Bible verses about "molestation" | Etheridge

¹ Be therefore imitators of Aloha, as beloved children; ² and walk in love, as the Meshiha also loved us, and delivered himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to Aloha of a fragrant smell. ³ BUT fornication and all uncleanness and covetousness, let them not be even heard among you, as it becometh the saints; ⁴ neither filthiness, nor words of folly, or of jeering, or fables, which are not necessary, but, instead of these, thanksgiving. ⁵ But this know, that any man who is a fornicator, or impure, or covetous, or an idolater, hath no inheritance in the kingdom of the Meshiha and of Aloha; ⁶ lest any man deceive you with vain words; for because of these cometh the anger of Aloha upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Be not, therefore, participators with them. ⁸ For you were before darkness, but now you are light in our Lord. As the sons of light, then, so walk. ⁹ For the fruits of the light are in all goodness and rectitude and truth. ¹⁰ And be discerning of that which is good before our Lord. ¹¹ And have no communion with the works of darkness, which have no fruits, but reprove them. ¹² For that which in secrecy they do it is execrable even to mention. ¹³ For every thing is exposed by the light, and is revealed, and whatever revealeth is light. ¹⁴ Wherefore it is said, Awake thou who sleepest, and arise from the dead, and the Meshiha shall enlighten thee. ¹⁵ See then that you walk vigilantly, not as fools, ¹⁶ but as the wise who redeem their opportunity, because the days are evil. ¹⁷ On account of this, be not wanting in mind, but understand what is the will of Aloha. ¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, in which is intemperance, but be filled with the Spirit. ¹⁹ And discourse with yourselves with psalms and with hymns and with songs of the Spirit, singing with your hearts unto the Lord. ²⁰ And give thanks always on behalf of every man in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto Aloha the Father. ²¹ And be subject one to another in the love of the Meshiha. ²² WIVES, be subject to your husbands as to our Lord. ²³ For the husband is the head of the wife, as the Meshiha is the head of the church, and he himself is the Saviour of the body. ²⁴ But as the church is subject to Meshiha, so also (should) wives be unto their husbands in every thing. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, as also the Meshiha loved his church, and gave himself for her, ²⁶ that he might sanctify her and purify her in the laver of waters and by the word, ²⁷ and that he might constitute her a church unto himself, being glorified, and not having blemish or wrinkle or any thing like these; but to be holy and spotless. ²⁸ So it becometh husbands to love their wives, as their own bodies. For he who his wife loveth, himself he loveth. ²⁹ For no man ever hated his own body, but nourisheth it, and taketh care of it; so also the Meshiha (taketh care) of the church. ³⁰ For we are members of his body, and of his flesh are we, and of his bones. ³¹ Because of this a man leaveth his father and his mother, and cleaveth unto his wife, and they two become one flesh. ³² This mystery is great; but I speak of the Meshiha and of his church. ³³ Nevertheless let every one of you so love his wife as his own self; but let the wife reverence her husband.

¹ Children, obey your parents in our Lord, for this is right; ² and this is the first commandment which promiseth. Honour thy father and thy mother, ³ that it may be well with thee, and thy life be prolonged upon the earth. ⁴ Parents, make not your children angry, but make them to grow in the discipline and in the doctrine of our Lord. ⁵ Servants, be subject to your masters who are according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, and with simplicity of heart, as unto the Meshiha: ⁶ not in the sight of the eyes, as if you were pleasing men (only), but as the servants of Meshiha who do the will of Aloha. ⁷ And serve them from all your soul, in love, as unto our Lord, and not as unto men; ⁸ knowing that whatever good a man doeth he is rewarded by our Lord, whether he be a servant or a son of freedom. ⁹ So you, masters,[Or, lords.] do likewise to your servants; forgiving them a fault; ["Faults." WALTON'S Polyglot.] or you know also that your Master is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him. ¹⁰ HENCEFORTH, my brethren, be strong in our Lord, and in the power of his strength. ¹¹ And clothe you in all the armour of Aloha, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the accuser. ¹² For your wrestling is not with flesh and blood (only), but with princes, and with powers, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits who are under heaven. ¹³ Wherefore clothe you with all the armour of Aloha, that you may be able to meet the evil one, and being prepared in every thing you may stand. ¹⁴ Stand, therefore, with your loins strengthened with the truth, and wear the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and let your feet be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ and with these take to you the shield of faith, that therewith you may be empowered with strength to extinguish all the burning shafts of that evil one; ¹⁷ and put on the helmet of salvation, and take the sword of the Spirit which is the word of Aloha. ¹⁸ And with all prayers, and with all supplications, pray at all times in the Spirit, and in that prayer be watchful in all seasons, praying constantly and invoking on behalf of all the saints; ¹⁹ and for me also, that the word may be given me with openness of my mouth, that I may boldly proclaim the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may speak with freedom, as it behoveth me to speak it. ²¹ But that you may know also what relateth to me, and what I am doing, behold, Tykikos, a brother beloved, and a faithful minister of our Lord, will make known to you; ²² whom I have sent to you on account of this, that he may make you acquainted with what relateth to me, and may comfort your hearts. ²³ Peace be with the brethren, and love with faith from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha. ²⁴ Grace be with all them who love our Lord Jeshu Meshiha incorruptibly. Amen.

¹³ Food is for the belly, and the belly for food; but Aloha will abolish them both. But the body was not for fornication, but for our Lord, and our Lord for the body.

⁹ Or, know you not that the unjust the kingdom of Aloha cannot inherit? Do not err; neither fornicators, nor the servers of idols, nor adulterers, nor corrupters, nor liers with men,

⁵ Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, and passions, and evil desires, and covetousness, which itself is idolatry.

²⁶ FOR if with his will any man shall sin after he hath received the knowledge of the truth, there is not still a victim to be offered for sins;

² It were better for him that an ass-millstone were hanged on his neck, and he be cast into the sea. Woe (to him) who shall offend [Or, cause to stumble.] one of these little ones!

¹⁶ But I say to you, Walk in the Spirit, and the desires of the flesh you will not work.

¹⁹ For the works of the flesh are known, which are (these), fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, ²⁰ the worship of idols, sorcery, enmity, contention, ambition, wrath, calumny, divisions, rendings, ²¹ envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all that are like these; and they who do them, as I told you before, so now I tell you, the kingdom of Aloha do not inherit.

⁴² And every one who shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it had been better [Or, more tolerable.] for him that an ass-millstone had been set to his neck, and he had been cast forth into the sea.

⁶ And every one that shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, to him it had been better that the mill-stone of an ass* were hung to his neck, and himself plunged into the depths of the sea. [* That is, the stone of a mill worked by an ass or mule.]