Bible verses about "reflecting" | Moffatt

¹ Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite. ² Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.

¹⁰ No, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in he will tell you, 'Move higher up, my friend.' Then you will be honoured before your fellow guests. ¹¹ For everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

¹² At present we only see the baffling reflections in a mirror, but then it will be face to face; at present I am learning bit by bit, but then I shall understand, as all along I have myself been understood.

¹⁸ But we all mirror the glory of the Lord with face unveiled, and so we are being transformed into the same likeness as himself, passing from one glory to another — for this comes of the Lord the Spirit.

¹ Copy me, as I copy Christ. ² I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you. ³ But I would like you to understand this: Christ is the head of every man, man is the head of woman, and God is the head of Christ. ⁴ Any man who prays or prophesies with a veil on his head dishonours his head, ⁵ while any woman who prays or prophesies without a veil on her head dishonours her head; she is no better than a shaven woman. ⁶ If a woman will not veil herself, she should cut off her hair as well. But she ought to veil herself; for it is disgraceful that a woman should have her hair cut off or be shaven. ⁷ Man does not require to have a veil on his head, for he represents the likeness and supremacy of God; but woman represents the supremacy of man. ⁸ (Man was not made from woman, woman was made from man; ⁹ and man was not created for woman, but woman for man.) ¹⁰ Therefore, in view of the angels, woman must wear a symbol of subjection on her head. ¹¹ (Of course, in the Lord, woman does not exist apart from man, any more than man apart from woman; ¹² for as woman was made from man, so man is now made from woman, while both, like all things, come from God.) ¹³ Judge for yourselves; is it proper for an unveiled woman to pray to God? ¹⁴ Surely nature herself teaches you that while long hair is disgraceful for a man, ¹⁵ for a woman long hair is a glory? Her hair is given her as a covering. ¹⁶ If anyone presumes to raise objections on this point — well, I acknowledge no other mode of worship, and neither do the churches of God. ¹⁷ But in giving you the following injunction I cannot commend you; for you are the worse, not the better, for assembling together. ¹⁸ First of all, in your church-meetings I am told that cliques prevail. And I partly believe it. ¹⁹ There must be parties among you, if genuine Christians are to be recognized. ²⁰ But this makes it impossible for you to eat the 'Lord's' supper when you hold your gatherings. ²¹ As you eat, everyone takes his own supper; one goes hungry while another gets drunk. ²² What! have you no houses to eat and drink in? Do you think you can show disrespect to the church of God and put the poor to shame? What can I say to you? Commend you? Not for this. ²³ I passed on to you what I received from the Lord himself, namely, that on the night he was betrayed the Lord Jesus took a loaf, ²⁴ and after thanking God he broke it, saying, 'This means my body broken for you; do this in memory of me.' ²⁵ In the same way he took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood; as often as you drink it, do it in memory of me.' ²⁶ For as often as you eat this loaf and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. ²⁷ Hence anyone who eats the loaf or drinks the cup of the Lord carelessly, will have to answer for a sin against the body and the blood of the Lord. ²⁸ Let a man test himself; then he can eat from the loaf and drink from the cup. ²⁹ For he who eats and drinks without a proper sense of the Body, eats and drinks to his own condemnation. ³⁰ That is why many of you are ill and infirm, and a number even dead. ³¹ If we only judged our own lives truly, we would not come under the Lord's judgment. ³² As it is, we are chastened when we are judged by him, so that we may not be condemned along with the world. ³³ Well then, my brothers, when you gather for a meal, wait for one another; ³⁴ and if anyone is hungry let him eat at home. You must not gather, only to incur condemnation. I will give you my instructions upon the other matters when I come.

¹ Copy God, then, as his beloved children, ² and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. ³ Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you — that is the proper course for saints to take; ⁴ no, nor indecent, silly, or scurrilous talk — all that is improper. Rather, voice your thanks to God. ⁵ Be sure of this, that no one guilty of sexual vice or impurity or lust (that is, an idolater) possesses any inheritance in the realm of Christ and God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with specious arguments; these are the vices that bring down God's anger on the sons of disobedience. ⁷ So avoid the company of such men. ⁸ For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light ⁹ (for the fruit of light consists in all that is good and right and true), ¹⁰ verifying what pleases the Lord. ¹¹ Have nothing to do with the fruitless enterprises of the darkness; rather expose them. ¹² One is indeed ashamed even to speak about what such men do in secret; ¹³ still, whatever the light exposes becomes illuminated — for anything that is illuminated turns into light. ¹⁴ Thus it is said, 'Wake up, O sleeper, and rise from the dead; so Christ will shine upon you.' ¹⁵ Be strictly careful then about the life you lead; act like sensible men, not like thoughtless; ¹⁶ make the very most of your time, for these are evil days. ¹⁷ So do not be senseless, but understand what is the Lord's will; ¹⁸ and do not get drunk with wine — that means profligacy — but be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ converse with one another in the music of psalms, in hymns, and in songs of the spiritual life, praise the Lord heartily with words and music, ²⁰ and render thanks to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ at all times and for all things. ²¹ Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. ²² Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord, ²³ for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also (though he is the saviour of the Body) is the head of the church; ²⁴ as the church is subject to Christ, so wives are to be subject to their husbands in every respect. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ²⁶ to consecrate her by cleansing her in the bath of baptism as she utters her confession, ²⁷ in order to have the church as his very own, standing before him in all her glory, with never a spot or wrinkle or any such flaw, but consecrated and unblemished. ²⁸ So ought husbands to love their wives — to love them as their own bodies (he who loves his wife loves himself). ²⁹ For no one ever hates his flesh; no, he nourishes and cherishes it (just as Christ does the church ³⁰ for we are members of his Body). ³¹ Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh. ³² This is a profound symbol, I mean as regards Christ and the church. ³³ However, let every man of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife reverence her husband.