We took sweet counsel
together,
and walked
unto the house
of God
in company.
I am a companion
of all
them that fear thee,
and of them that
keep thy precepts.
Two are
better than one;
because
they have
a good reward
for their labour.
For if they fall,
the one
will lift
up his fellow:
but woe to him
that is alone
when he falleth;
for he
hath not another
to help him up.
Again,
if two
lie together,
then
they have heat:
but how can
one be
warm alone?
And
if one
prevail against him,
two shall withstand him;
and a threefold cord
is not quickly broken.
Can two
walk together,
except they
be agreed?
Then they
that
feared
the LORD
spake often one
to another:
and the LORD hearkened,
and heard it,
and
a book
of remembrance
was written
before him
for them that
feared the LORD,
and that
thought
upon his name.
Then answered Peter,
and said
unto Jesus, Lord,
it is good
for us to be here:
if thou wilt,
let us
make here three tabernacles;
one for thee,
and one
for Moses,
and one
for Elias.
But Jesus
called them unto him,
and said,
Ye know
that the princes
of the Gentiles exercise dominion
over them,
and they
that are great
exercise authority
upon them.
But it
shall not be so
among you:
but whosoever
will be great
among you,
let him
be your minister;
And whosoever
will be chief
among you,
let him
be your servant:
Even as the Son
of man
came not
to be ministered unto,
but to minister,
and
to give his life
a ransom
for many.
But be not
ye called Rabbi:
for one
is your Master,
even Christ;
and all
ye are brethren.
But Jesus
called them
to him,
and
saith unto them,
Ye know that
they which
are accounted
to rule
over the Gentiles exercise lordship
over them;
and their great
ones exercise authority
upon them.
But so
shall
it not be
among you:
but whosoever
will be great
among you,
shall be
your minister:
And whosoever
of you
will be
the chiefest,
shall be servant
of all.
For even
the Son
of man
came not
to be ministered unto,
but to minister,
and
to give his life
a ransom
for many.
But
I have prayed
for thee,
that thy faith
fail not:
and
when
thou art converted,
strengthen
thy brethren.
And,
behold,
two
of them went that same day
to a village called Emmaus,
which was from Jerusalem
about threescore furlongs.
And
they talked together
of all
these things
which had happened.
And it
came
to pass,
that,
while they
communed
together and reasoned,
Jesus himself drew near,
and
went with them.
A new commandment
I give unto you,
That ye
love one
another;
as I
have loved you,
that ye
also love one
another.
This is my commandment,
That ye
love one
another,
as I
have loved you.
And now
I am no more
in the world,
but these
are in the world,
and I come
to thee.
Holy Father,
keep through thine
own
name those whom
thou hast given me,
that they
may be one,
as we are.
That they
all may be one;
as thou,
Father,
art in me,
and I in thee,
that they
also may be
one in us:
that the world
may believe that
thou hast sent me.
And the glory which
thou gavest me
I have given them;
that they
may be one,
even as
we are one:
I in them,
and
thou in me,
that
they may be made
perfect in one;
and
that the world
may know that
thou hast sent me,
and hast loved them,
as thou
hast loved me.
These all continued
with one accord
in prayer
and supplication,
with the women,
and Mary
the mother
of Jesus,
and
with his brethren.
And
when the day
of Pentecost
was fully come,
they were all with one accord
in one place.
And
they continued stedfastly
in the apostles' doctrine
and fellowship,
and
in breaking
of bread,
and
in prayers.
And
all
that believed
were together,
and had all
things common;
And sold
their possessions
and goods,
and parted them
to all men,
as every man
had need.
And they,
continuing daily
with one accord
in the temple,
and breaking bread
from house to house,
did eat their meat
with gladness
and singleness
of heart,
Praising God,
and having
favour
with all the people.
And the Lord
added
to the church
daily such as should be saved.
And some of them believed,
and consorted
with Paul
and Silas;
and of the devout Greeks
a great multitude,
and of the chief women
not a few.
I have shewed
you all things,
how that so
labouring
ye ought to support
the weak,
and
to remember the words
of the Lord Jesus,
how he said,
It is more blessed
to give than
to receive.
That is,
that I
may be comforted together
with you
by the mutual faith both
of you and me.
Him that is weak
in the faith
receive ye,
but not to doubtful disputations.
For one believeth
that he
may eat all things:
another,
who is weak,
eateth herbs.
Let not him
that eateth
despise him that
eateth not;
and let not him which
eateth not judge him
that eateth:
for God
hath received him.
Who art
thou
that judgest
another man's servant?
to his own master
he standeth
or falleth.
Yea,
he shall be holden up:
for God
is able
to make him stand.
But why
dost thou
judge thy brother?
or why
dost
thou set
at nought thy brother?
for we
shall all stand before the judgment seat
of Christ.
Let us
not therefore
judge one
another any more:
but judge
this rather,
that no man
put a stumblingblock
or an occasion
to fall
in his brother's way.
I know,
and am persuaded
by the Lord Jesus,
that there is nothing unclean
of itself:
but to him
that esteemeth
any thing
to be unclean,
to him
it is unclean.
But
if thy brother
be grieved
with thy meat,
now walkest
thou
not charitably.
Destroy not him
with thy meat,
for whom Christ died.
Let not
then your good
be evil spoken of:
For he
that in these things
serveth
Christ is acceptable
to God,
and approved
of men.
Let us
therefore follow
after the things
which make
for peace,
and things
wherewith one
may edify another.
For meat
destroy not the work
of God.
All things
indeed are pure;
but it
is evil
for that man
who eateth with offence.
It is good neither
to eat flesh,
nor to drink wine,
nor any thing
whereby
thy brother stumbleth,
or is offended,
or is made weak.
We then that
are strong
ought to bear
the infirmities
of the weak,
and not
to please ourselves.
Let every one
of us please
his neighbour
for his good
to edification.
For even
Christ
pleased not
himself;
but,
as it is written,
The reproaches of them that
reproached
thee fell on me.
For whatsoever things
were written
aforetime were written
for our learning,
that we
through patience
and comfort
of the scriptures
might have hope.
Now the God
of patience
and consolation
grant you
to be likeminded one
toward another
according to Christ Jesus:
That ye
may with one mind
and one mouth
glorify God,
even the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wherefore receive
ye one another,
as Christ
also received us
to the glory
of God.
Now
I beseech you,
brethren,
by the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that ye
all speak
the same thing,
and
that there be no divisions
among you;
but that
ye be perfectly joined together
in the same mind
and in the same judgment.
The cup
of blessing
which we bless,
is it
not the communion
of the blood
of Christ?
The bread
which we break,
is it
not the communion
of the body
of Christ?
For we
being
many are one bread,
and one body:
for we
are all partakers
of that one bread.
For by one Spirit
are
we all baptized
into one body,
whether we
be Jews
or Gentiles,
whether we
be bond or free;
and have been all made
to drink
into one Spirit.
The churches
of Asia salute you.
Aquila
and Priscilla
salute
you much
in the Lord,
with the church
that is
in their house.
All the brethren
greet you.
Greet
ye one another
with an holy kiss.
And
when James, Cephas,
and John,
who seemed
to be pillars,
perceived
the grace
that was given unto me,
they gave
to me
and Barnabas
the right
hands
of fellowship;
that we
should go
unto the heathen,
and
they
unto the circumcision.
Bear
ye one another's burdens,
and so
fulfil the law
of Christ.
For he
is our peace,
who hath made
both one,
and hath broken down
the middle wall
of partition
between us;
Having abolished
in his flesh the enmity,
even
the law
of commandments
contained
in ordinances;
for to make
in himself
of twain one new man,
so making peace;
And
that he
might reconcile both
unto God
in one body
by the cross,
having slain
the enmity thereby:
And came
and preached
peace to you
which were afar off,
and to them
that were nigh.
For through him we both
have
access
by one Spirit
unto the Father.
Now therefore
ye are
no more strangers
and foreigners,
but fellowcitizens
with the saints,
and of the household
of God;
And are built upon the foundation
of the apostles
and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself
being the chief corner stone;
In whom all
the building
fitly framed
together groweth unto an holy temple
in the Lord:
In whom
ye also are builded together
for an habitation
of God
through the Spirit.
And walk in love,
as Christ
also hath loved us,
and hath given himself
for us an offering
and a
sacrifice
to God
for a sweetsmelling savour.
Speaking
to yourselves
in psalms
and hymns
and spiritual songs,
singing
and making melody
in your heart
to the Lord;
For we
are members
of his body,
of his flesh,
and
of his bones.
I thank
my God
upon every remembrance
of you,
For your fellowship
in the gospel
from the first day
until now;
Only let
your conversation
be as it
becometh
the gospel
of Christ:
that whether
I come
and see you,
or else
be absent,
I may hear
of your affairs,
that ye
stand
fast
in one spirit,
with one mind
striving together
for the faith
of the gospel;
If there be therefore any consolation
in Christ,
if any comfort
of love,
if any fellowship
of the Spirit,
if any bowels
and mercies,
Fulfil ye
my joy,
that ye
be likeminded,
having the same love,
being
of one accord,
of one mind.
That their hearts
might be comforted,
being
knit together
in love,
and unto all riches
of the full assurance
of understanding,
to the acknowledgement
of the mystery
of God,
and
of the Father,
and of Christ;
Let the word
of Christ
dwell in you
richly in all wisdom;
teaching
and admonishing one
another
in psalms
and hymns
and spiritual songs,
singing
with grace
in your hearts
to the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one
another
with these words.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together,
and edify one
another,
even as also
ye do.
Now
we exhort you,
brethren,
warn them that
are unruly,
comfort
the feebleminded,
support the weak,
be patient
toward all men.
But exhort one
another daily,
while it
is called To day;
lest any of you
be hardened
through the deceitfulness
of sin.
And let us
consider one
another
to provoke
unto love
and to good works:
Not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves
together,
as the manner
of some is;
but exhorting one
another:
and so much
the more,
as ye
see the day approaching.
Confess your faults one
to another,
and pray one
for another,
that ye
may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man
availeth much.
Honour all men.
Love the brotherhood.
Fear God.
Honour the king.
Finally,
be ye
all of one mind,
having compassion one
of another,
love as brethren,
be pitiful,
be courteous:
Not rendering
evil for evil,
or railing for railing:
but contrariwise blessing;
knowing that
ye are thereunto called,
that ye
should inherit
a blessing.
That which
we have seen
and heard
declare
we unto you,
that ye
also may have fellowship
with us:
and truly
our fellowship
is with the Father,
and
with his Son Jesus Christ.
But
if we
walk
in the light,
as he
is in the light,
we have fellowship one
with another,
and the blood
of Jesus Christ
his Son
cleanseth us
from all sin.
We know that
we have passed
from death
unto life,
because
we love
the brethren.
He that
loveth not
his brother abideth
in death.
Beloved,
let us
love one another:
for love
is of God;
and
every one
that loveth
is born of God,
and knoweth God.
He that
loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love.
Beloved,
if God so
loved us,
we ought also
to love one
another.
No man
hath seen God
at any time.
If we
love one
another,
God
dwelleth in us,
and his love
is perfected in us.
Hereby know
we that
we dwell in him,
and he in us,
because
he hath given us
of his Spirit.