And
if it
seem evil
unto you
to serve the LORD,
choose you this day whom
ye will serve;
whether the gods
which your fathers
served
that were on the other side
of the flood,
or the gods
of the Amorites,
in whose land
ye dwell:
but as for me and
my house,
we will serve
the LORD.
And the king
said
unto Araunah, Nay;
but
I will surely buy it
of thee
at a price:
neither will
I offer
burnt
offerings
unto the LORD my
God of that
which doth cost me
nothing.
So David
bought
the threshingfloor
and the oxen
for fifty shekels
of silver.
And David
built there
an altar
unto the LORD,
and offered
burnt offerings
and peace offerings.
So the LORD
was intreated
for the land,
and the plague
was stayed
from Israel.
And
if thou
wilt walk
before me,
as David
thy father walked,
in integrity
of heart,
and
in uprightness,
to do according to all
that
I have commanded thee,
and wilt keep
my statutes
and my judgments:
But the high places
were not removed:
nevertheless Asa's heart
was perfect
with the LORD all his days.
I know also,
my God,
that thou
triest the heart,
and hast pleasure
in uprightness.
As for me,
in the uprightness
of mine heart
I have willingly offered all
these things:
and now have
I seen
with joy thy people,
which are present here,
to offer willingly
unto thee.
And all Judah
rejoiced
at the oath:
for they
had sworn
with all
their heart,
and sought him
with their whole desire;
and
he was found of them:
and the LORD
gave them
rest round about.
Nevertheless there are
good things
found in thee,
in that thou
hast taken away
the groves
out of the land,
and hast prepared
thine heart to seek God.
Whatsoever is commanded
by the God
of heaven,
let it
be diligently done
for the house
of the God
of heaven:
for why
should there be wrath
against the realm
of the king and his sons?
Also now,
behold,
my witness
is in heaven,
and my record
is on high.
As the hart
panteth after the water brooks,
so panteth
my soul
after thee,
O God.
My soul
thirsteth
for God,
for the living God:
when shall
I come
and appear
before God?
Thou hast given
a banner
to them that fear thee,
that it
may be displayed
because
of the truth.
Selah.
Sing
unto the LORD,
bless his name;
shew
forth his salvation
from day to day.
Declare his glory
among the heathen,
his wonders
among all people.
Say
among the heathen
that the LORD reigneth:
the world
also shall be established
that it
shall not be moved:
he shall judge
the people
righteously.
My zeal
hath consumed me,
because
mine enemies
have forgotten
thy words.
The fruit
of the righteous
is a tree
of life;
and he
that
winneth
souls is wise.
Whatsoever
thy hand
findeth to do,
do it
with thy might;
for there is
no work,
nor device,
nor knowledge,
nor wisdom,
in the grave,
whither thou goest.
And
they
that shall be
of thee
shall build
the old waste places:
thou shalt raise
up the foundations
of many generations;
and
thou shalt be called,
The repairer
of the breach,
The restorer
of paths
to dwell in.
Arise,
shine;
for thy
light
is come,
and
the glory
of the LORD
is risen
upon thee.
I have set watchmen
upon thy walls,
O Jerusalem,
which shall never hold
their peace day
nor night:
ye that make
mention
of the LORD,
keep not silence,
And give him
no rest,
till he establish,
and
till he
make Jerusalem a praise
in the earth.
And
they that
be wise
shall shine
as the brightness
of the firmament;
and
they that turn many
to righteousness
as the stars
for ever and ever.
And the remnant
of Jacob
shall be in the midst
of many people
as a dew
from the LORD,
as the showers
upon the grass,
that tarrieth not
for man,
nor waiteth for the sons
of men.
And the LORD
answered me,
and said,
Write the vision,
and make it plain
upon tables,
that he
may run
that readeth it.
Yet now be strong,
O Zerubbabel,
saith the LORD;
and be strong,
O Joshua,
son of Josedech,
the high priest;
and be strong,
all
ye people
of the land,
saith the LORD,
and work:
for I
am with you,
saith the LORD
of hosts:
According to the word
that I covenanted
with you
when
ye came out of Egypt,
so my spirit
remaineth among you:
fear ye not.
In that day
shall there be
upon the bells
of the horses,
HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD;
and the pots
in the LORD's house
shall be like
the bowls
before the altar.
Yea,
every pot
in Jerusalem
and in Judah
shall be holiness
unto the LORD
of hosts:
and all
they that
sacrifice
shall come
and take of them,
and seethe
therein:
and in that day
there shall be
no more the Canaanite
in the house
of the LORD
of hosts.
Ye are the salt
of the earth:
but
if the salt
have lost
his savour,
wherewith shall
it be salted?
it is thenceforth good
for nothing,
but to be cast out,
and to be trodden under
foot of men.
Ye are the light
of the world.
A city
that is set
on an hill cannot be hid.
Neither do men
light a candle,
and put it
under a bushel,
but on a candlestick;
and it
giveth
light
unto all
that are in the house.
Let your light so
shine before men,
that they
may see
your good works,
and glorify
your Father
which is in heaven.
But
I have prayed
for thee,
that thy faith
fail not:
and
when
thou art converted,
strengthen
thy brethren.
And
he said unto him,
Lord,
I am ready
to go with thee,
both into prison,
and to death.
Labour
not for the meat
which perisheth,
but for that meat
which endureth unto everlasting life,
which the Son
of man
shall give
unto you:
for him hath
God the Father sealed.
I must work
the works
of him that
sent me,
while it
is day:
the night cometh,
when no man
can work.
And
he commanded us
to preach
unto the people,
and to testify
that it
is he
which was ordained
of God to be
the Judge
of quick and dead.
And Paul said,
I would to God,
that not only thou,
but also all
that hear me
this day,
were both almost,
and
altogether such as
I am,
except these bonds.
First,
I thank
my God
through Jesus Christ
for you all,
that your faith
is spoken of
throughout the whole world.
For God
is my witness,
whom
I serve
with my spirit
in the gospel
of his Son,
that without ceasing
I make
mention of you
always in my prayers;
For I delight
in the law
of God
after the inward man:
Not slothful
in business;
fervent
in spirit;
serving the Lord;
Therefore let us
keep the feast,
not with old leaven,
neither with the leaven
of malice
and wickedness;
but with the unleavened bread
of sincerity
and truth.
But this
I say,
brethren,
the time
is short:
it remaineth,
that both
they that
have
wives be as
though they
had none;
And
they that weep,
as though
they wept not;
and
they that rejoice,
as though
they rejoiced not;
and
they that buy,
as though
they possessed not;
And
they that use
this world,
as not abusing it:
for the fashion
of this world passeth away.
But
I would have you
without carefulness.
He that is unmarried
careth
for the things
that belong
to the Lord,
how he
may please
the Lord:
But
he that is married
careth
for the things
that are of the world,
how he
may please
his wife.
There is difference
also between a wife
and a virgin.
The unmarried woman
careth
for the things
of the Lord,
that she
may be holy both
in body
and in spirit:
but
she that is married
careth
for the things
of the world,
how she
may please
her husband.
And
though I
bestow all
my goods
to feed
the poor,
and
though I
give my body
to be burned,
and have not
charity,
it profiteth me
nothing.
Even so ye,
forasmuch as ye
are zealous
of spiritual gifts,
seek
that ye
may excel to the edifying
of the church.
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.
We are troubled
on every side,
yet not distressed;
we are perplexed,
but
not in despair;
Persecuted,
but not forsaken;
cast down,
but not destroyed;
Always bearing about
in the body
the dying
of the Lord Jesus,
that the life
also of Jesus
might be made
manifest
in our body.
We having
the same spirit
of faith,
according as it
is written,
I believed,
and therefore have
I spoken;
we also believe,
and therefore speak;
For which
cause
we faint not;
but
though our outward man perish,
yet the inward man
is renewed day by day.
For our light affliction,
which is
but for a moment,
worketh
for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight
of glory;
While we
look not
at the things which
are seen,
but at the things which
are not seen:
for the things which
are seen
are temporal;
but
the things
which are not seen
are eternal.
For behold
this selfsame thing,
that ye
sorrowed
after a godly sort,
what
carefulness it
wrought
in you,
yea,
what clearing
of yourselves,
yea,
what indignation,
yea,
what fear,
yea,
what vehement desire,
yea,
what zeal,
yea,
what revenge!
In all things
ye have approved yourselves
to be
clear
in this matter.
For I
know the forwardness
of your mind,
for which I
boast
of you to them
of Macedonia,
that Achaia
was ready
a year ago;
and your zeal
hath provoked very many.
But it
is good
to be zealously affected always
in a good thing,
and not only
when
I am
present
with you.
And let us
not be
weary
in well doing:
for in due season
we shall reap,
if we
faint not.
See
then that
ye walk circumspectly,
not as fools,
but as wise,
Stand therefore,
having your loins girt about
with truth,
and having
on the breastplate
of righteousness;
And your feet shod
with the preparation
of the gospel
of peace;
Above all,
taking the shield
of faith,
wherewith
ye shall be able
to quench all
the fiery darts
of the wicked.
And take
the helmet
of salvation,
and the sword
of the Spirit,
which is the word
of God:
Praying always
with all prayer
and supplication
in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto
with all perseverance
and supplication
for all saints;
And for me,
that utterance
may be given unto me,
that I
may open
my mouth boldly,
to make
known the mystery
of the gospel,
For which
I am an ambassador
in bonds:
that therein
I may speak boldly,
as I
ought to speak.
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;
And
in nothing
terrified
by your adversaries:
which is
to them
an evident token
of perdition,
but to you
of salvation,
and that of God.
That ye
may be
blameless
and harmless,
the sons of God,
without rebuke,
in the midst
of a crooked
and perverse nation,
among whom
ye shine
as lights
in the world;
Though I
might also have confidence
in the flesh.
If any other man
thinketh that
he hath whereof
he might trust
in the flesh,
I more:
Circumcised
the eighth day,
of the stock
of Israel,
of the tribe
of Benjamin,
an Hebrew
of the Hebrews;
as touching the law,
a Pharisee;
Concerning zeal,
persecuting
the church;
touching
the righteousness
which is in the law,
blameless.
But
what things
were gain to me,
those I
counted loss
for Christ.
Yea doubtless,
and
I count all things
but loss
for the excellency
of the knowledge
of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom
I have suffered
the loss
of all things,
and do count them
but dung,
that I
may win Christ,
And
be found in him,
not having mine own righteousness,
which is of the law,
but
that which
is through the faith
of Christ,
the righteousness which
is of God
by faith:
That I
may know him,
and the power
of his resurrection,
and the fellowship
of his sufferings,
being made conformable
unto his death;
If by any means
I might attain
unto the resurrection
of the dead.
Not as
though I
had already attained,
either were already perfect:
but
I follow after,
if that
I may apprehend that
for which
also I
am apprehended
of Christ Jesus.
Brethren,
I count not myself
to have apprehended:
but this one thing
I do,
forgetting
those things
which are behind,
and reaching forth
unto those things
which are before,
I press toward
the mark
for the prize
of the high calling
of God
in Christ Jesus.
For our conversation
is in heaven;
from whence also
we look for
the Saviour,
the Lord Jesus Christ:
Walk in wisdom
toward them that
are without,
redeeming
the time.
Who gave himself for us,
that he
might redeem us
from all iniquity,
and purify
unto himself
a peculiar people,
zealous
of good works.
Put them in mind
to be subject to principalities
and powers,
to obey magistrates,
to be ready
to every good work,
For ye
had compassion of me
in my bonds,
and took joyfully
the spoiling
of your goods,
knowing in yourselves
that ye
have in heaven
a better
and an enduring substance.
And truly,
if they
had been mindful
of that country
from whence
they came out,
they might have had
opportunity
to have returned.
But now
they desire
a better country,
that is,
an heavenly:
wherefore God
is not ashamed
to be called their God:
for he
hath prepared
for them a city.
By faith Moses,
when he
was come
to years,
refused
to be called the son
of Pharaoh's daughter;
Choosing rather
to suffer affliction
with the people
of God,
than
to enjoy the pleasures
of sin
for a season;
Esteeming the reproach
of Christ greater riches
than the treasures
in Egypt:
for he
had respect
unto the recompence
of the reward.
By faith
he forsook Egypt,
not fearing the wrath
of the king:
for he endured,
as seeing him
who is invisible.
Let us
go forth therefore unto him
without the camp,
bearing his reproach.
For here
have
we no
continuing city,
but
we seek one
to come.
By him therefore let us offer
the sacrifice
of praise
to God continually,
that is,
the fruit
of our lips
giving
thanks
to his name.
Brethren,
if any of you
do err
from the truth,
and one convert him;
Let him know,
that he which converteth
the sinner
from the error
of his way
shall save
a soul
from death,
and shall hide
a multitude
of sins.
As newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk
of the word,
that ye
may grow thereby:
Wherefore,
beloved,
seeing that
ye look for
such things,
be diligent
that
ye may be found
of him
in peace,
without spot,
and blameless.
Beloved,
when I
gave all
diligence
to write unto you
of the common salvation,
it was needful
for me
to write
unto you,
and exhort
you
that ye
should earnestly contend
for the faith
which was once delivered
unto the saints.
And of some
have compassion,
making a difference:
And others
save
with fear,
pulling them
out of the fire;
hating even
the garment spotted
by the flesh.
As many
as I love,
I rebuke
and chasten:
be zealous therefore,
and repent.
And I
wept much,
because no man
was found worthy
to open
and to read the book,
neither to look thereon.