear and forgive each other in any case of complaint; as Christ forgave you, so must you forgive.
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Love is very patient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy; love makes no parade, gives itself no airs,
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be kind to each other, be tender-hearted, be generous to each other as God has been generous to you in Christ.
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and the power of God protects you by faith till you do inherit the salvation which is all ready to be revealed at the last hour. You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials;
Leaders » Preaching » Encouraged
And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:
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what I tell you in the dark, you must utter in the open, what you hear in a whisper you must proclaim on the housetop.
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And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.'
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I adjure you to preach the word; keep at it in season and out of season, refuting, checking, and exhorting men; never lose patience with them, and never give up your teaching,
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Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God."
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He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.
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"Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life."
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Longsuffering » Encouraged
Love is very patient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy; love makes no parade, gives itself no airs,
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May his glorious might nerve you with full power to endure and to be patient cheerfully, whatever comes,
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I adjure you to preach the word; keep at it in season and out of season, refuting, checking, and exhorting men; never lose patience with them, and never give up your teaching,
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But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,
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with innocence, insight, patience, kindness, the holy Spirit, unaffected love,
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Love » Good for evil examples of returning » Encouraged
No, you must love your enemies and help them, you must lend to them without expecting any return; then you will have a rich reward, you will be sons of the Most High for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the evil.
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see that none of you pays back evil for evil, but always aim at what is kind to one another and to all the world;
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if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in this way you will make him feel a burning sense of shame.
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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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I tell you, my hearers, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you:
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Loyalty » Encouraged
Every subject must obey the government-authorities, for no authority exists apart from God; the existing authorities have been constituted by God.
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Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work,
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Mercy » Encouraged
if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in this way you will make him feel a burning sense of shame. Do not let evil get the better of you; get the better of evil by doing good.
Ministers » Work of preaching » Encouraged
And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:
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what I tell you in the dark, you must utter in the open, what you hear in a whisper you must proclaim on the housetop.
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And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.'
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I adjure you to preach the word; keep at it in season and out of season, refuting, checking, and exhorting men; never lose patience with them, and never give up your teaching,
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Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God."
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He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.
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"Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life."
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Patience » Encouraged
We beseech you, brothers, keep a check upon loafers, encourage the faint-hearted, sustain weak souls, never lose your temper with anyone;
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Hold out stedfast and you win your souls.
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let your hope be a joy to you; be stedfast in trouble, attend to prayer,
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only, let your endurance be a finished product, so that you may be finished and complete, with never a defect.
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Be patient, then, brothers, till the arrival of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop of the land, biding his time patiently till he gets the autumn and the spring rains;
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And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;
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intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety,
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Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, masters of themselves, sound in faith, in love, and in stedfastness.
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Steady patience is what you need, so that after doing the will of God you may get what you have been promised.
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Praise » Encouraged » Heavenly
Then a host of heaven's army suddenly appeared beside the angel extolling God and saying, "Glory to God in high heaven, and peace on earth for men whom he favours!"
they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living Creatures and the Presbyters, and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been ransomed from earth.
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saying, "We thank thee, Lord God almighty, who art and wast, that thou hast assumed thy great power and begun to reign;
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The four living Creatures, each with six wings apiece, are full of eyes all over their bodies and under their wings, and day and night they never cease the chant, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God almighty, who was and is and is coming."
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Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels round the throne and of the living Creatures and of the Presbyters, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, crying aloud, "The slain Lamb deserves to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing."
And all the angels surrounded the throne and the Presbyters and the four living Creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne, worshipping God and crying, "Even so! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be to our God for ever and ever: Amen!"
And a voice came from the throne, "Extol our God, all ye his servants, ye who reverence him, low and high!"
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Praise » Encouraged » Nature's
Praise » Encouraged » Universal
Praise » Encouraged » Perpetually
And by him let us constantly offer praise to God as our sacrifice, that is, the fruit of lips that celebrate his Name.
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Praise » Encouraged » Four-fold reason for
But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.
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Praise » Encouraged » With musical instruments
Praise » Encouraged » In song
Prayer » Boldness in » Encouraged
So let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in the hour of need.
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Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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As these great promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates either flesh or spirit; let us be fully consecrated by reverence for God].
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And now, why do you wait? Get up and be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking his name.'
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If one will only keep clear of the latter, he will be put to noble use, he will be consecrated and useful to the Owner of the House, he will be set apart for good work of all kinds.
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And everyone who rests this hope on him, purifies himself as he is pure.
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Clean out the old dough that you may be a fresh lump. For you are free from the old leaven; Christ our paschal lamb has been sacrificed.
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Quietness » Encouraged
but inside, in the heart, with the immortal beauty of a gentle and modest spirit, which in the sight of God is of rare value.
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also, endeavour to live quietly, attend to your own business, and ??as we charged you ??work with your hands,
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Now in the Lord Jesus Christ we charge and exhort such persons to keep quiet, to do their work and earn their own living.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » Encouraged
And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:
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what I tell you in the dark, you must utter in the open, what you hear in a whisper you must proclaim on the housetop.
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And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.'
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I adjure you to preach the word; keep at it in season and out of season, refuting, checking, and exhorting men; never lose patience with them, and never give up your teaching,
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Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God."
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He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.
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"Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life."
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Restitution » Encouraged
Righteousness » Encouraged
Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail,
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Shun that, O man of God, aim at integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, and suavity;
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but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"
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For I tell you, unless your goodness excels that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the Realm of heaven.
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Get back to your sober senses and avoid sin, for some of you ??and I say this to your shame ??some of you are insensible to God.
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your life covered with that harvest of righteousness which Jesus Christ produces to the glory and the praise of God.
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Sanctification » Encouraged
It is God's will that you should be consecrated, that you abstain from sexual vice,
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May the God of peace consecrate you through and through! Spirit, soul, and body, may you be kept without break or blame till the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ!
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Self-examination » Encouraged
Put yourselves to the proof, not me; test yourselves, to see if you are in the faith. Do you not understand that Christ Jesus is within you? Otherwise you must be failures.
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Sin » Confession of » Encouraged
if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, he forgives our sins and cleanses us from all iniquity;
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Social duties » Fidelity in business » Justice » The poor » Encouraged
Spiritual » Encouraged » In love
And may the Lord make you increase and excel in love to one another and to all men (as is my love for you),
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as indeed is your practice towards all the brothers throughout all Macedonia. We beseech you, brothers, to excel in this more and more;
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him,
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so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!
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Spiritual » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
He who furnishes the sower with seed and with bread to eat will supply seed for you and multiply it; he will increase the crop of your charities ??11 you will be enriched on all hands, so that you can be generous on all occasions, and your generosity, of which I am the agent, will make men give thanks to God;
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Formation
intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety,
Spiritual » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory now and to the day of eternity: Amen.
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
Like newly-born children, thirst for the pure, spiritual milk to make you grow up to salvation.
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Let us pass on then to what is mature, leaving elementary Christian doctrine behind, instead of laying the foundation over again with repentance from dead works, with faith in God,
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teaching » Spirit as » Encouraged
Let the inspiration of Christ dwell in your midst with all its wealth of wisdom; teach and train one another with the music of psalms, with hymns, and songs of the spiritual life; praise God with thankful hearts.
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And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;
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Give these orders and teach these lessons.
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Thanksgiving » Encouraged
Never be anxious, but always make your requests known to God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving;
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and render thanks to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ at all times and for all things.
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Indeed, whatever you say or do, let everything be done in dependence on the Lord Jesus, giving thanks in his name to God the Father.
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Anything God has created is good, and nothing is to be tabooed ??provided it is eaten with thanksgiving,
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thank God for everything ??such is his will for you in Christ Jesus;
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Witnessing to the truth » Encouraged
and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.
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You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
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Tell them all this, exhort and reprove, with full authority; let no one slight you.
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"Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life." With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men.
And the Lord said to Paul in a vision by night, "Have no fear, speak on and never stop, for I am with you, and no one shall attack and injure you; I have many people in this city."
Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, to see the Just One, and to hear him speak with his own lips. For you are to be a witness for him before all men, a witness of what you have seen and heard.
Works, good » Encouraged » Insufficient to secure salvation
For it is by grace you have been saved, as you had faith; it is not your doing but God's gift, not the outcome of what you have done ??lest anyone should pride himself on that;
who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration ??not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus
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And why? Simply because Israel has relied not on faith but on what they could do. They have stumbled over the stone that makes men stumble ??33 as it is written, Here I lay a stone in Sion that will make men stumble, even a rock to trip them up; but he who believes in Him will never be disappointed.
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but since we know a man is justified simply by faith in Jesus Christ and not by doing what the Law commands, we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus so as to get justified by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands ??for by doing what the Law commands no person shall be justified.
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Many will say to me at that Day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? did we not cast out daemons in your name? did we not perform many miracles in your name?' Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from my presence, you workers of iniquity.'
for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin.
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Selected by grace, and therefore not for anything they have done; otherwise grace would cease to be grace.
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But "the goodness and affection of God our Saviour appeared; and he saved us, not for anything we had done but from his own pity for us, by the water that means regeneration and renewal under the holy Spirit
Works, good » Encouraged » Examples of
I know your doings, your hard work and your patient endurance; I know that you cannot bear wicked men, and that you have tested those who style themselves apostles (no apostles they!) and detected them to be liars;
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At Joppa there was a disciple called Tabitha (which may be translated Dorcas, or 'Gazelle'), a woman whose life was full of good actions and of charitable practices.
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For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you entertained me, I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'
as we recall your active faith and labour of love and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
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a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table. When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said;
But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.
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Works, good » Encouraged » Furnish a pattern for imitation
who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.
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It is a sure saying. I want you to insist on this, that those who have faith in God must profess honest occupations. Such counsels are right and good for men.
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set them an example of good conduct; be sincere and serious in your teaching,
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Works, good » Encouraged » Glorify God
So your light is to shine before men, that they may see the good you do and glorify your Father in heaven.
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so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!
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Works, good » Encouraged » Demonstrate the reality of faith
Conduct yourselves properly before pagans; so that for all their slander of you as bad characters, they may come to glorify God when you are put upon your trial, by what they see of your good deeds.
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So faith, unless it has deeds, is dead in itself. Someone will object, 'And you claim to have faith!' Yes, and I claim to have deeds as well; you show me your faith without any deeds, and I will show you by my deeds what faith is!
Works, good » Encouraged » Enriched life
tell them to be bountiful, rich in good works, open-handed and generous,
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Works, good » Encouraged » Tend to summons others to their tasks
and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good deeds ??25 not ceasing to meet together, as is the habit of some, but admonishing one another, all the more so, as you see the Day coming near.
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Now it is fine for you to be made much of honestly and all the time ??not simply when I can be with you.
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I reprove and discipline those whom I love; so be in warm earnest and repent.
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So with yourselves; since your heart is set on possessing 'spirits,' make the edification of the church your aim in this desire to excel.
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never let your zeal flag; maintain the spiritual glow; serve the Lord;
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Hence I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift which you received when my hands were laid upon you;
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so long as I am in this tent, I deem it proper to stir you up by way of reminder,
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