Love for God and One Another

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but (A)test the spirits, whether they are of God; because (B)many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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And (A)do not be conformed to this world, but (B)be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may (C)prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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10 (A)finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

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Make Peace with Your Adversary

57 “Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?

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Behave Like a Christian

(A)Let love be without hypocrisy. (B)Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

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11 These were more [a]fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and (A)searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:11 Lit. noble

(A)Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and (B)repent. (C)Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you (D)as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

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Meditate on These Things

Finally, brethren, whatever things are (A)true, whatever things are (B)noble, whatever things are (C)just, (D)whatever things are pure, whatever things are (E)lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

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14 (A)But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.

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16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already [a]attained, (A)let us walk (B)by the same [b]rule, let us be of the same mind.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:16 arrived
  2. Philippians 3:16 NU omits rule and the rest of v. 16.

10 that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,

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58 (A)Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing (B)that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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28 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God. 29 Let two or three prophets speak, and (A)let the others judge.

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The Truth Shall Make You Free

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you (A)abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

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25 But hold fast (A)what you have till I come.

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23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for (A)He who promised is faithful.

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15 Therefore, brethren, (A)stand fast and hold (B)the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our [a]epistle.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 letter

22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, (A)exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, (B)“We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

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(A)Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

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20 (A)To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because (B)there[a] is no light in them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:20 Or they have no dawn

23 (A)Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

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Guidance for the Young

My son, do not forget my law,
(A)But let your heart keep my commands;

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and (A)what He did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, their households, their tents, and all the substance that was [a]in their possession, in the midst of all Israel— but your eyes have (B)seen every great [b]act of the Lord which He did.

“Therefore you shall keep every commandment which I command you today, that you may (C)be strong, and go in and possess the land which you cross over to possess, and (D)that you may prolong your days in the land (E)which the Lord [c]swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, (F)‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:6 at their feet
  2. Deuteronomy 11:7 work
  3. Deuteronomy 11:9 promised

11 [a]Behold, (A)I am coming quickly! (B)Hold fast what you have, that no one may take (C)your crown.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:11 NU, M omit Behold

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