Romans 14 Cross References - ACV

¹ But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions. ² One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables. ³ The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him. ⁴ Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. ⁵ One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind. ⁶ He who regards the day, regards it for the Lord. And he who does not regard the day, for the Lord he does not regard it. And he who eats, eats for the Lord, for he expresses thanks to God. And he who does not eat, for the Lord he does not eat, and expresses thanks to God. ⁷ For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself. ⁸ For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's. ⁹ For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living. ¹⁰ But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. ¹¹ For it is written, I live, says the Lord, that every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God. ¹² So then each of us will give account about himself to God. ¹³ Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare. ¹⁴ I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is profane by itself, except to him who regards anything to be profane. To that man it is profane. ¹⁵ For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Therefore do not let your good be maligned. ¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men. ¹⁹ So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other. ²⁰ Do not tear down the work of God because of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is wrong to the man who eats through hindrance. ²¹ It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak. ²² The faith thou have, have in relation to thyself before God. Blessed is the man not condemning himself in what he allows. ²³ But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.

³ Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands.

³ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. ⁴ Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.

¹¹ He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those who have their young.

³ A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench, but he will bring forth justice in truth.

⁴ Ye have not strengthened the diseased, nor have ye healed that which was sick, nor have ye bound up that which was broken, nor have ye brought back that which was driven away, nor have ye sought that which was lost, but ye have ruled over them with force and with rigor.

¹⁶ I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.

¹⁶ For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, nor will he seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound, but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. ⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.

²⁰ A bruised reed he will not break, and smoldering flax he will not quench, until he sends forth justice for victory.

³¹ And straightaway having stretched forth his hand, Jesus took hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why did thou doubt?

⁵ And whoever will receive one such child in my name receives me. ⁶ But whoever may cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is advantageous for him that a donkey-powered millstone were hanged on his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

¹⁰ See that ye not disparage one of these little ones, for I say to you, that in the heavens their agents do always behold the face of my Father in the heavens.

² It is better for him if a donkey-powered millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any man whomever I may send, receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

¹⁹ And not being weak in faith he did not regard his body, which was now deadened (being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

²¹ It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.

¹ Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.

⁷ Therefore receive ye each other, just as Christ also received you for the glory of God.

¹ And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to the childlike in Christ. ² I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able,

⁷ Nevertheless the knowledge is not in all men, but some, with conscience of the idol until now, eat as sacrificed to idols, and their weak conscience is defiled. ⁸ But food does not present us to God, for neither if we eat are we ahead, nor if we do not eat are we behind. ⁹ But take heed lest somehow this privilege of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak. ¹⁰ For if some man sees thee, who has knowledge, dining in an idol-temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols? ¹¹ And by thy knowledge the brother, being weak, will be ruined, for whom Christ died. ¹² And sinning this way against the brothers, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. ¹³ Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.

²² To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.

²⁹ Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such men esteemed.

¹⁰ If any man comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into a house, and do not speak to him to rejoice.

⁸ We therefore ought to welcome such men, so that we might become fellow workmen for the truth. ⁹ I wrote to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first of them, did not accept us. ¹⁰ Because of this, if I come, I will remember his works that he does, prating against us with evil words. And not being satisfied in these, he himself does not even accept the brothers, and he forbids those who would, and expels them out of the congregation.

²⁹ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for food,

³ Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. As the green herb, I have given you all.

¹⁷ Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

¹² Test thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.

¹⁶ So the steward took away their food, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them vegetables.

¹⁴ I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is profane by itself, except to him who regards anything to be profane. To that man it is profane.

²² The faith thou have, have in relation to thyself before God. Blessed is the man not condemning himself in what he allows. ²³ But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.

²⁵ Eat everything being sold in a meat market, inquiring of nothing because of the conscience,

¹² For before certain men came from James he ate together with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing men of circumcision.

⁴ Because every creation of God is good, and nothing rejected that is received with thankfulness,

¹⁵ Truly to the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

¹⁰ only in foods and drinks and various washings: carnal ordinances imposed until a time of reformation.

⁹ Be not carried away by various and foreign doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods by which those who walked were not benefited.

¹⁰ For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, the eyes of LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

¹ Do not criticize, that ye may not be criticized. ² For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.

¹⁴ Then the disciples of John come to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but thy disciples fast not?

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

⁹ And he also spoke this parable to some of those who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous, and disdained other men.

³⁴ And having opened his mouth, Peter said, In truth, I am overwhelmed that God is not partial,

⁴⁴ While Peter still spoke these sayings, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.

⁸ And God, who knows the heart, testified to them, having given them the Holy Spirit, just as also to us. ⁹ And he made not one distinction between both us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.

¹⁰ But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

¹³ Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare.

¹⁵ For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.

²⁹ And I say conscience, not the one of himself, but the one of the other man. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience? ³⁰ If I partake with thankfulness, why am I maligned about which I express thanks?

¹⁶ Let not any man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, ¹⁷ which are a shadow of the things coming, but the body is Christ's.

²⁷ The eternal God is thy dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said, Destroy. ²⁸ And Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of grain and new wine. Yea, his heavens drop down dew. ²⁹ Happy are thou, O Israel. Who is like thee, a people saved by LORD, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee, and thou shall tread upon their high places.

⁵ My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped.

¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but LORD upholds the righteous.

²⁴ Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for LORD upholds him with his hand.

²⁸ For LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his sanctified. They are preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and let me not be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, and shall have respect for thy statutes continually.

²⁹ He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength.

²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they will, no, not perish into the age, and not any will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father who has given to me, is greater than all, and not one is able to snatch out of my Father's hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one.

¹⁷ If then God gave to them the identical gift as also to us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, but what power was I to hinder God?

³¹ What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? ³² He who did not even spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him? ³³ Who will accuse against the chosen of God? God is he who makes righteous. ³⁴ Who is he who will condemn? It is Christ who died, but more, who also was raised up, who also is at the right hand of God, who also appeals for us. ³⁵ Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or restriction, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter. ³⁷ But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor agents, nor principal positions, nor powers, nor things that have come, nor things that are coming, ³⁹ nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

²⁰ Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?

²³ And also those, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

³ The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.

²⁵ Now to him who is able to establish you according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to a revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for eternal times,

⁴ for I know nothing on myself. Yet I have not been made righteous in this, but he who appraises me is the Lord. ⁵ Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.

²⁵ Whereupon he is able also to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, being always alive in order to intercede on their behalf.

¹¹ Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge. ¹² There is one lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy, but thou, who are thou who judge the other man?

⁵ men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep them non-stumbling, and to present before his glory, unblemished in gladness,

²³ But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.

⁷ Nevertheless the knowledge is not in all men, but some, with conscience of the idol until now, eat as sacrificed to idols, and their weak conscience is defiled.

¹¹ And by thy knowledge the brother, being weak, will be ruined, for whom Christ died.

⁹ but now knowing God, but rather being known by God, how is it ye turn again to the weak and destitute elements to which ye desire again to be in bondage anew? ¹⁰ Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

¹⁹ And by this we know that we are of the truth, and will assure our hearts before him. ²⁰ Because if our heart should condemn us, that God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God,

¹⁴ And this day shall be to you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to LORD; throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

⁴² It is a night to be much observed to LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of LORD, to be much observed of all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

²⁵ And Moses said, Eat that today, for today is a sabbath to LORD. Today ye shall not find it in the field.

⁵ Is such the fast that I have chosen, the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to LORD?

⁵ Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast to me, even to me? ⁶ And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do ye not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

¹⁹ And after commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass, having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looking up to heaven, he blessed. And having broken them in pieces, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

³⁶ And after taking the seven loaves and the fishes, having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

²⁸ They said to him therefore, What shall we do that we may work the works of God?

³⁰ If I partake with thankfulness, why am I maligned about which I express thanks? ³¹ Therefore whether ye eat, or drink, or anything ye do, do all to the glory of God.

¹⁰ Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

³ forbidding to marry, to abstain from foods, which God created for partaking with thankfulness by those who believe and know the truth. ⁴ Because every creation of God is good, and nothing rejected that is received with thankfulness, ⁵ for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

⁹ For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.

¹⁹ Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own, ²⁰ for ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which is of God.

¹⁵ And he died for all so that those who live would no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and was raised.

¹⁹ For I, through law, died to law, so that I might live to God. ²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

²⁰ according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be shamed in nothing. But with all boldness, now as always, Christ will also be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death. ²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But if to live in flesh, this is fruit of labor to me, then what I will choose I know not. ²³ And I am constrained by the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, being far better. ²⁴ But to remain in the flesh is more necessary because of you.

¹⁰ So that, whether we are awake or sleep, we should live together with him.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a special people, a zealot of good works.

² in order to live the remaining time in flesh, no longer by lusts of men, but by the will of God.

¹⁹ Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he will glorify God. And after saying this, he says to him, Follow me.

³⁶ For indeed David, who served his own generation in the plan of God, became asleep, and was added near his fathers, and saw decay.

²⁴ But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good news of the grace of God.

¹³ And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours, ²³ and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

²³ But each in his own order. Christ the first fruit, then those of Christ at his coming.

²⁰ according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be shamed in nothing. But with all boldness, now as always, Christ will also be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.

¹⁷ Yet even if I am poured out a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

³⁰ Because for sake of the work of the Christ he came near the point of death, handing over his life so that he might fill up the deficiency of your service toward me.

¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and arose, so also those who became asleep through Jesus, God will bring with him. ¹⁵ For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain for the coming of the Lord, will no, not precede those who became asleep. ¹⁶ Because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with a voice of the arch-agent, and with a trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first, ¹⁷ then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up simultaneously with them in clouds to the Lord's gathering in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage each other with these words.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their toils, and their works follow with them.

¹⁰ Yet it pleased LORD to bruise him. He has put him to grief. When thou shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of LORD shall prosper in his hand. ¹¹ He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied. By the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities. ¹² Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors. Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

¹⁸ And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me.

²⁶ Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

²² For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

²⁷ And he also gave him authority to execute judgment because he is a son of man. ²⁸ Marvel not at this, because an hour comes in which all those in the sepulchers will hear his voice, ²⁹ and will come forth, those who have done right to a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced wrong to a resurrection of judgment.

³⁶ The word that he sent forth to the sons of Israel, preaching good news, peace by Jesus Christ (this man is Lord of all),

⁴² And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to solemnly testify that this is the man designated by God, judge of the living and the dead.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ holds us together, having judge this, that if one died for all, then all died.

²⁰ which he wrought in the Christ, having raised him from the dead and seated at his right hand in the heavenly things, ²¹ far above every principle office, and position of authority, and power, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is coming. ²² And he subordinated all things under his feet, and appointed him head over all things for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fulfillment of him who fills all in all.

⁹ Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of the heavenly, and the earthly, and the sub-earthly, ¹¹ and that every tongue should acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹ I solemnly testify therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is going to judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom,

² Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

²¹ men who, because of him, believe in God who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, in order for your faith and hope to be in God;

⁵ Men who will give back an accounting to him who fares readily to judge the living and the dead.

¹⁸ and he who lives. And I became dead, and behold, I am living into the ages of the ages. Truly. And I have the keys of death and of Hades.

⁸ And to the agent of the congregation in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

³¹ But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. ³² And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from each other, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

¹¹ But Herod having disdained him with his soldiers, and having mocked him, having arraying him in a bright robe, he sent him back to Pilate.

²² For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

¹¹ This is the stone that was rejected by you who build, which became into the head of the corner.

³¹ Because he appointed a day during which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he appointed, having provided assurance to all men because he raised him from the dead.

¹⁶ in a day when God judges the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my good news.

³ The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him. ⁴ Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

⁵ Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.

¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of the Christ, so that each man may receive back about the things that he did through the body, whether good or bad.

¹⁴ And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads, ¹⁵ to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the irreverent of them about all the works of their own irreverence that they have done irreverently, and about all the harsh things that irreverent sinners spoke against him.

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him who sits upon it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged from the things that were written in the books, according to their works. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead in them. And they were judged, each according to their works. ¹⁴ And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if any man was found not written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

²¹ but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of LORD,

²⁸ Say to them, As I live, says LORD, surely as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you.

¹¹ Yea, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.

²² Look to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else. ²³ By myself I have sworn, the word has gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue will confess to God. ²⁴ Only in LORD, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength. Even to him men shall come, and all those who were incensed against him shall be put to shame. ²⁵ In LORD all the seed of Israel shall be justified, and shall glory.

¹⁸ Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold. All these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, says LORD, thou shall surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride.

²⁴ As I live, says LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet I would pluck thee from there,

¹¹ Therefore, as I live, says the lord LORD, surely, because thou have defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore I also will diminish thee, nor shall my eye spare. And I also will have no pity.

⁹ Therefore as I live, says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

³² Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens.

⁹ that if thou will confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and will believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou will be saved.

⁹ and the Gentiles, for the sake of mercy, to glorify God, as it is written, Because of this I will give thanks to thee among Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.

¹⁵ Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

⁷ Because many deceivers have gone forth into the world, those not acknowledging Jesus Christ coming in flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

¹⁴ And the four living creatures were saying the Truly. And the elders fell down and worshiped.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

³⁶ But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.

²⁷ For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his agents, and then he will reward each man according to his actions.

²³ Because of this the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a king, who wanted to settle account with his bondmen. ²⁴ And when he began to settle, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵ But of him not having to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all things, as many as he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ The bondman therefore having fallen down, worshiped him, saying, Lord, be patient toward me and I will pay thee all. ²⁷ And having felt compassion, the lord of that bondman released him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ But after going out, that bondman found one of his fellow bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having grabbed him, he choked him, saying, Pay me if thou owe anything. ²⁹ So his fellow bondman having fallen down at his feet, besought him, saying, Be patience toward me, and I will pay thee. ³⁰ But he would not, instead, having left him, he cast him into prison until he would pay that which was owed. ³¹ And when his fellow bondmen saw the things that happened, they were extremely sorry. And after coming, they reported to their lord all the things that happened. ³² Then his lord having summoned him, he says to him, Thou evil bondman, I forgave thee all that debt because thou besought me. ³³ Was it not necessary for thee also to be merciful to thy fellow bondman, as I also was merciful to thee? ³⁴ And having become angry, his lord delivered him to the tormentors until he would pay all that was due to him. ³⁵ So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye do not forgive each man his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.

² And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage.

⁵ For each man will bear his own burden.

¹⁴ Thou shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.

¹⁴ However, because by this deed thou have given great occasion to the enemies of LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to thee shall surely die.

¹⁴ And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way. Take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

³ Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should I be inquired of at all by them?

¹ Do not criticize, that ye may not be criticized.

²³ But having turned around, he said to Peter, Go thee behind me, Satan. Thou are my stumbling-block, because thou regard not the things of God, but the things of men.

⁷ Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks. For it is necessary that the stumbling-blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes.

⁵⁷ And also why do ye not judge yourselves what is right?

³² Why? Because it was not from faith but as from works of law. For they stumbled at the stone of stumbling, ³³ just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.

⁹ And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.

⁴ Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brothers, watch out for those who make the divisions and the stumbling blocks, contrary to the doctrine that ye learned, and turn away from them.

³² Become ye inoffensive both to Jews and to Greeks, and to the church of God,

¹³ Judge ye among yourselves, is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered?

³ giving not one cause of stumbling in anything, so that the ministry may not be criticized,

¹⁰ for you to examine the things that are significant. So that ye may be tested by sunlight and not stumbling toward the day of Christ,

¹⁴ I desire therefore the younger women to marry, to bear children, to manage house, to give not one occasion to him who opposes on account of slander.

⁴ then are ye not partial among yourselves, and become judges from evil thoughts?

¹¹ Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge.

¹⁰ He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him.

¹⁴ But I have a few things against thee, because thou have there men who adhere to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, even to eat idol sacrifices, and to fornicate.

¹⁴ But Peter said, Not so, Lord, because I have never eaten anything profane or unclean. ¹⁵ And a voice again for a second time, What God has cleansed, thou shall not make profane.

²⁸ And he said to them, Ye understand how it is unlawful for a Jewish man to fraternize or to visit with a foreign man, and yet God demonstrated to me not to call one man profane or unclean.

⁸ But I said, Not so, Lord, because nothing profane or unclean has ever entered into my mouth. ⁹ But a voice answered me for a second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, thou shall not make profane.

² One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables.

²⁰ Do not tear down the work of God because of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is wrong to the man who eats through hindrance.

¹⁰ For if some man sees thee, who has knowledge, dining in an idol-temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

²² Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive.

¹⁰ Love works no evil to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of law.

² Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.

¹ Now about the things sacrificed to idols. We know that all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

¹¹ And by thy knowledge the brother, being weak, will be ruined, for whom Christ died. ¹² And sinning this way against the brothers, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

¹ If I speak with the tongues of men and of agents, but have not love, I have become sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal.

⁴ Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up. ⁵ It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,

¹³ For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love.

² And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

² fulfill my joy, that ye may think the same way, having the same love, being knit in soul, thinking in oneness, ³ in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves. ⁴ Look ye out each man not to things of yourselves, but each man also to the things of others.

¹ But false prophets also developed among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. ² And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

¹⁷ rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.

²⁰ Arranging this lest any man may criticize us in this bounty administered by us, ²¹ providing things right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

²² Abstain from all appearance of evil.

²⁴ Only in LORD, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength. Even to him men shall come, and all those who were incensed against him shall be put to shame.

¹² For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

³ to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of LORD, that he may be glorified.

⁵ Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ⁶ In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is his name by which he shall be called: LORD our righteousness.

⁴⁴ And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

²⁴ Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

² Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.

³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

¹⁵ And a certain man of those dining together having heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who will eat dinner in the kingdom of God.

²⁰ And questioned by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God comes, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation, ²¹ nor will they say, Lo, here! or, Lo, there! For behold, the kingdom of God is inside of you.

³ Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

⁵ Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

³³ These things I have spoken to you, so that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation. But cheer up, I have overcome the world.

³¹ Indeed therefore the congregations throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified. And, going in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

⁵² And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

¹ Therefore having been made righteous from faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom also we have access by faith for this grace in which we stand, and we take pride in hope of the glory of God. ³ And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance, ⁴ and perseverance, character, and character, hope. ⁵ And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that was given to us.

⁶ For the mentality of the flesh is death, but the mentality of the Spirit is life and peace.

¹⁵ For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. ¹⁶ The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are children of God.

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

³⁰ But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

²⁰ For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

⁹ Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals,

⁸ But food does not present us to God, for neither if we eat are we ahead, nor if we do not eat are we behind.

²¹ For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. ²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

¹ If therefore any exhortation is in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

³ For we are the circumcision, men who worship in spirit to God, and who boast in Christ Jesus, and not being confident in flesh.

⁹ and be found in him, not having my righteousness, that from law, but that through Christ's faith-the righteousness from God based on faith-

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice.

⁷ And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

¹¹ being strengthened in every ability, according to the dominion of his glory, for all perseverance and longsuffering with joy.

⁶ And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

¹² and solemnly declaring for you to walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

⁸ Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

¹ Simon Peter, a bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received an equally precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

⁷ If thou do well, shall thou not be accepted? And if thou do not well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire shall be for thee, and thou shall rule over it.

⁷ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted thy works.

³⁴ like a man abroad, having left his house, and having given authority to his bondmen, and to each man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.

²⁶ If any man serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will honor him.

³⁵ but in every nation, he who fears him, and works righteousness, is acceptable to him.

²² But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.

¹ I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service. ² And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

¹¹ not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

¹⁸ For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.

²² For he who was called in the Lord a bondman is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise also he who was called a free man is a bondman of Christ.

² But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

¹¹ Having seen therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. But we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences.

⁴ but in everything commending ourselves as helpers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in necessities, in restrictions,

²¹ providing things right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

¹⁵ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. ¹⁶ And as many as will march by this standard, peace upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

¹⁸ But I receive all things, and I abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an aroma of fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice well-pleasing to God.

²⁴ knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.

³ remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father. ⁴ Knowing, beloved brothers, your selection by God,

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

⁴ But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be devoted to their own house, and to give back recompense to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

¹¹ For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men, ¹² disciplining us, so that, having denied irreverence and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and piously in the present age. ¹³ Awaiting the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a special people, a zealot of good works.

¹⁸ But some man will say, Thou have faith, and I have works. Show me thy faith from thy works, and I will show thee from my works my faith. ¹⁹ Thou believe that there is one God, thou do well. The demons also believe, and shudder. ²⁰ But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works, having offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou see that faith was working with his works, and from the works, faith was fully perfected. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called a friend of God. ²⁴ Ye see therefore that from works a man is made righteous, and not from faith only. ²⁵ And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot made righteous from works, having received the agents, and having sent them out another way? ²⁶ For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without the works is dead.

⁵ ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

²⁰ For what kind of credit is it, if, sinning and being beaten, ye will endure? But if, doing good and suffering, ye will endure, this is graciousness with God.

¹⁶ Having a good conscience, so that, in what they speak against you as of evildoers, they may be ashamed, those who revile your good behavior in Christ.

¹⁴ Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

¹ Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!

⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

⁵⁰ The salt material is good, but if the salt material becomes saltless, by what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace among each other.

¹⁸ If possible from you, keeping peace with all men,

¹⁵ But if the unbeliever separates, he shall separate. The brother or the sister has not been bound in such things. And God has called us to peace.

³³ just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.

¹² So also ye, since ye are zealots of spirits, seek so that ye may excel for the edification of the church. ¹³ Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. ¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue my spirit prays, but my intellect is unfruitful. ¹⁵ What is it therefore? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the intellect also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the intellect also. ¹⁶ Otherwise if thou would bless with the spirit, how will the man who fills the place of the unlearned, say the Truly at thy thanksgiving, since he knows not what thou say? ¹⁷ For thou indeed express thanks well, but the other man is not edified.

²⁶ What is it therefore, brothers? When ye come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

¹⁹ Again, do ye think that we are making defense to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edification.

¹¹ Finally brothers, farewell. Be thoroughly prepared, be encouraged, think the same way, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

³ Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, ⁴ one body, and one Spirit. Just as also ye were called in one hope of your calling, ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one immersion, ⁶ one God and Father of all. He is over all, and through all, and in us all. ⁷ But the grace was given to each of us, according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

²⁹ Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

¹ If therefore any exhortation is in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

¹² Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, ¹³ forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye, ¹⁴ and above all these things, love, which is the bond of perfection. ¹⁵ And let the peace of God umpire in your hearts, for which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

¹¹ Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing. ¹² And we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who labor among you, and who lead you in the Lord, and who admonish you,

⁴ nor to heed myths and endless genealogies, which cause controversies rather than stewardship of God in faith.

²² And flee juvenile impulses, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

¹⁴ Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic. ¹⁶ For where envy and selfish ambition are, there is instability and every evil deed. ¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, gentle, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical. ¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.

¹¹ Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

¹¹ Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

⁶ But whoever may cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is advantageous for him that a donkey-powered millstone were hanged on his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

¹⁵ And a voice again for a second time, What God has cleansed, thou shall not make profane.

¹⁴ I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is profane by itself, except to him who regards anything to be profane. To that man it is profane. ¹⁵ For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.

¹² All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under control by anything. ¹³ The foods are for the belly and the belly for foods, but God will abolish both this and these things. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

³¹ Therefore whether ye eat, or drink, or anything ye do, do all to the glory of God. ³² Become ye inoffensive both to Jews and to Greeks, and to the church of God, ³³ just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God preordained that we should walk in them.

⁶ Being confident of this same thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.

⁸ But ye are turned aside out of the way. Ye have caused many to stumble in the law. Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says LORD of hosts.

⁷ Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks. For it is necessary that the stumbling-blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes. ⁸ And if thy hand or thy foot causes thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee. It is good for thee to enter into life crippled or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. ⁹ And if thine eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee. It is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. ¹⁰ See that ye not disparage one of these little ones, for I say to you, that in the heavens their agents do always behold the face of my Father in the heavens.

¹ And he said to his disciples, It is impossible for the stumbling-blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come! ² It is better for him if a donkey-powered millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

¹ Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves. ² Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.

¹³ Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.

¹³ and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be turned away, but may be healed instead.

¹⁶ And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always non-stumbling before God and men.

¹⁵ For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do.

²⁴ I am a wretched man. Who will rescue me out of the body of this death?

⁵ One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

¹² For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

¹ And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in meekness of wisdom.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God,

² So that he who resists the office of authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and those who have opposed will receive condemnation to themselves.

²⁹ For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. ³⁰ Because of this many are weak and sickly among you, and a considerable sleep. ³¹ But if we were discerning ourselves we would not be judged.

⁶ And apart from faith it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is, and becomes a rewarder of those who search for him.