Testing Your Faith 1 James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. 2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance haveitsperfect result, so that you […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
James 2
The Sin of Partiality 1 My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ withan attitude ofpersonal favoritism. 2 For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes, 3 and you pay […]
James 3
The Tongue Is a Fire 1 Let not manyof youbecome teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment. 2 For we all stumble in manyways.If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. 3 Now if we […]
James 4
Things to Avoid 1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have;soyou commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain;soyou fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You […]
James 5
Misuse of Riches 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It […]
Hebrews 1
God’s Final Word in His Son 1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. 3 And He […]
Hebrews 2
Give Heed 1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift awayfrom it. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a […]
Hebrews 3
Jesus Our High Priest 1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession; 2 He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house. 3 For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so […]
Hebrews 4
The Believer’s Rest 1 Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it […]
Hebrews 5
The Perfect High Priest 1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; 2 he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; 3 and because […]