Thematic Bible: Encouraged
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Brotherly kindness » Encouraged
As for brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in matters of worldly honour, yield to one another.
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The sorrow comes in order that the testing of your faith--being more precious than that of gold, which perishes and yet is proved by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
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Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
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Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.
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On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.
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whom God in His power is guarding through faith for a salvation that even now stands ready for unveiling at the End of the Age. Rejoice triumphantly in the prospect of this, even if now, for a short time, you are compelled to sorrow amid various trials.
Charity » Encouraged
And over all these put on love, which is the perfect bond of union;
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Cleanliness » Encouraged
But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and wash your face,
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let us draw near with sincerity and unfaltering faith, having had our hearts sprinkled, once for all, from consciences oppressed with sin, and our bodies bathed in pure water.
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Confession of sin » Encouraged
If we confess our sins, He is so faithful and just that He forgives us our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
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Forbearance » Encouraged
And you masters, act towards your slaves on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you know that in Heaven there is One who is your Master as well as theirs, and that merely earthly distinctions there are none with Him.
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bearing with one another and readily forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also must forgive.
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She knows how to be silent. She is full of trust, full of hope, full of patient endurance.
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with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain,
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God » Love to » Encouraged
must keep yourselves safe in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ which will result in the Life of the Ages.
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"'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'" He answered, "'with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind.'
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And may the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.
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Good for evil » Examples of returning » Encouraged
Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
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See to it that no one ever repays another with evil for evil; but always seek opportunities of doing good both to one another and to all the world.
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On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.
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But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors;
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"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In love
and as for you, may the Lord teach you to love one another and all men, with a growing and a glowing love, resembling our love for you.
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and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. And we exhort you to do so more and more,
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Select readings
Concerning Him we have much to say, and much that it would be difficult to make clear to you, since you have become so dull of apprehension. For although, considering the long time you have been believers, you ought now to be teachers of others, you really need some one to teach you over again the very rudiments of the truths of God, and you have come to require milk instead of solid food. By people who live on milk I mean those who are imperfectly acquainted with the teaching concerning righteousness. read more.
Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.
Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.
Therefore leaving elementary instruction about the Christ, let us advance to mature manhood and not be continually re-laying a foundation of repentance from lifeless works and of faith in God, or of teaching about ceremonial washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and the last judgement. And advance we will, if God permits us to do so. read more.
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once for all been enlightened, and have tasted the sweetness of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away-- it is impossible, I say, to keep bringing them back to a new repentance, for, to their own undoing, they are repeatedly crucifying the Son of God afresh and exposing Him to open shame. For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing. But if it only yields a mass of thorns and briers, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be destroyed by fire. But we, even while we speak in this tone, have a happier conviction concerning you, my dearly-loved friends--a conviction of things which point towards salvation. For God is not unjust so that He is unmindful of your labour and of the love which you have manifested towards Himself in having rendered services to His people and in still rendering them. But we long for each of you to continue to manifest the same earnestness, with a view to your enjoying fulness of hope to the very End; so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises. For when God gave the promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you." And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised. For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once for all been enlightened, and have tasted the sweetness of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away-- it is impossible, I say, to keep bringing them back to a new repentance, for, to their own undoing, they are repeatedly crucifying the Son of God afresh and exposing Him to open shame. For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing. But if it only yields a mass of thorns and briers, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be destroyed by fire. But we, even while we speak in this tone, have a happier conviction concerning you, my dearly-loved friends--a conviction of things which point towards salvation. For God is not unjust so that He is unmindful of your labour and of the love which you have manifested towards Himself in having rendered services to His people and in still rendering them. But we long for each of you to continue to manifest the same earnestness, with a view to your enjoying fulness of hope to the very End; so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises. For when God gave the promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you." And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised. For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Into Christ
But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ.
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so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest.
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Formation
But for this very reason--adding, on your part, all earnestness-- along with your faith, manifest also a noble character: along with a noble character, knowledge; along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, power of endurance;
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Through "the word"
Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;
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spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Therefore leaving elementary instruction about the Christ, let us advance to mature manhood and not be continually re-laying a foundation of repentance from lifeless works and of faith in God,
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Humiliation and self-affliction » Encouraged
Humility » Encouraged
In the same way you younger men must submit to your elders; and all of you must gird yourselves with humility towards one another, for God sets Himself against the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
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Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.
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On the contrary, when you are invited go and take the lowest place, that when your host comes round he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' This will be doing you honour in the presence of all the other guests.
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For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.
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This is true; yet it was their unbelief that cut them off, and you only stand through your faith.
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Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
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With you it is not so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and the leader be like him who serves.
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Instruction » Of children encouraged » Encouraged
Let the teaching concerning Christ remain as a rich treasure in your hearts. In all wisdom teach and admonish one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and sing with grace in your hearts to God.
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and a bondservant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be inoffensive towards all men, a skilful teacher, and patient under wrongs.
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Command this and teach this.
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Justice » Encouraged
Masters, deal justly and equitably with your slaves, knowing that you too have a Master in Heaven.
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Pay promptly to all men what is due to them: taxes to those to whom taxes are due, toll to those to whom toll is due, respect to those to whom respect is due, honour to those to whom honour is due.
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Kindness » Encouraged
As for brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in matters of worldly honour, yield to one another.
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The sorrow comes in order that the testing of your faith--being more precious than that of gold, which perishes and yet is proved by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
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Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
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Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.
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On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.
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whom God in His power is guarding through faith for a salvation that even now stands ready for unveiling at the End of the Age. Rejoice triumphantly in the prospect of this, even if now, for a short time, you are compelled to sorrow amid various trials.
Leaders » Preaching » Encouraged
Then He said to them, "Go the whole world over, and proclaim the Good News to all mankind.
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What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.
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And as you go, preach and say, 'The Kingdom of the Heavens is close at hand.'
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proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.
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"Leave the dead," Jesus rejoined, "to bury their own dead; but you must go and announce far and wide the coming of the Kingdom of God."
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and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.
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"Go and stand in the Temple, and go on proclaiming to the people all this Message of Life."
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Longsuffering » Encouraged
Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.
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Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;
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proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.
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The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;
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by purity of life, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love;
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Love » Good for evil examples of returning » Encouraged
Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
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See to it that no one ever repays another with evil for evil; but always seek opportunities of doing good both to one another and to all the world.
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On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.
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But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors;
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"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;
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Loyalty » Encouraged
Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.
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Remind people that they must submit to the rulers who are in authority over them; that they must obey the magistrates, be prepared for every right action,
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Mercy » Encouraged
On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome the evil with goodness.
Ministers » Work of preaching » Encouraged
Then He said to them, "Go the whole world over, and proclaim the Good News to all mankind.
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What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.
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And as you go, preach and say, 'The Kingdom of the Heavens is close at hand.'
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proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.
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"Leave the dead," Jesus rejoined, "to bury their own dead; but you must go and announce far and wide the coming of the Kingdom of God."
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and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.
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"Go and stand in the Temple, and go on proclaiming to the people all this Message of Life."
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Patience » Encouraged
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the timid, sustain the weak, and be patient towards all.
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By your patient endurance you will purchase your lives.
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full of joyful hope, patient under persecution, earnest and persistent in prayer.
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Only let endurance have perfect results so that you may become perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
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Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain.
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and a bondservant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be inoffensive towards all men, a skilful teacher, and patient under wrongs.
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along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, power of endurance;
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Exhort aged men to be temperate, grave, sober-minded, robust in their faith, their love and their patience.
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For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.
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Praise » Encouraged » Heavenly
And immediately there was with the angel a multitude of the army of Heaven praising God and saying, "Glory be to God in the highest Heavens, And on earth peace among men who please Him!"
And they were singing what seemed to be a new song, in front of the throne and in the presence of the four living creatures and the Elders; and no one was able to learn that song except the 144,000 people who had been redeemed out of the world.
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saying, "We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Ruler of all, Who art and wast, because Thou hast exerted Thy power, Thy great power, and hast become King.
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And each of the four living creatures had six wings, and in every direction, and within, are full of eyes; and day after day, and night after night, they never cease saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Ruler of all, who wast and art and evermore shalt be."
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And I looked, and heard what seemed to be the voices of countless angels on every side of the throne, and of the living creatures and the Elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, and in loud voices they were singing, "It is fitting that the Lamb which has been offered in sacrifice should receive all power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."
All the angels were standing in a circle round the throne and round the Elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces in front of the throne and worshipped God. "Even so!" they cried: "The blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanks and the honor and the power and the might are to be ascribed to our God, until the Ages of the Ages! Even so!"
And from the throne there came a voice which said, "Praise our God, all you His bondservants--you who fear Him, both the small and the great."
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Praise » Encouraged » Nature's
Praise » Encouraged » Universal
Praise » Encouraged » Perpetually
Through Him, then, let us continually lay on the altar a sacrifice of praise to God, namely, the utterance of lips that give thanks to His Name.
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Praise » Encouraged » Four-fold reason for
But you are a chosen race, a priesthood of kingly lineage, a holy nation, a people belonging specially to God, that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.
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Praise » Encouraged » With musical instruments
Praise » Encouraged » In song
Prayer » Boldness in » Encouraged
Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our times 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 make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God.
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Having therefore these promises, beloved friends, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of body and of spirit, and secure perfect holiness through the fear of God.
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And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'
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If therefore a man keeps himself clear of these latter, he himself will be for specially honourable use, consecrated, fit for the Master's service, and fully equipped for every good work.
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And every man who has this hope fixed on Him, purifies himself so as to be as pure as He is.
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Get rid of the old yeast so that you may be dough of a new kind; for in fact you *are* free from corruption. For our Passover Lamb has already been offered in sacrifice--even Christ.
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Quietness » Encouraged
Instead of that, it should be a new nature within--the imperishable ornament of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which is indeed precious in the sight of God.
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and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do:
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including kings and all who are in high station, in order that we may live peaceful and tranquil lives with all godliness and gravity.
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To persons of that sort our injunction--and our command by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ--is that they are to work quietly and eat their own honestly-earned bread.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » Encouraged
Then He said to them, "Go the whole world over, and proclaim the Good News to all mankind.
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What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.
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And as you go, preach and say, 'The Kingdom of the Heavens is close at hand.'
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proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.
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"Leave the dead," Jesus rejoined, "to bury their own dead; but you must go and announce far and wide the coming of the Kingdom of God."
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and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.
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"Go and stand in the Temple, and go on proclaiming to the people all this Message of Life."
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Restitution » Encouraged
Righteousness » Encouraged
Stand therefore, first fastening round you the girdle of truth and putting on the breastplate of uprightness
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But you, O man of God, must flee from these things; and strive for uprightness, godliness, good faith, love, fortitude, and a forgiving temper.
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But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you."
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For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens.
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Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.
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being filled with these fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ-- to the glory and praise of God.
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Sanctification » Encouraged
For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you abstain from fornication;
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And may God Himself who gives peace, make you entirely holy; and may your spirits, souls and bodies be preserved complete and be found blameless at the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Self-examination » Encouraged
Test yourselves to discover whether you are true believers: put your own selves under examination. Or do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you, unless you are insincere?
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Sin » Confession of » Encouraged
If we confess our sins, He is so faithful and just that He forgives us our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
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Social duties » Fidelity in business » Justice » The poor » Encouraged
Spiritual » Encouraged » In love
and as for you, may the Lord teach you to love one another and all men, with a growing and a glowing love, resembling our love for you.
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and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. And we exhort you to do so more and more,
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ.
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so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.
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Spiritual » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest.
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Formation
But for this very reason--adding, on your part, all earnestness-- along with your faith, manifest also a noble character: along with a noble character, knowledge; along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, power of endurance;
Spiritual » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;
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Spiritual » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Therefore leaving elementary instruction about the Christ, let us advance to mature manhood and not be continually re-laying a foundation of repentance from lifeless works and of faith in God,
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teaching » Spirit as » Encouraged
Let the teaching concerning Christ remain as a rich treasure in your hearts. In all wisdom teach and admonish one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and sing with grace in your hearts to God.
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and a bondservant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be inoffensive towards all men, a skilful teacher, and patient under wrongs.
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Command this and teach this.
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Thanksgiving » Encouraged
Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
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Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give thanks to God the Father.
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For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
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In every circumstance of life be thankful; for this is God's will in Christ Jesus respecting you.
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Witnessing to the truth » Encouraged
And you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the first.
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and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts of the earth."
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Thus speak, exhort, reprove, with all impressiveness. Let no one make light of your authority.
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"Go and stand in the Temple, and go on proclaiming to the people all this Message of Life." Having received that command they went into the Temple, just before daybreak, and began to teach: So when the High Priest and his party came, and had called together the Sanhedrin as well as all the Elders of the descendants of Israel, they sent to the jail to fetch the Apostles.
And, in a vision by night, the Lord said to Paul, "Dismiss your fears: go on speaking, and do not give up. I am with you, and no one shall attack you to injure you; for I have very many people in this city."
Then he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the righteous One and hear Him speak. For you shall be a witness for Him, to all men, of what you have seen and heard.
Works, good » Encouraged » Insufficient to secure salvation
For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit-- so that it may be impossible for any one to boast.
For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with our desserts, but in accordance with His own purpose and the free grace which He bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before the commencement of the Ages,
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And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;
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know that it is not through obedience to Law that a man can be declared free from guilt, but only through faith in Jesus Christ. We have therefore believed in Christ Jesus, for the purpose of being declared free from guilt, through faith in Christ and not through obedience to Law. For through obedience to Law no human being shall be declared free from guilt.
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Many will say to me on that day, "'Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name expelled demons, and in Thy name performed many mighty works?' "And then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.'
For on the ground of obedience to Law no man living will be declared righteous before Him. Law simply brings a sure knowledge of sin.
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But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.
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But when the goodness of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we, as righteous men, had done, but as the result of His own mercy He saved us by means of the bath of regeneration and the renewal of our natures by the Holy Spirit,
Works, good » Encouraged » Examples of
I know your doings and your toil and patient suffering. And I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, but have put to the test those who say that they themselves are Apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.
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Among the disciples at Jaffa was a woman called Tabitha, or, as the name may be translated, 'Dorcas.' Her life was wholly devoted to the good and charitable actions which she was constantly doing.
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For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome; when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.'
For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;
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a woman came to Him with a jar of very costly, sweet-scented ointment, which she poured over His head as He reclined at table. "Why such waste?" indignantly exclaimed the disciples;
But Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Why are you vexing her? For she has done a most gracious act towards me.
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Works, good » Encouraged » Furnish a pattern for imitation
who gave Himself for us to purchase our freedom from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a people who should be specially His own, zealous for doing good works.
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This is a faithful saying, and on these various points I would have you insist strenuously, in order that those who have their faith fixed on God may be careful to set an example of good actions. For these are not only good in themselves, but are also useful to mankind.
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and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct, having in your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone,
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Works, good » Encouraged » Glorify God
Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.
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so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.
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Works, good » Encouraged » Demonstrate the reality of faith
Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.
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So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it--so long as it stands alone. Nay, some one will say, "You have faith, I have actions: prove to me your faith apart from corresponding actions and I will prove mine to you by my actions.
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They must be beneficent, rich in noble deeds, open-handed and liberal;
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Works, good » Encouraged » Tend to summons others to their tasks
And let us bestow thought on one another with a view to arousing one another to brotherly love and right conduct;
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Zeal » The Call of Duty » Encouraged
It is always an honourable thing to be courted in an honourable cause; always, and not only when I am with you, my children--
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All whom I hold dear, I reprove and chastise; therefore be in earnest and repent.
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Therefore, seeing that you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them so as to benefit the Church.
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Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be thoroughly warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants,
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For this reason let me remind you to rekindle God's gift which is yours through the laying on of my hands.
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But I think it right, so long as I remain in the body, my present dwelling-place, to arouse you by such reminders.
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