Bible verses about "hindering" | ABU

¹⁴ But Jesus said: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.

⁴² And they were constantly attending on the teaching of the apostles, and the distribution, and the breaking of bread, and prayers.

¹³ For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

¹⁶ Confess therefore your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man avails much.

² Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations; ³ knowing that the proving of your faith works patience. ⁴ But let patience have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

¹ LAYING aside therefore all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all backbitings, ² as newborn babes, long for the spiritual, unadulterated milk, that ye thereby may grow unto salvation; ³ if indeed ye tasted that the Lord is gracious; ⁴ to whom coming, a living stone, disallowed indeed by men, but with God chosen, honored, ⁵ ye yourselves also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Because it is contained in the Scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, chosen, honored; and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame. ⁷ To you therefore who believe is the honor; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is become the head of the corner, ⁸ and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, who stumble, being disobedient to the word; to which they were also appointed. ⁹ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession; that ye should show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light; ¹⁰ who once were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. ¹¹ Beloved, I exhort you as sojourners and strangers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; ¹² having your deportment honorable among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may from your good works, beholding them, glorify God in the day of visitation. ¹³ Submit yourselves to every human institution, for the Lord's sake; whether to the king, as pre-eminent, ¹⁴ or to governors as being sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of those who do well. ¹⁵ For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men; ¹⁶ as free, and as not having your freedom for a vail of wickedness, but as God's servants. ¹⁷ Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king; ¹⁸ ye servants, being in subjection to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and reasonable, but also to the perverse. ¹⁹ For this is acceptable, if a man for conscience toward God endures griefs, suffering wrongfully. ²⁰ For what glory is it, if when ye are beaten for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. ²¹ For to this ye were called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps; ²² who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; ²³ who when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed it to him who judges righteously; ²⁴ who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, having died to our sins, should live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. ²⁵ For ye were going astray like sheep; but have returned now unto the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

⁷ Ye were running well; who hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth?