If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless. Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does for I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, do not be deceived, my beloved brothers to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” “Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Then the little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. But Jesus said, For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. My beloved brothers, understand this: Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil. Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them and it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression. “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” Can two walk together without agreeing where to go? Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing? Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them. Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified and to the woman He said: These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them and the disciples rebuked those who brought them and after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there. “O woman,” Jesus answered, Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them. ”Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity her daughter was healed from that very hour for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
James 1:19-27
Psalm 51:4-6
Matthew 18:19-21
Revelation 11:6-8
Amos 3:2-4
James 1:14-16
Hebrews 4:11-13
1 Timothy 2:14,15
Genesis 3:16-18
Matthew 15:26-28
Matthew 19:13-15
Proverbs 22:5-7
1 Timothy 3:4-6
Genesis 18:19
