Thematic Bible: The insufficiency of
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Formalism » The insufficiency of
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
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Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
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