Philippians 1:18

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

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

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.

Jesus said to him, “Don’t forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”

“He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn’t gather with me scatters.

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.

When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.

Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but must you foul the residue with your feet?

Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.

who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.”

His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

“We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,

But if while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!

that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.

He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his mouth with my delicacies. He has cast me out.

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made many widows within it.

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”

Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.

But Jesus said, “Don’t forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

An argument arose among them about which of them was the greatest.

Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.

The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up?’ Who is this Son of Man?”

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!