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Being Truthful

This selection focus on how to be truthful. Being truthful might not just a matter of what we say but of how we live our lives.

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Ps 19:1-14

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge.

There is no speech nor language; Their voice is not heard.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: In keeping them there is great reward.

Who can discern errors? Clear thou me from hidden .

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous ; Let them not have dominion over me: Then shall I be upright, And I shall be clear from great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

Ps 25:1-22

Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.

O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths.

Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.

Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way.

The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.

All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.

His soul shall dwell at ease; And his seed shall inherit the land.

The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.

Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

Consider mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins.

Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.

Redeem Israel, O God, Out all of his troubles.

Ps 119:1-176

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.

Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.

Thou hast commanded thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.

Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.

I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.

Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to thy word.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.

With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.

I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.

I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.

My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.

Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

Princes also sat and talked against me; thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.

Thy testimonies also are my delight my counsellors.

My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.

I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.

My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.

I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set .

I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which unto the fear of thee.

Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.

Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.

So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.

So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.

And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.

I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.

I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.

Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.

This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: have I not swerved from thy law.

I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.

Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.

I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.

This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.

Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.

I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word.

I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; I have not forgotten thy law.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.

I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.

The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.

Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.

Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.

The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.

The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.

I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.

Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: I will meditate on thy precepts.

Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.

Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.

My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.

Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?

For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; Help thou me.

They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.

For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.

Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.

I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; I will consider thy testimonies.

I have seen an end of all perfection; thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.

I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! than honey to my mouth!

Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.

I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.

My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.

I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.

Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.

I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.

Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.

Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.

I am thy servant; Give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

It is time for Jehovah to work; they have made void thy law.

Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.

Therefore I esteem all precepts concerning all to be right; I hate every false way.

Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.

The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.

I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.

Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.

My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.

I am small and despised; do I not forget thy precepts.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; thy commandments are my delight.

Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

I have called with my whole heart; Answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.

I have called unto thee; Save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.

I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.

Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.

They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.

Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.

Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.

Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.

Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.

Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.

Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances for ever.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.

I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.

Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.

Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.

I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.

My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.

I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.

Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.

Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.

Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.

Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.

Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.

I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.

John 1:1-18

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

He was not the light, but that he might bear witness of the light.

There was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, to them that believe on his name:

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared .

John 8:20-32

These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.

He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.

The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?

And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am , ye shall die in your sins.

They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.

Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am , and I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.

And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

As he spake these things, many believed on him.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, are ye truly my disciples;

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 8:33-47

They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.

If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

I speak the things which I have seen with Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from father.

They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

Why do ye not understand my speech? because ye cannot hear my word.

Ye are of father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?

He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear not, because ye are not of God.

John 14:1-14

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.

In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, ye may be also.

And whither I go, ye know the way.

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.

John 16:5-15

But now I go unto him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

But because I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

of sin, because they believe not on me;

of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;

of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare unto you.

All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare unto you.

John 17:1-26

These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the son may glorify thee:

even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ.

I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.

And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.

Now they know that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are from thee:

for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received , and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:

and all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them.

And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we .

While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil .

They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;

that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we one;

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.

Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;

and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.

Rom 2:1-16

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.

And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

who will render to every man according to his works:

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation,

tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:

for there is no respect of persons with God.

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

(for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves;

in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing );

in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.

Eph 1:1-23

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly in Christ:

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him,

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,-- in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which toward all the saints,

cease not to give thanks for you, making mention in my prayers;

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly ,

far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Eph 4:1-16

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

And he gave some apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

2Th 3:1-18

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you;

and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for all have not faith.

But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil .

And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

And count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

1Ti 4:1-6

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed :

2Ti 4:1-22

I charge in the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.

Give diligence to come shortly unto me:

for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.

But Tychicus I sent to Ephesus.

The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when thou comest, and the books, especially the parchments.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works:

of whom do thou also beware; for he greatly withstood our words.

At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.

Give diligence to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

The Lord be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.

1Pe 1:1-25

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Blessed the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

that the proof of your faith, more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of souls.

Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that unto you:

searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angel desire to look into.

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in your ignorance:

but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, of Christ:

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.

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