James 1:19 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹⁹ Mark this, my dear Brothers--Let every one be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;

²² I, however, say to you that any one who cherishes anger against his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the Court; and whoever pours contempt upon his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the High Council, while whoever calls down curses upon him shall be liable to answer for it in the fiery Pit.

² And so many people collected together, that after a while there was no room for them even round the door; and he began to tell them his Message.

³⁷ David himself calls him 'lord,' how comes it, then, that he is to be his son?" The mass of the people listened to Jesus with delight.

¹ The tax-gatherers and the outcasts were all drawing near to Jesus to listen to him;

⁴⁸ Yet they could not see what to do, for the people all hung upon his words.

⁴² They devoted themselves to the teaching of the Apostles and to the Common Life of the Church, to the Breaking of the Bread and to the Prayers.

³³ Accordingly I sent to you at once, and you have been so good as to come. And now we are all here in the presence of God, to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say."

⁴² As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the Synagogue, the people begged for a repetition of this teaching on the next Sabbath. ⁴³ After the congregation had dispersed, many of the Jews, and of the converts who joined in their worship, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue to rely upon the loving-kindness of God. ⁴⁴ On the following Sabbath, almost all the city gathered to hear God's Message.

⁴⁸ On hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and extolled God's Message; and all those who had been enrolled for Immortal Life became believers in Christ;

¹¹ These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the Message with great readiness, and daily examined the Scriptures to see if what was said was true.

²⁰ Idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, ²¹ Feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the Kingdom of God.

²⁶ 'Be angry, yet do not sin.' Do not let the sun go down upon your anger;

³¹ Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice.

⁸ You, however, must now lay aside all such things--anger, passion, malice, slander, abuse.

¹⁵ Let the Peace that the Christ gives decide all doubts within your hearts; for you also were called to the enjoyment of peace as members of one Body. And show yourselves thankful.

¹³ This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God--because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of man, but as what it really is--the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.

²⁶ When a man appears to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue, but imposes upon his own conscience, that man's religious observances are valueless.

¹ I do not want many of you, my Brothers, to become teachers, knowing, as you do, that we who teach shall be judged by a more severe standard than others. ² We often make mistakes, every one of us. Any one who does not make mistakes when speaking is indeed a perfect man, able to bridle his whole body as well.

²¹ You all know--But I am not writing to you because you do not know the Truth, but because you do know it, and because nothing false can come from the Truth.