1 Corinthians 11:34

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.

For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”

But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

“ ‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

“The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall encamp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it.”

You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give according to how Yahweh your God blesses you.

Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of Yahweh’s house was set in order.

Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since people began to bring the offerings into Yahweh’s house, we have eaten and had enough, and have plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.”

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can’t stand evil assemblies.

Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

But in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.

If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?

Let all things be done decently and in order.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known throughout all the assemblies.

For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,

For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God?

When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.

Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

On the first day of every week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections are made when I come.

When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.

But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.