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Do not enter into inconsistent relations with those who reject the Faith. For what partnership can there be between righteousness and lawlessness? or what has light to do with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial? or what can those who accept the Faith have in common with those who reject it? What agreement can thee be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the Living God. That is what God meant when he said--'I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. read more.
Therefore "Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them," says the Lord, "and touch nothing impure; And I will welcome you;



I, however, say to you that any one who cherishes anger against his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the Court; and whoever pours contempt upon his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the High Council, while whoever calls down curses upon him shall be liable to answer for it in the fiery Pit. Verse ConceptsAngerThe DeadFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristBad AttitudeAggressionethics, personalethics, basis ofelders, as community leadersAnger, HumanHell, As Incentive To ActionHumiliationLanguagesPainPunishment, By GodResponsibility, To GodRidicule, Nature OfSanhedrinSpeech, Negative Aspects OfTemperGehennaAnger ManagementFire Of HellDifferent TeachingsCounted As FoolsFound GuiltyGod SuingInsulting Other PeopleHellAnger And ForgivenessSibling Loverisk






"Martha, Martha," replied the Master, "you are anxious and trouble yourself about many things; Verse ConceptsHealthDuplicating WordsWorry And StressWorryingAnxiety And StressNervousnessdistractionsworriesanxious



I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master's Cause, desiring to please him; Verse ConceptsCare, WorldlyCelibacyLibertyPriorityUnrestDo Not Be AnxiousUnmarriedNot WorryingAnxiety And FearWorryingFocusBeing Singledistractionsfreeworriesanxious









"Martha, Martha," replied the Master, "you are anxious and trouble yourself about many things; Verse ConceptsHealthDuplicating WordsWorry And StressWorryingAnxiety And StressNervousnessdistractionsworriesanxious



I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master's Cause, desiring to please him; Verse ConceptsCare, WorldlyCelibacyLibertyPriorityUnrestDo Not Be AnxiousUnmarriedNot WorryingAnxiety And FearWorryingFocusBeing Singledistractionsfreeworriesanxious


Therefore "Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them," says the Lord, "and touch nothing impure; And I will welcome you; Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinSeparationTouchWorldlinessSeparation From Evil PeopleComing Out From EvilWelcomed By GodPeople Being UncleanPollution ForbiddenBeing Differentwelcome








From the very same mouth come blessings and curses! My Brothers, it is not right that this should be so. Verse ConceptsBlessedCursingAbusive MarriagesBlessing And CurseUngodly CursingThe TongueBlessing OthersSwearingcurses













Do not let us grow vain, and provoke or envy one another. Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfMinistry, In The ChurchProvokingBrotherly LoveAvoid Envy





But, while you harbor envy and bitterness and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or lie to the detriment of the Truth. Verse ConceptsBeing BitterBraggingLyingDo Not Be ProudBitternessEthicslieing








For he knew that it was out of jealousy that they had given Jesus up to him. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSuffering, Causes OfHanding Over ChristKnowing FactsThose Who Envied

But the sight of the crowds of people filled the minds of the Jews with jealousy, and they kept contradicting Paul's statements in violent language. Verse ConceptsJealousyPersecution, Forms OfEnvy, Example OfContradictingMaking Israel Jealous



Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you." Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse



Awake to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forSin, Avoidance OfWakefulnessRighteousnessIgnorance of GodMoving OnKnowing Godignoranceawakeningshunning




























Therefore you have nothing to say in your own defense, whoever you are who set yourself up as a judge. In judging others you condemn yourself, for you who set yourself up as a judge do the very same things. Verse ConceptsCondemnation, Causes OfExcusesUncharitablenessLike Bad PeopleFound GuiltyJudgingBeing YourselfJudgementJudging Others Actionscondemnationothers

Who are you, that you should pass judgment on the servant of another? His standing or falling concerns his own master. And stand he will, for his Master can enable him to stand. Verse ConceptsStandingEnabling GracePersonal ResponsibilityAble To StandNot JudgingServants Of PeopleGod Establishes UsQuestioning GodJudging Others Actionsservanthoodcriticism











'Be angry, yet do not sin.' Do not let the sun go down upon your anger; And give no opportunity to the Devil.



"What commandments?" asked the man. "These," answered Jesus:-- "'Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not say what is false about others. Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery, DefinedMurderSanctity Of LifeWitnesses, FalseAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealEighth Commandment


The commandments, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet,' and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.' Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself

Every one who hates his Brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has Immortal Life within him. Verse ConceptsHatredBullyingAccepting OthersNot Maintaining LifeJudged As MurderersEternal lifeHateForgiving Others Who Hurt YouSibling Lovehaters

I need hardly say that no one among you must suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a criminal, or for interfering in matters which do not concern Christians. Verse ConceptsFraudEvildoersBusybodiesMeddlingDo Not MurderMinding Your Own Businessthieves








I charge you solemnly, before God and Christ Jesus and the Chosen Angels, to carry out these directions, unswayed by prejudice, never acting with partiality. Verse ConceptsFavouritismethics, socialequalityElection, Description OfSolemn ChargesMinisters, Should BeAngels, DescriptionPartialityMen's Orders



These men are always murmuring, and complaining of their lot; they follow where their passions lead them; they have arrogant words upon their lips; and they flatter men for the sake of what they can get from them. Verse ConceptsBraggingComplaintsComplaining




Is not that to make distinctions among yourselves, and show yourselves prejudiced judges? Verse ConceptsMan Differentiatingdiscriminationmotives

They next went through the Phrygian district of Galatia, but were restrained by the Holy Spirit from delivering the Message in Roman Asia. When they reached the borders of Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.



Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband






"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' And said--'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife shall become one'?

Presently some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked: "Has a husband the right to divorce his wife?" "What direction did Moses give you?" replied Jesus. "Moses," they said, "permitted a man to 'draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife.'" read more.
"It was owing to the hardness of your hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses gave you this direction; But, at the beginning of the Creation, God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, And the man and his wife shall become one;' so that they are no longer two, but one.



In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I bid every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think till he learns to think soberly--in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each. Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfIndividualismHumilityModestyAttention SeekersPresumptionPride, Evil OfSelf ConfidenceSelf DisciplineSelf RespectThoughtOverestimationMaintaining FaithDo Not Be ProudThe Grace Given To MenElectSelf WorthSelf EsteemBelieving In YourselfConfidence And Self EsteemSelf ImageefficiencymeasurementGod As The Source Of Faith


Above all things, my Brothers, never take an oath, either by heaven, or by earth, or by anything else. With you let 'Yes' suffice for yes, and 'No' for no, so that you may escape condemnation. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing





Yet even Michael, the Archangel, when, in his dispute with the Devil, he was arguing about the body of Moses, did not venture to charge him with maligning, but said merely 'The Lord rebuke you!' Verse ConceptsArchangelsMichael The ArchangelDisputesCorpses Of Other PeopleGod Requite Them!Ranks Of Angelsgabrielaccusations

even where angels, though excelling them in strength and power, do not bring against them a malignant charge before the Lord. Verse ConceptsAngelsThe Power Of Other Creaturesaccusations

But, as things are, I say that you are not to associate with any one who, although a Brother in name, is immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or abusive, or a drunkard, or grasping-no, not even to sit at table with such people. Verse ConceptsBad CompanyAlcoholGreed, Believers' Response ToBad FriendsFellowship With WickedSexual ChastityCorrecting A BrotherGood AssoiciatesWarnings Of Evil AssociationsAvoid ImmoralityAvoiding IdolatryNo DealingsAbusive RelationshipsAddictionCovetousnesssexGreedSexual Immoralitydrunkards

is puffed up with conceit, not really knowing anything, but having a morbid craving for discussions and arguments. Such things only give rise to envy, quarreling, recriminations, base suspicions, Verse ConceptsFoolish QuestionsFools, Characteristics OfBackbitingEnvyThe ProudUncharitablenessNot Believing PeopleAvoid QuarrelsMind Battlesrumors





Take care that none of you ever pays back wrong for wrong, but always follow the kindest course with one another and with every one. Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toAttackingGrudgesKindnessOpposition, To Sin And EvilRevenge, And RetaliationSpiteCourtesyDo Good!Repaying Evil For EvilTurning The Other Cheek



I, however, say to you that you must not resist wrong; but, if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also; Verse ConceptsCheeksInsultsSelf DefenceTemperAccepting BeatingsTwo Of Body PartsOther Right PartsRepaying Evil For EvilTurning The Other CheekForgiving Others Who Hurt You





Take care that none of you ever pays back wrong for wrong, but always follow the kindest course with one another and with every one. Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toAttackingGrudgesKindnessOpposition, To Sin And EvilRevenge, And RetaliationSpiteCourtesyDo Good!Repaying Evil For EvilTurning The Other Cheek







If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy him; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you. Verse ConceptsHoliness Of The SaintsSacrilegeGod DestroyingA Holy NationDestruction Of The ChurchThe First TempleDefilementThe churchGod's WillTaking Care Of Your Body


whose mouths ought to be stopped; for they upset whole households by teaching what they ought not to teach, merely to make questionable gains. Verse ConceptsProfitsSelf IndulgenceSacrilegeMisteachingRelatives Also InvolvedDishonestyFamiliesvulnerability









Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you." Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse



Awake to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forSin, Avoidance OfWakefulnessRighteousnessIgnorance of GodMoving OnKnowing Godignoranceawakeningshunning


Do not disparage one another, Brothers. He who disparages his Brother, or passes judgment on his Brother, disparages the Law and passes judgment on the Law. But, if you pass judgment on the Law, you are not obeying it, but judging it. Verse ConceptsBackbitingCommitment, to God's peopleEvil SpeakingGossipInjurySpeech, Negative Aspects OfObscenitySpeaking, EvilAbraham, New Testament ReferencesSlanderUncharitablenessBackstabbersNot JudgingIf You Do Not Keep CommandsSiblingsFake FriendsBrothers LoveConfidence And Self EsteemSibling Lovecriticismgrandmas












But, while you harbor envy and bitterness and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or lie to the detriment of the Truth. Verse ConceptsBeing BitterBraggingLyingDo Not Be ProudBitternessEthicslieing







Again, you have heard that to our ancestors it was said--'Thou shalt not break an oath, but thou shall keep thine oaths as a debt due to the Lord.' Verse ConceptsMaking VowsFalse WaysGod Speaking Of Oldgrandmas


The commandments, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet,' and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.' Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself





Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you." Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse



Awake to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forSin, Avoidance OfWakefulnessRighteousnessIgnorance of GodMoving OnKnowing Godignoranceawakeningshunning