Jas 1:25
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth {therein}, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. {deed: or, doing}
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But he said, Yea rather, blessed {are} they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord {is}, there {is} liberty.
As free, and not using {your} liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. {using: Gr. having}
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, {then} are ye my disciples indeed;
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
I have seen an end of all perfection: {but} thy commandment {is} exceeding broad.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent {man} looketh well to his going.
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in {his} goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Blessed {are} they that keep judgment, {and} he that doeth righteousness at all times.
The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed {are} the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. {from henceforth...: or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea}
Wherefore the law {is} holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Blessed {are} they that keep his testimonies, {and that} seek him with the whole heart.
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble {you}, and thereby many be defiled; {fail...; or, fall from}
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, {it is} because {there is} no light in them. {no...: Heb. no morning}
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. {at liberty: Heb. at large}
If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: {commandment: Heb. mouth} {continue...: Heb. be after}
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Blessed {are} they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and {be} not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, {and} which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
ALEPH. Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. {undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere}
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
Where {there is} no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy {is} he. {perish: or, is made naked}
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, {then} are ye my disciples indeed;
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. {at liberty: Heb. at large}
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
As free, and not using {your} liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. {using: Gr. having}
So {shall} the knowledge of wisdom {be} unto thy soul: when thou hast found {it}, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: {and} in keeping of them {there is} great reward.
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with {my} whole heart.
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they {are} ever with me. {they...: Heb. it is ever with me}
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: {and} the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Blessed {are} they that keep judgment, {and} he that doeth righteousness at all times.
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
If thy whole body therefore {be} full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. {the bright...: Gr. a candle by its bright shining}
Moreover the {workers with} familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. {images: or, teraphim}
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of {his} brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.