Indexes Search Result: indexed - therefore
MEMORYVERSE.txt
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kjv@Luke:21:8 @ And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived:...
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Found: kjv@Psalms:42:6 @ O my God, my soul is cast down within me:...
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Found: kjv@Matthew:28:19 @ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in...
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Found: kjv@Romans:12:1 @ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,...
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Found: kjv@Romans:14:8 @ For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and...
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Found: kjv@John:8:36 @ If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall...
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Found: kjv@John:8:47 @ He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore...
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Found: kjv@Deuteronomy:7:9 @ Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God,...
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Found: kjv@1Corinthians:10:31 @ Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do,...
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Found: kjv@James:4:7 @ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he...
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Found: kjv@John:19:11 @ Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against...
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Found: kjv@John:19:30 @ When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It...
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Found: kjv@1Kings:2:2 @ I go the way of all the earth: be thou...
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Found: kjv@2Corinthians:12:9 @ And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for...
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Found: kjv@1Kings:3:9 @ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy...
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Found: kjv@Matthew:6:9 @ After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art...
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Found: kjv@1John:3:1 @ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon...
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Found: kjv@Matthew:9:38 @ Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he...
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Found: kjv@Galatians:6:10 @ As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto...
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Found: kjv@Job:5:17 @ Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise...
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Found: kjv@Ephesians:5:1 @ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear...
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Found: kjv@Acts:13:38 @ Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that...
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Found: kjv@Matthew:18:4 @ Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the...
WEBCHRISTIANITYSTUDY.txt
Found: THEOLOGY ROMAN-CATHOLIC @ The Pope (i.e., belief that the Pope is the successor of St. Peter, the "rock" on which the Church is built, and therefore the infallible head of Christendom);
DAILYLIGHT.txt
Found: JANUARY27 PM @ I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life.-strkjv@Deuteronomy:30:19 strkjv@Ezekiel:18:32 strkjv@John:15:22 strkjv@Luke:12:47 strkjv@Romans:6:23. strkjv@John:3:36 strkjv@Romans:6:16 strkjv@John:12:26.
DAILYLIGHT.txt
Found: FEBRUARY10 AM @ The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single thy whole body also is full of light.-strkjv@Luke:11:34 strkjv@1Corinthians:2:14. strkjv@Psalms:119:18 strkjv@John:8:12. strkjv@2Corinthians:3:18. strkjv@2Corinthians:4:6 strkjv@Ephesians:1:17-18.
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Found: MARCH2 PM @ There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.-strkjv@Hebrews:4:9 strkjv@Job:3:17-18 strkjv@Revelation:14:13 strkjv@John:11:11-13 strkjv@2Corinthians:5:4. strkjv@Romans:8:23-25.
DAILYLIGHT.txt
Found: JUNE30 PM @ God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.-strkjv@Ecclesiastes:5:2 strkjv@Matthew:6:7-8. strkjv@1Kings:18:26 strkjv@Luke:18:10-11-13-14 strkjv@Luke:11:1.
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Found: AUGUST23 AM @ I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.-strkjv@Jeremiah:31:3 strkjv@2Thessalonians:2:13-14. strkjv@2Timothy:1:9. strkjv@Psalms:139:16 strkjv@John:3:16 strkjv@1John:4:10.
DAILYLIGHT.txt
Found: OCTOBER28 AM @ He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him.-strkjv@Isaiah:59:16 strkjv@Psalms:40:6-8. strkjv@John:10:17-18 strkjv@Isaiah:45:21-22. strkjv@Acts:4:12 strkjv@2Corinthians:8:9.
EARLYCHURCHFATHERS.txt
Found: 1Clement:12:5 <1CLEMENT>@ And she said unto the men, Of a surety I perceive that the Lord your God delivereth this city unto you; for the fear and the dread of you is fallen upon the inhabitants thereof. When therefore it shall come to pass that ye take it, save me and the house of my father.
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Found: 1Clement:12:6 <1CLEMENT>@ And they said unto her, It shall be even so as thou hast spoken unto us. Whensoever therefore thou perceivest that we are coming, thou shalt gather all thy folk beneath thy roof and they shall be saved; for as many as shall be found without the house shall perish.
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Found: 1Clement:13:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore be lowly minded, brethren, laying aside all arrogance and conceit and folly and anger, and let us do that which is written. For the Holy Ghost saith, Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong in his strength, neither the rich in his riches; but he that boasteth let him boast in the Lord, that he may seek Him out, and do judgment and righteousness most of all remembering the words of the Lord Jesus which He spake, teaching forbearance and long-suffering:
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Found: 1Clement:19:1 <1CLEMENT>@ The humility therefore and the submissiveness of so many and so great men, who have thus obtained a good report, hath through obedience made better not only us but also the generations which were before us, even them that received His oracles in fear and truth.
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Found: 1Clement:21:4 <1CLEMENT>@ It is right therefore that we should not be deserters from His will.
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Found: 1Clement:27:1 <1CLEMENT>@ With this hope therefore let our souls be bound unto Him that is faithful in His promises and that is righteous in His judgments.
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Found: 1Clement:28:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Since therefore all things are seen and heard, let us fear Him and forsake the abominable lusts of evil works, that we maybe shielded by His mercy from the coming judgments.
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Found: 1Clement:29:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore approach Him in holiness of soul, lifting up pure and undefiled hands unto Him, with love towards our gentle and compassionate Father who made us an elect portion unto Himself.
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Found: 1Clement:30:3 <1CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore cleave unto those to whom grace is given from God. Let us clothe ourselves in concord, being lowlyminded and temperate, holding ourselves aloof from all back biting and evil speaking, being justified by works and not by words.
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Found: 1Clement:31:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore cleave unto His blessing, and let us see what are the ways of blessing. Let us study the records of the things that have happened from the beginning.
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Found: 1Clement:32:3 <1CLEMENT>@ They all therefore were glorified and magnified, not through themselves or their own works or the righteous doing which they wrought, but through His will.
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Found: 1Clement:34:2 <1CLEMENT>@ It is therefore needful that we should be zealous unto well doing, for of Him are all things:
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Found: 1Clement:34:4 <1CLEMENT>@ He exhorteth us therefore to believe on Him with our whole heart, and to be not idle nor careless unto every good work.
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Found: 1Clement:35:4 <1CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore contend, that we may be found in the number of those that patiently await Him, to the end that we may be partakers of His promised gifts.
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Found: 1Clement:37:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore enlist ourselves, brethren, with all earnestness in His faultless ordinances.
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Found: 1Clement:38:4 <1CLEMENT>@ Seeing therefore that we have all these things from Him, we ought in all things to give thanks to Him, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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Found: 1Clement:40:4 <1CLEMENT>@ They therefore that make their offerings at the appointed seasons are acceptable and blessed: for while they follow the institutions of the Master they cannot go wrong.
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Found: 1Clement:41:3 <1CLEMENT>@ They therefore who do any thing contrary to the seemly ordinance of His will receive death as the penalty.
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Found: 1Clement:42:2 <1CLEMENT>@ So then Christ is from God, and the Apostles are from Christ. Both therefore came of the will of God in the appointed order.
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Found: 1Clement:42:3 <1CLEMENT>@ Having therefore received a charge, and having been fully assured through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and confirmed in the word of God with full assurance of the Holy Ghost, they went forth with the glad tidings that the kingdom of God should come.
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Found: 1Clement:44:2 <1CLEMENT>@ For this cause therefore, having received complete foreknowledge, they appointed the aforesaid persons, and afterwards they provided a continuance, that if these should fall asleep, other approved men should succeed to their ministration. Those therefore who were appointed by them, or afterward by other men of repute with the consent of the whole Church, and have ministered unblamably to the flock of Christ in lowliness of mind, peacefully and with all modesty, and for long time have borne a good report with all these men we consider to be unjustly thrust out from their ministration.
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Found: 1Clement:46:1 <1CLEMENT>@ To such examples as these therefore, brethren, we also ought to cleave.
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Found: 1Clement:46:4 <1CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore cleave to the guiltless and righteous: and these are the elect of God.
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Found: 1Clement:48:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore root this out quickly, and let us fall down before the Master and entreat Him with tears, that He may show Himself propitious and be reconciled unto us, and may restore us to the seemly and pure conduct which belongeth to our love of the brethren.
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Found: 1Clement:50:2 <1CLEMENT>@ Who is sufficient to be found therein, save those to whom God shall vouchsafe it? Let us therefore entreat and ask of His mercy, that we may be found blameless in love, standing apart from the factiousness of men. All the generations from Adam unto this day have passed away: but they that by God's grace were perfected in love dwell in the abode of the pious; and they shall be made manifest in the visitation of the Kingdom of God.
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Found: 1Clement:53:1 <1CLEMENT>@ For ye know, and know well, the sacred scriptures, dearly beloved, and ye have searched into the oracles of God. We write these things therefore to put you in remembrance.
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Found: 1Clement:54:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Who therefore is noble among you? Who is compassionate? Who is fulfilled with love?
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Found: 1Clement:57:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Ye therefore that laid the foundation of the sedition, submit yourselves unto the presbyters and receive chastisement unto repentance, bending the knees of your heart.
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Found: 1Clement:57:4 <1CLEMENT>@ Because I called and ye obeyed not, and I held out words and ye heeded not, but made My councils of none effect, and were disobedient unto My reproofs; therefore I also will laugh at your destruction, and will rejoice over you when ruin cometh upon you, and when confusion overtaketh you suddenly, and your overthrow is at hand like a whirlwind,
EARLYCHURCHFATHERS.txt
Found: 1Clement:58:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore be obedient unto His most holy and glorious Name, thereby escaping the threatenings which were spoken of old by the mouth of Wisdom against them which disobey, that we may dwell safely, trusting in the most holy Name of His majesty.
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Found: 1Clement:61:1 <1CLEMENT>@ Thou, Lord and Master, hast given them the power of sovereignty through Thine excellent and unspeakable might, that we knowing the glory and honor which Thou hast given them may submit ourselves unto them, in nothing resisting Thy will. Grant unto them therefore, O Lord, health peace, concord, stability, that they may administer the government which Thou hast given them without failure.
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Found: 2Clement:4:1 <2CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore not only call Him Lord, for this will not save us:
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Found: 2Clement:6:5 <2CLEMENT>@ We cannot therefore be friends of the two, but must bid farewell to the one and hold companionship with the other.
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Found: 2Clement:9:3 <2CLEMENT>@ We ought therefore to guard the flesh as a temple of God:
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Found: 2Clement:9:6 <2CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore love one another, that we all may come unto the kingdom of God.
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Found: 2Clement:9:10 <2CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore give unto Him eternal praise, not from our lips only, but also from our heart, that He may receive us as sons.
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Found: 2Clement:11:1 <2CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore serve God in a pure heart, and we shall be righteous; but if we serve Him not, because we believe not the promise of God, we shall be wretched.
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Found: 2Clement:11:7 <2CLEMENT>@ If therefore we shalt have wrought righteousness in the sight of God, we shalt enter into His kingdom and shall receive the promises which ear hath not heard nor eye seen, nor eye seen, neither hath it entered into the heart of man.
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Found: 2Clement:12:1 <2CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore await the kingdom of God betimes in love and righteousness, since we know not the day of God's appearing.
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Found: 2Clement:14:1 <2CLEMENT>@ Wherefore, brethren, if we do the will of God our Father, we shall be of the first Church, which is spiritual, which was created before the sun and the moon; but if we do not the will of the Lord, we shall be of the scripture that saith, My house was made a den of robbers. So therefore let us choose rather to be of the Church of life, that we may be saved.
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Found: 2Clement:14:3 <2CLEMENT>@ Now the Church, being spiritual was manifested in the flesh of Christ, thereby showing us that if any of us guard her in the flesh and defile her not, he shall receive her again in the Holy Spirit: for this flesh is the counterpart and copy of the spirit. No man therefore, when he hath defiled the copy, shall receive the original for his portion. This therefore is what He meaneth, brethren; Guard ye the flesh, that ye may partake of the spirit.
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Found: 2Clement:14:4 <2CLEMENT>@ But if we say that the flesh is the Church and the spirit is Christ, then he that hath dealt wantonly with the flesh hath dealt wantonly with the Church. Such and one therefore shall not partake of the spirit, which is Christ>.
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Found: 2Clement:15:3 <2CLEMENT>@ Let is therefore abide in the things which we believed, in righteousness and holiness, that we may with boldness as of God who saith, Whiles thou art still speaking I will say, Behold, I am here.
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Found: 2Clement:16:4 <2CLEMENT>@ Almsgiving therefore is a good thing, even as repentance from sin> Fasting is better than prayer, but almsgiving better than both. And love covereth a multitude of sins, but prayer out of a good conscience delivereth from death. Blessed is every man that is found full of these. For almsgiving lifteth off the burden of sin.
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Found: 2Clement:17:1 <2CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore repent with our whole heart, lest any of us perish by the way. For if we have received commands, that we should make this our business, to tear men away from idols and to instruct them, how much more is it wrong that a soul which knoweth God already should perish!
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Found: 2Clement:19:3 <2CLEMENT>@ Let us therefore practice righteousness that we may be saved unto the end. Blessed are they that obey these ordinances. Though they may endure affliction for a short time in the world, they will gather the immortal fruit of the resurrection.
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Found: Barnabas:1:4 @ Being therefore persuaded of this, and being conscious with myself that having said much among you I know that the Lord journeyed with me on the way of righteousness, and am wholly constrained also myself to this, to love you more than my own soul (for great faith and love dwelleth in you through the hope of the life which is His)--considering this therefore, that,
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Found: Barnabas:2:6 @ These things therefore He annulled, that the new law of our Lord Jesus Christ, being free from the yoke of constraint, might have its oblation not made by human hands.
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Found: Barnabas:2:10 @ Thus then speaketh He to us; The sacrifice unto God is a broken heart, the smell of a sweet savor unto the Lord is a heart that glorifies its Maker. We ought therefore, brethren, to learn accurately concerning our salvation, lest the Evil One having effected an entrance of error in us should fling us away from our life.
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Found: Barnabas:3:1 @ He speaketh again therefore to them concerning these things; Wherefore fast ye for Me, saith the Lord, so that your voice is heard this day crying aloud? This is not the fast which have chosen, saith the Lord; not a man abasing his soul;
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Found: Barnabas:3:6 @ To this end therefore, my brethren, He that is long-suffering, foreseeing that the people whom He had prepared in His well-beloved would believe in simplicity, manifested to us beforehand concerning all things, that we might not as novices shipwreck ourselves upon their law.
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Found: Barnabas:4:1 @ It behooves us therefore to investigate deeply concerning the present, and to search out the things which have power to save us. Let us therefore flee altogether from all the works of lawlessness, lest the works of lawlessness overpower us; and let us loathe the error of the present time, that we may be loved for that which is to come.
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Found: Barnabas:4:6 @ Ye ought therefore to understand. Moreover I ask you this one thing besides, as being one of yourselves and loving you all in particular more than my own soul, to give heed to yourselves now, and not to liken yourselves to certain persons who pile up sin upon sin, saying that our covenant remains to them also.
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Found: Barnabas:5:3 @ We ought therefore to be very thankful unto the Lord, for that He both revealed unto us the past, and made us wise in the present, and as regards the future we are not without understanding.
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Found: Barnabas:5:12 @ To this end therefore He endured. For God saith of the wounds of His flesh that they came from them; When they shall smite their own shepherd, then shall the sheep of the flock be lost.
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Found: Barnabas:6:16 @ For the Lord saith again; For wherein shall I appear unto the Lord my God and be glorified? I will make confession unto Thee in the assembly of my brethren, and I will sing unto Thee in the midst of the assembly of the saints. We therefore are they whom He brought into the good land.
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Found: Barnabas:7:1 @ Understand therefore, children of gladness, that the good Lord manifested all things to us beforehand, that we might know to whom we ought in all things to render thanksgiving and praise.
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Found: Barnabas:9:6 @ Learn therefore, children of love, concerning all things abundantly, that Abraham, who first appointed circumcision, looked forward in the spirit unto Jesus, when he circumcised having received the ordinances of three letters.
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Found: Barnabas:12:2 @ And He saith again in Moses, when war was waged against Israel by men of another nation, and that He might remind them when the war was waged against them that for their sins they were delivered unto death; the Spirit saith to the heart of Moses, that he should make a type of the cross and of Him that was to suffer, that unless, saith He, they shall set their hope on Him, war shall be waged against them for ever. Moses therefore pileth arms one upon another in the midst of the encounter, and standing on higher ground than any he stretched out his hands, and so Israel was again victorious. Then, whenever he lowered them, they were slain with the sword.
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Found: Barnabas:12:7 @ When therefore they were assembled together they entreated Moses that he should offer up intercession for them that they might be healed. And Moses said unto them; Whensoever, said he, one of you shall be bitten, let him come to the serpent which is placed on the tree, and let him believe and hope that the serpent being himself dead can make alive; and forthwith he shall be saved. And so they did. Here again thou hast in these things also the glory of Jesus, how that in Him and unto Him are all things.
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Found: Barnabas:12:9 @ Moses therefore saith to Jesus the son of Nun, giving him this name, when he sent him as a spy on the land; Take a book in thy hands, and write what the Lord saith, how the Son of God shall cut up by the roots all the house of Amalek in the last days.
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Found: Barnabas:15:6 @ Yea and furthermore He saith; Thou shalt hallow it with pure hands and with a pure heart. If therefore a man is able now to hallow the day which God hallowed, though he be pure in heart, we have gone utterly astray.
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Found: Barnabas:21:1 @ It is good therefore to learn the ordinances of the Lord, as many as have been written above, and to walk in them. For he that doeth these things shall be glorified in the kingdom of God; whereas he that chooseth their opposites shall perish together with his works. For this cause is the resurrection, for this the recompense.
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Found: Didache:11:1 @ Whosoever therefore shall come and teach you all these things that have been said before, receive him;
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Found: Didache:11:8 @ Yet not every one that speaketh in the Spirit is a prophet, but only if he have the ways of the Lord. From his ways therefore the false prophet and the prophet shall be recognized.
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Found: Didache:15:1 @ Appoint for yourselves therefore bishops and deacons worthy of the Lord, men who are meek and not lovers of money, and true and approved; for unto you they also perform the service of the prophets and teachers.
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Found: Diognetus:4:6 @ That the Christians are right therefore in holding aloof from the common silliness and error of the Jews and from their excessive fussiness and pride, I consider that thou hast been sufficiently instructed; but as regards the mystery of their own religion, expect not that thou canst be instructed by man.
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Found: Diognetus:12:4 @ For neither is there life without knowledge, nor sound knowledge without true life; therefore the one (tree) is planted near the other.
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Found: Hermas:3:2 @ But the great mercy of the Lord had pity on thee and thy family, and will strengthen thee, and establish thee in His glory. Only be not thou careless, but take courage, and strengthen thy family. For as the smith hammering his work conquers the task which he wills, so also doth righteous discourse repeated daily conquer all evil. Cease not therefore to reprove thy children; for I know that if they shall repent with all their heart, they shall be written in the books of life with the saints."
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Found: Hermas:26:6 @ Thou shalt therefore say unto the elders of the Church, that they direct their paths in righteousness, that they may receive in full the promises with abundant glory.
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Found: Hermas:26:7 @ Ye therefore that work righteousness be steadfast, and be not double-minded, that ye may have admission with the holy angels. Blessed are ye, as many as endure patiently the great tribulation that cometh, and as many as shall not deny their life.
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Found: Hermas:48:1 @ Now, brethren, a revelation was made unto me in my sleep by a youth of exceeding fair form, who said to me, "Whom thinkest thou the aged woman, from whom thou receivedst the book, to be?" I say, "The Sibyl" "Thou art wrong," saith he, "she is not." "Who then is she?" I say. "The Church," saith he. I said unto him, "Wherefore then is she aged?" "Because," saith he, "she was created before all things; therefore is she aged; and for her sake the world was framed."
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Found: Hermas:48:3 @ Thou shalt therefore write two little books, and shalt send one to Clement, and one to Grapte. So Clement shall send to the foreign cities, for this is his duty; while Grapte shall instruct the widows and the orphans. But thou shalt read (the book) to this city along with the elders that preside over the Church.
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Found: Hermas:311:2 @ "Many shall hear; but when they hear, some of them shall be glad, and others shall weep. Yet even these latter, if they hear and repent, shall likewise be glad. Hear thou therefore the parables of the tower; for I will reveal all things unto thee. And trouble me no more about revelation; for these revelations have an end, seeing that they have been completed. Nevertheless thou wilt not cease asking for revelations; for thou art shameless."
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Found: Hermas:311:3 @ The tower, which thou seest building, is myself, the Church, which was seen of thee both now and aforetime. Ask, therefore, what thou willest concerning the tower, and I will reveal it unto thee, that thou mayest rejoice with the saints."
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Found: Hermas:412:1 @ I answered and said unto her, "Lady, this thing is great and marvelous. But the six young men that build, who are they, lady?" "These are the holy angels of God, that were created first of all, unto whom the Lord delivered all His creation to increase and to build it, and to be masters of all creation. By their hands therefore the building of the tower will be accomplished."
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Found: Hermas:513:5 @ "But those whom they rejected and threw away, who are they?" "These have sinned, and desire to repent, therefore they were not cast to a great distance from the tower, because they will be useful for the building, if they repent. They then that shall repent, if they repent, will be strong in the faith, if they repent now while the tower is building. But if the building shall be finished, they have no more any place, but shall be castaways. This privilege only they have, that they lie near the tower.
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Found: Hermas:5[13^:4 @ But they that are broken off short, these have believed, and have their greater part in righteousness, but have some parts of lawlessness; therefore they are too short, and are not perfect."
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Found: Hermas:816:8 @ Whosoever therefore shall serve these women, and shall have strength to master their works, shall have his dwelling in the tower with the saints of God."
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Found: Hermas:816:9 @ Then I asked her concerning the seasons, whether the consummation is even now. But she cried aloud, saying, "Foolish man, seest thou not that the tower is still a-building? Whensoever therefore the tower shall be finished building, the end cometh; but it shall be built up quickly. Ask me no more questions: this reminder is sufficient for you and for the saints, and is the renewal of your spirits.
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Found: Hermas:917:4 @ This exclusiveness therefore is hurtful to you that have and do not share with them that are in want.
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Found: Hermas:917:6 @ Look ye therefore, ye that exult in your wealth, lest they that are in want shall moan, and their moaning shall go up unto the Lord, and ye with your [abundance of good things be shut outside the door of the tower.
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Found: Hermas:917:7 @ Now therefore I say unto you that are rulers of the Church, and that occupy the chief seats; be not ye like unto the sorcerers. The sorcerers indeed carry their drugs in boxes, but ye carry your drug and your poison in your heart.
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Found: Hermas:917:9 @ Look ye therefore, children, lest these divisions of yours deprive you of your life.
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Found: Hermas:917:10 @ How is it that ye wish to instruct the elect of the Lord, while ye yourselves have no instruction? Instruct one another therefore, and have peace among yourselves, that I also may stand gladsome before the Father, and give an account concerning you all to your Lord."
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Found: Hermas:1018:6 @ And I see the aged woman in a vision of the night, saying to me, "Every enquiry needs humility. Fast therefore, and thou shalt receive what thou askest from the Lord."
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Found: Hermas:1220:3 @ For He had compassion on you, and renewed your spirits, and ye laid aside your maladies, and strength came to you, and ye were made powerful in the faith, and the Lord rejoiced to see you put on your strength. And therefore He showed you the building of the tower; yea, and other things also shall He show you, if with your whole heart ye be at peace among yourselves.
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Found: Hermas:122:8 @ Having therefore, brethren, put on the faith of the Lord and called to mind the mighty works that He had taught me, I took courage and gave myself up to the beast. Now the beast was coming on with such a rush, that it might have ruined a city.
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Found: Hermas:223:5 @ Go therefore, and declare to the elect of the Lord His mighty works, and tell them that this beast is a type of the great tribulation which is to come. If therefore ye prepare yourselves beforehand, and repent (and turn) unto the Lord with your whole heart, ye shall be able to escape it, if your heart be made pure and without blemish, and if for the remaining days of your life ye serve the Lord blamelessly. Cast your cares upon the Lord and He will set them straight.
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Found: Hermas:126:2 @ Believe Him therefore, and fear Him, and in this fear be continent. Keep these things, and thou shalt cast off all wickedness from thyself, and shalt clothe thyself with every excellence of righteousness, and shalt live unto God, if thou keep this commandment."
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Found: Hermas:127:3 @ Slander is evil; it is a restless demon, never at peace, but always having its home among factions. Refrain from it therefore, and thou shalt have success at all times with all men.
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Found: Hermas:127:6 @ He then that giveth is guiltless; for as he received from the Lord the ministration to perform it, he hath performed it in sincerity, by making no distinction to whom to give or not to give. This ministration then, when sincerely performed, becomes glorious in the sight of God. He therefore that ministereth thus sincerely shall live unto God.
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Found: Hermas:128:2 @ They therefore that speak lies set the Lord at nought, and become robbers of the Lord, for they do not deliver up to Him the deposit which they received. For they received of Him a spirit free from lies. This if they shall return a lying spirit, they have defiled the commandment of the Lord and have become robbers."
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Found: Hermas:129:3 @ Look to it therefore. Abstain from this desire; for, where holiness dwelleth, there lawlessness ought not to enter into the heart of a righteous man."
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Found: Hermas:129:8 @ "Certainly," saith he, "if the husband receiveth her not, he sinneth and bringeth great sin upon himself; nay, one who hath sinned and repented must be received, yet not often; for there is but one repentance for the servants of God. For the sake of her repentance therefore the husband ought not to marry. This is the manner of acting enjoined on husband and wife.
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Found: Hermas:129:9 @ Not only," saith he, "is it adultery, if a man pollute his flesh, but whosoever doeth things like unto the heathen committeth adultery. If therefore in such deeds as these likewise a man continue and repent not, keep away from him, and live not with him. Otherwise, thou also art a partaker of his sin.
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Found: Hermas:230:3 @ "It is on this account therefore, Sir," say I, "that I enquire everything accurately of thee; first, because I am a sinner; secondly, because I know not what deeds I must do that I may live, for my sins are many and various."
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Found: Hermas:432:3 @ Preserve purity and holiness therefore, and thou shalt live unto God. All these things, which I speak and shall hereafter speak unto thee, guard from this time forward, from the day when thou wast committed unto me, and I will dwell in thy house.
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Found: Hermas:234:3 @ But long-suffering is great and strong, and has a mighty and vigorous power, and is prosperous in great enlargement, gladsome, exultant, free from care, glorifying the Lord at every season, having no bitterness in itself, remaining always gentle and tranquil. This long-suffering therefore dwelleth with those whose faith is perfect.
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Found: Hermas:234:6 @ The delicate spirit therefore, as not being accustomed to dwell with an evil spirit nor with harshness, departeth from a man of that kind, and seeketh to dwell with gentleness and tranquillity.
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Found: Hermas:234:8 @ Refrain therefore from angry temper, the most evil of evil spirits. But clothe thyself in long-suffering, and resist angry temper and bitterness, and thou shalt be round in company with the holiness which is beloved of the Lord. See then that thou never neglect this commandment; for if thou master this commandment, thou shalt be able likewise to keep the remaining commandments, which I am about to give thee. Be strong in them and endowed with power; and let all be endowed with power, as many as desire to walk in them."
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Found: Hermas:135:2 @ Do thou therefore trust righteousness, but trust not unrighteousness; for the way of righteousness is straight, but the way of unrighteousness is crooked. But walk thou in the straight and level path, and leave the crooked one alone.
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Found: Hermas:135:3 @ For the crooked way has no tracks, but only pathlessness and many stumbling stones, and is rough and thorny. So it is therefore harmful to those who walk in it.
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Found: Hermas:236:3 @ "Hear," saith he, "and understand their workings. The angel of righteousness is delicate and bashful and gentle and tranquil. When then this one enters into thy heart, forthwith he speaketh with thee of righteousness, of purity, of holiness, and of contentment, of every righteous deed and of every glorious virtue. When all these things enter into thy heart, know that the angel of righteousness is with thee. [These then are the works of the angel of righteousness.] Trust him therefore and his works.
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Found: Hermas:236:6 @ Do thou therefore, recognizing his works, stand aloof from him, and trust him in nothing, for his works are evil and inexpedient for the servants of God. Here then thou hast the workings of both the angels. Understand them, and trust the angel of righteousness.
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Found: Hermas:137:4 @ Fear therefore is of two kinds. If thou desire to do evil, fear the Lord, and thou shalt not do it. If again thou desire to do good, fear the Lord and thou shalt do it. Therefore the fear of the Lord is powerful and great and glorious. Fear the Lord then, and thou shalt live unto Him; yea, and as many of them that keep His commandments as shall fear Him, shall live unto God."
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Found: Hermas:138:2 @ "Make known unto me, Sir," say I, "in what things it is right to be temperate, and in what things it is not right." "Listen," saith he. "Be temperate as to what is evil, and do it not; but be not temperate as to what is good, but do it. For if thou be temperate as to what is good, so as not to do it, thou committest a great sin; but if thou be temperate as to what is evil, so as not to do it, thou doest great righteousness. Be temperate therefore in abstaining from all wickedness, and do that which is good."
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Found: Hermas:138:4 @ These works are the most wicked of all in the life of men. From these works therefore the servant of God must be temperate and abstain; for he that is not temperate so as to abstain from these cannot live unto God. Listen then to what follows upon these."
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Found: Hermas:138:6 @ Thinkest thou not that these things are wrong, yea, very wrong," saith he, "for the servants of God? In all these things he that serveth God must exercise temperance. Be thou temperate, therefore, and refrain from all these things, that thou mayest live unto God, and be enrolled among those who exercise self-restraint in them. These then are the things from which thou shouldest restrain thyself
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Found: Hermas:138:12 @ Keep this commandment therefore. If thou do good and abstain not from it, thou shalt live unto God; yea, and all shall live unto God who act so. And again if thou do not evil, and abstain from it, thou shalt live unto God; yea, and all shall live unto God, who shall keep these commandments, and walk in them."
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Found: Hermas:139:4 @ Do thou therefore cleanse thy heart from all the vanities of this life, and from the things mentioned before; and ask of the Lord, and thou shalt receive all things, and shalt lack nothing of all thy petitions, if thou ask of the Lord nothing wavering.
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Found: Hermas:139:7 @ Cleanse therefore thy heart from doubtful-mindedness, and put on faith, for it is strong, and trust God that thou wilt receive all thy petitions which thou askest; and if after asking anything of the Lord, thou receive thy petition somewhat tardily, be not of doubtful mind because thou didst not receive the petition of thy soul at once. For assuredly it is by reason of some temptation or some transgression, of which thou art ignorant, that thou receivest thy petition so tardily.
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Found: Hermas:139:8 @ Do thou therefore cease not to make thy soul's petition, and thou shalt receive it. But if thou grow weary, and doubt as thou askest, blame thyself and not Him that giveth unto thee. See to this doubtful-mindedness; for it is evil and senseless, and uprooteth many from the faith, yea, even very faithful and strong men. For indeed this doubtful-mindedness is a daughter of the devil, and worketh great wickedness against the servants of God.
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Found: Hermas:139:11 @ Do thou therefore serve that faith which hath power, and hold aloof from the doubtful-mindedness which hath no power; and thou shalt live unto God; yea, and all those shall live unto God who are so minded."
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Found: Hermas:140:6 @ But they that have the fear of God, and investigate concerning deity and truth, and direct their heart towards the Lord, perceive and understand everything that is said to them more quickly, because they have the fear of the Lord in themselves; for where the Lord dwelleth, there too is great understanding. Cleave therefore unto the Lord, and thou shalt understand and perceive all things.
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Found: Hermas:241:4 @ This sadness therefore seemeth to bring salvation, because he repented at having done the evil. So both the operations sadden the Spirit; first, the doubtful mind saddens the Spirit, because it succeeded not in its business, and the angry temper again, because it did what was evil. Thus both are saddening to the Holy Spirit, the doubtful mind and the angry temper.
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Found: Hermas:241:5 @ Put away therefore from thyself sadness, and afflict not the Holy Spirit that dwelleth in thee, lest haply He intercede with God against thee, and depart from thee.
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Found: Hermas:143:4 @ So many therefore as are strong in the faith of the Lord, clothed with the truth, cleave not to such spirits, but hold aloof from them; but as many as are doubters and frequently change their minds, practice soothsaying like the Gentiles, and bring upon themselves greater sin by their idolatries. For he that consulteth a false prophet on any matter is an idolater and emptied of the truth, and senseless.
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Found: Hermas:143:21 @ Thou seest then that the smallest things from above falling on the earth have great power. So likewise the divine Spirit coming from above is powerful. This Spirit therefore trust, but from the other hold aloof."
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Found: Hermas:245:2 @ These desires then are evil, and bring death to the servants of God. For this evil desire is a daughter of the devil. Ye must, therefore, abstain from the evil desires, that so abstaining ye may live unto God.
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Found: Hermas:245:5 @ Do thou therefore, when thou art crowned for thy victory over it, come to the desire of righteousness, and deliver to her the victor's prize which thou hast received, and serve her, according as she herself desireth. If thou serve the good desire, and art subject to her, thou shalt have power to master the evil desire, and to subject her, according as thou wilt."
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Found: Hermas:447:7 @ For I will be with you, I, the angel of repentance, who have the mastery over him. The devil hath fear alone, but his fear hath no force. Fear him not therefore; and he will flee from you."
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Found: Hermas:649:2 @ Believe, therefore, on God, ye who by reason of your sins have despaired of your life, and are adding to your sins, and weighing down your life; for if ye turn unto the Lord with your whole heart, and work righteousness the remaining days of your life, and serve Him rightly according to His will, He will give healing to your former sins, and ye shall have power to master the works of the devil. But of the threatening of the devil fear not at all; for he is unstrung, like the sinews of a dead man.
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Found: Hermas:649:3 @ Hear me therefore, and fear Him, Who is able to do all things, to save and to destroy, and observe these commandments, and ye shall live unto God."
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Found: Hermas:150:2 @ He, therefore, that prepareth these things for this city does not purpose to return to his own city.
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Found: Hermas:150:6 @ Take heed therefore; as dwelling in a strange land prepare nothing more for thyself but a competency which is sufficient for thee, and make ready that, whensoever the master of this city may desire to cast thee out for thine opposition to his law, thou mayest go forth from his city and depart into thine own city and use thine own law joyfully, free from all insult.
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Found: Hermas:150:7 @ Take heed therefore, ye that serve God and have Him in your heart: work the "works of God being mindful of His commandments and of the promises which He made, and believe Him that He will perform them, if His commandments be kept.
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Found: Hermas:151:4 @ Thou seest then that the elm also beareth much fruit, not less than the vine, but rather more." How more, Sir?" say I. "Because," saith he, "the vine, when hanging upon the elm, bears its fruit in abundance, and in good condition; but, when spread on the ground, it beareth little fruit, and that rotten. This parable therefore is applicable to the servants of God, to poor and to rich alike."
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Found: Hermas:153:5 @ Do thou therefore bear fruit, that in that summer thy fruit may be known. But abstain from overmuch business, and thou shalt never fill into any sin. For they that busy themselves overmuch, sin much also, being distracted about their business, and in no wise serving their own Lord.
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Found: Hermas:153:8 @ If therefore thou doest these things, thou shalt be able to bear fruit unto the world to come; yea, and whosoever shall do these things, shall bear fruit."
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Found: Hermas:255:7 @ And he saith to them; "I promised this servant his freedom, if he should keep the commandment which I commanded him; but he kept my commandment and did a good work besides to my vineyard, and pleased me greatly. For this work therefore which he has done, I desire to make him joint-heir with my son, because, when the good thought struck him, he did not neglect it, but fulfilled it."
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Found: Hermas:659:5 @ The Holy Pre-existent Spirit. Which created the whole creation, God made to dwell in flesh that He desired. This flesh, therefore, in which the Holy Spirit dwelt, was subject unto the Spirit, walking honorably in holiness and purity, without in any way defiling the Spirit.
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Found: Hermas:659:7 @ He therefore took the son as adviser and the glorious angels also, that this flesh too, having served the Spirit unblamably, might have some place of sojourn, and might not seem to hare lost the reward for its service; for all flesh, which is found undefiled and unspotted, wherein the Holy Spirit dwelt, shall receive a reward.
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Found: Hermas:262:3 @ I say to him, "Sir, I comprehend not what means "unto death," and what "unto corruption". "Listen," saith he; "the sheep which thou sawest gladsome and skipping about, these are they who have been turned asunder from God utterly, and have delivered themselves over to the lusts of this world. In these, therefore, there is not repentance unto life. For the Name of God is being blasphemed through them. The life of such persons is death.
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Found: Hermas:565:4 @ So being tormented and punished for the whole year, the man remembers at length the self-indulgence and deceit, and perceiveth that it is on their account that he is suffering these ills. Every man, therefore, that liveth in self-indulgence and is deceived, is tormented in this way because, though possessing lire, they have delivered themselves over unto death."
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Found: Hermas:565:5 @ "What kinds of self-indulgence, Sir," say I, "are harmful?" "Every action," saith he, "is self-indulgence to a man, which he does with pleasure; for the irascible man, when he gives the reins to his passion, is self-indulgent; and the adulterer and the drunkard and the slanderer and the liar and the miser and the defrauder and he that doeth things akin to these, giveth the reins to his peculiar passion; therefore he is self-indulgent in his action.
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Found: Hermas:565:6 @ All these habits of self-indulgence are harmful to the servants of God; on account of these deceits therefore they so suffer who are punished and tormented.
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Found: Hermas:166:2 @ "Listen," saith he. "Thy sins are many, yet not so many that thou shouldest be delivered over to this angel; but thy house has committed great iniquities and sins, and the glorious angel was embittered at their deeds, and for this cause he bade thee be afflicted for a certain time, that they also might repent and cleanse themselves from every lust of this world. When therefore they shall repent and be cleansed, then shall the angel of punishment depart."
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Found: Hermas:369:1 @ I say to him; "Sir, inform me what this tree is. For I am perplexed herewith, because, though so many branches were cut off, the tree is sound, and nothing appears to have been cut from it; I am therefore perplexed thereat."
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Found: Hermas:369:3 @ but the great and glorious angel is Michael, who hath the power over this people and is their captain. For this is he that putteth the law into the hearts of the believers; therefore he himself inspecteth them to whom he gave it, to see whether they have observed it.
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Found: Hermas:773:5 @ Yet these also, when they heard my commandments, being good, purified themselves and repented quickly. They have their habitation, therefore, within the tower. But if any one shall again turn to dissension, he shall be cast out from the tower and shall lose his life.
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Found: Hermas:773:6 @ Life is for all those that keep the commandments of the Lord. But in the commandments there is nothing about first places, or about glory of any kind, but about long-suffering and humility in man. In such men, therefore, is the life of the Lord, but in factious and lawless men is death.
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Found: Hermas:874:5 @ Many of them therefore repented and departed to dwell inside the tower; but many utterly rebelled from God; these lost their life finally. And some of them were double-minded and caused dissensions. For these then there is repentance, if they repent speedily and continue not in their pleasures; but if they continue in their doings, they likewise procure for themselves death.
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Found: Hermas:975:2 @ Many of them therefore repented, and they had their habitation within the tower.
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Found: Hermas:975:3 @ But others at the last living with the Gentiles, and being corrupted by the vain opinions of the Gentiles, departed from God, and worked the works of the Gentiles. These therefore were numbered with the Gentiles.
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Found: Hermas:279:7 @ What is behind thee thou canst not see, but what is before thee thou beholdest. The things therefore which thou canst not see, let alone, and trouble not thyself (about them; but the things which thou seest, these master, and be not over curious about the rest; but I will explain unto thee all things whatsoever I shall show thee. Have an eye therefore to what remaineth."
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Found: Hermas:481:8 @ And they say to the men who were bringing the stones in; "Abstain for your parts altogether from handing in stones for the building; but place them by the tower, that the virgins may carry them through the gate, and hand them in for the building. For if," say they, they be not carried in through the gate by the hands of these virgins, they cannot change their colors. Labor not therefore," say they, "in vain."
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Found: Hermas:885:3 @ Then he began to inspect those that had the cracks; and of these he shaped many, and he ordered them to be carried away by the hands of the virgins for the building. And they were placed towards the outside, because they were found to be sounder. But the rest could not be shaped owing to the number of the cracks. For this reason therefore they were cast aside from the building of the tower.
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Found: Hermas:1289:3 @ "Because," saith he, "He was made manifest in the last days of the consummation; therefore the gate was made recent, that they which are to be saved may enter through it into the kingdom of God.
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Found: Hermas:1390:2 @ "And these virgins, who are they?" "They," saith he, "are holy spirits; and no man can otherwise be found in the kingdom of God, unless these shall clothe him with their garment; for if thou receive only the name, but receive not the garment from them, thou profitest nothing. For these virgins are powers of the Son of God. If therefore thou bear the Name, and bear not His power, thou shalt bear His Name to none effect.
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Found: Hermas:1794:4 @ "Because," saith he, "all the nations that dwell under heaven, when they heard and believed, were called by the one name of the Son of God. So having received the seal, they had one understanding and one mind, and one faith became theirs and one love, and they bore the spirits of the virgins along with the Name; therefore the building of the tower became of one color, even bright as the sun.
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Found: Hermas:1895:2 @ If then he that ought to do good committeth wickedness, does he not seem to do greater wickedness than the man that knoweth not God? Therefore they that have not known God, and commit wickedness, are condemned to death; but they that have known God and seen His mighty works, and yet commit wickedness, shall receive a double punishment, and shall die eternally. In this way therefore shall the Church of God be purified.
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Found: Hermas:2097:2 @ These then, that are mixed up in many and various business affairs, cleave not to the servants of God, but go astray, being choked by their affairs, but the wealthy unwillingly cleave to the servants of God, fearing lest they may be asked for something by them. Such men therefore shall hardly enter into the kingdom of God.
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Found: Hermas:20[97^:2 @ Therefore their foundations are dry and without power, and their words only live, but their works are dead. Such men are neither alive nor dead. They are, therefore, like unto the double-minded; for the double-minded are neither green nor withered; for they are neither alive nor dead.
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Found: Hermas:23100:3 @ But they that have great clefts, these are persistent in their backbitings and bear grudges, nursing wrath against one another. These then were thrown right away from the tower and rejected from its building. Such persons therefore shall with difficulty live.
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Found: Hermas:25102:2 @ apostles and teachers, who preached unto the whole world, and who taught the word of the Lord in soberness and purity, and kept back no part at all for evil desire, but walked always in righteousness and truth, even as also they received the Holy Spirit. Such therefore shall have their entrance with the angels.
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Found: Hermas:26103:6 @ And this I say not in reference to these days, that a man after denying should receive repentance; for it is impossible for him to be saved who shall now deny his Lord; but for those who denied Him long ago repentance seemeth to be possible. If a man therefore will repent, let him do so speedily before the tower is completed; but if not, he shall be destroyed by the women and put to death.
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Found: Hermas:27104:3 @ These all then shall be sheltered by the Lord for ever. They therefore that have done these things are glorious in the sight of God, and their place is even now with the angels, if they shall continue unto the end serving the Lord.
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Found: Hermas:27[104^:5 @ See to it, therefore, ye who entertain this idea, lest this design remain in your hearts, and ye die unto God. But ye that suffer for the Name's sake ought to glorify God, because God deemed you worthy that ye should bear this name, and that all your sins should be healed.
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Found: Hermas:27[104^:6 @ Reckon yourselves blessed therefore; yea, rather think that ye have done a great work, if any of you shall suffer for God's sake. The Lord bestoweth life upon you, and ye percieved it not; for your sins weighed you down, and if ye had not suffered for the Name of the Lord, ye had died unto God by reason of your sins.
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Found: Hermas:27[104_:3 @ As many of you therefore as shall continue," saith he, "and shall be as infants not having guile, shall be glorious even than all them that have been mentioned before; for all infants are glorious in the sight of God, and stand first in His sight. Blessed then are ye, as many as have put away wickedness from you, and have clothed yourselves in guilelessness: ye shall live unto God cheifest of all."
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Found: Hermas:27[104`:5 @ When therefore the Lord percieved their mind, that they could favor the truth, and likewise remain good, He commanded their possessions to be cut off from them, yet not to be taken away altogether, so that they might be able to do some good with that which hath been left to them, and might live unto God for that they come of a good kind. So therefore they have been cut away a little, and placed in the building of this tower".
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Found: Hermas:32109:1 @ "Amend yourselves therefore, while the tower is still in course of building.
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Found: Hermas:32109:2 @ The Lord dwelleth in men that love peace; for to Him peace is dear; but from the contentious and them that are given up to wickedness He keepeth afar off. Restore therefore to Him your spirit whole as ye received it.
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Found: Hermas:32109:4 @ If therefore thou art thus vexed in the matter of thy garment, and complainest because thou receivest it not back whole, what thinkest thou the Lord will do to thee, He, Who gave thee the spirit whole, and thou hast made it absolutely useless, so that it cannot be of any use at all to its Lord? For its use began to be useless, when it was corrupted by thee. Will not therefore the Lord of this spirit for this thy deed punish thee with death?"
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Found: Hermas:1111:2 @ "I delivered thee," said he, "and thy house to this shepherd, that thou mightest be protected by him." "True, Sir," I said "If therefore," said he, "thou desirest to be protected from all annoyance and all cruelty, to have also success in every good work and word, and all the power of righteousness, walk in his commandments, which I have given thee, and thou shalt be able to get the mastery over all wickedness.
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Found: Hermas:2112:2 @ "I myself know," said he, "that thou hast done nothing out of order, nor art about to do so. And so I speak these things unto thee, that thou mayest persevere. For he hath given a good account of thee unto me. Thou therefore shalt speak these words to others, that they too who have practiced or shall practice repentance may be of the same mind as thou art; and he may give a good report of them to me, and I unto the Lord."
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Found: Hermas:2112:4 @ "Continue therefore," said he, "in this ministry, and complete it unto the end. For whosoever fulfill his commandments shall have life; yea such a man (shall have) great honor with the Lord. But whosoever keep not his commandments, fly from their life, and oppose him, and follow not his commandments, but deliver themselves over to death; and each one becometh guilty of his own blood. But I bid thee obey these commandments, and thou shalt have a remedy for thy sins.
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Found: Hermas:3113:1 @ "Moreover, I have sent these virgins unto thee, that they may dwell with thee; for I have seen that they are friendly towards thee. Thou hast them therefore as helpers, that thou mayest be the better able to keep his commandments; for it is impossible that these commandments be kept without the help of these virgins. I see too that they are glad to be with thee. But I will charge them that they depart not at all from thy house.
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Found: Hermas:3113:2 @ Only do thou purify thy house; for in a clean house they will gladly dwell. For they are clean and chaste and industrious, and have favor in the sight of the Lord. If, therefore, they shall find thy house pure, they will continue with thee; but if the slightest pollution arise, they will depart from thy house at once. For these virgins love not pollution in any form."
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Found: Hermas:4114:1 @ He said then to me, "Quit you like a man in this ministry; declare to every man the mighty works of the Lord, and thou shalt have favor in this ministry. Whosoever therefore shall walk in these commandments, shall live and be happy in his life; but whosoever shall neglect them, shall not live, and shall be unhappy in his life.
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Found: Hermas:4114:3 @ Whosoever therefore rescueth from penury a life of this kind, winneth great joy for himself. For he who is harassed by misfortune of this sort is afflicted and tortured with equal torment as one who is in chains. For many men on account of calamities of this kind, because they can bear them no longer, lay violent hands on themselves. He then who knows the calamity of a man of this kind and rescueth him not, committeth great sin, and becometh guilty of the man's blood.
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Found: Hermas:4114:4 @ Do therefore good works, whoever of you have received (benefits) from the Lord, lest, while ye delay to do them, the building of the tower be completed. For it is on your account that the work of the building has been interrupted. Unless then ye hasten to do right, the tower will be completed, and ye shut out."
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Found: IgnatiusEphesians:2:2 @ May I have joy of you always, if so be I an worthy of it. It is therefore meet for you in every way to glorify Jesus Christ who glorified you; that being perfectly joined together in one submission, submitting yourselves to your bishop and presbytery, ye may be sanctified in all things.
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Found: IgnatiusEphesians:3:2 @ But, since love doth not suffer me to be silent concerning you, therefore was I forward to exhort you, that ye run in harmony with the mind of God: for Jesus Christ also, our inseparable life, is the mind of the Father, even as the bishops that are settled in the farthest parts of the earth are in the mind of Jesus Christ.
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Found: IgnatiusEphesians:4:2 @ And do ye, each and all, form yourselves into a chorus, that being harmonious in concord and taking the key note of God ye may in unison sing with one voice through Jesus Christ unto the Father, that He may both hear you and acknowledge you by your good deeds to be members of His Son. It is therefore profitable for you to be in blameless unity, that ye may also be partakers of God always.
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Found: IgnatiusEphesians:5:3 @ Whosoever therefore cometh not to the congregation, he doth thereby show his pride and hath separated himself; for it is written, God resisteth the proud. Let us therefore be careful not to resist the bishop, that by our submission we may give ourselves to God.
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Found: IgnatiusEphesians:6:1 @ And in proportion as a man seeth that his bishop is silent, let him fear him the more. For every one whom the Master of the household sendeth to be steward over His own house, we ought so to receive as Him that sent him. Plainly therefore we ought to regard the bishop as the Lord Himself.
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Found: IgnatiusEphesians:8:1 @ Let no one therefore deceive you, as indeed ye are not deceived, seeing that ye belong wholly to God. For when no lust is established in you, which hath power to torment you, then truly ye live after God. I devote myself for you, and I dedicate myself as an offering for the church of you Ephesians which is famous unto all the ages.
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Found: IgnatiusEphesians:13:1 @ Do your diligence therefore to meet together more frequently for thanksgiving to God and for His glory. For when ye meet together frequently, the powers of Satan are cast down; and his mischief cometh to nought in the concord of your faith.
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Found: IgnatiusEphesians:15:3 @ Nothing is hidden from the Lord, but even our secrets are nigh unto Him. Let us therefore do all things as knowing that He dwelleth in us, to the end that we may be His temples and He Himself may be in us as our God. This is so, and it will also be made clear in our sight from the love which we rightly bear towards Him.
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Found: IgnatiusMagnesians:3:2 @ For the honor therefore of Him that desired you, it is meet that ye should be obedient without dissimulation. For a man doth not so much deceive this bishop who is seen, as cheat that other who is invisible; and in such a case he must reckon not with flesh but with God who knoweth the hidden things.
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Found: IgnatiusMagnesians:4:1 @ It is therefore meet that we not only be called Christians, but also be such; even as some persons have the bishop's name on their lips, but in everything act apart from him. Such men appear to me not to keep a good conscience, for as much as they do not assemble themselves together lawfully according to commandment.
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Found: IgnatiusMagnesians:13:1 @ Do your diligence therefore that ye be confirmed in the ordinances of the Lord and of the Apostles, that ye may prosper in all things whatsoever ye do in flesh and spirit, by faith and by love, in the Son and Father and in the Spirit, in the beginning and in the end, with your revered bishop, and with the fitly wreathed spiritual circlet of your presbytery, and with the deacons who walk after God.
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Found: IgnatiusPhiladelphians:2:1 @ As children therefore of the light of the truth, shun division and wrong doctrines; and where the shepherd is, there follow ye as sheep.
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Found: IgnatiusPhiladelphians:4:1 @ Be ye careful therefore to obscene one eucharist (for there is one flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ and one cup unto union in His blood; there is one altar, as there is one bishop, together with the presbytery and the deacons my fellow-servants), that whatsoever ye do, ye may do it after God.
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Found: IgnatiusPhiladelphians:6:2 @ Shun ye therefore the wicked arts and plottings of the prince of this world, lest haply ye be crushed by his devices, and wax weak in your love. But assemble yourselves all together with undivided heart. And
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Found: IgnatiusPhiladelphians:8:1 @ I therefore did my own part, as a man composed unto union. But where there is division and anger, there God abideth not. Now the Lord forgiveth all men when they repent, if repenting they return to the unity of God and to the council of the bishop. I have faith in the grace of Jesus Christ, who shall strike off every fetter from you; and I entreat you,
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Found: IgnatiusPolycarp:6:2 @ Please the Captain in whose army ye serve, from whom also ye will receive your pay. Let none of you be found a deserter. Let your baptism abide with you as your shield; your faith as your helmet; your love as your spear; your patience as your body armor. Let your works be your deposits, that ye may receive your assets due to you. Be ye therefore long-suffering one with another in gentleness, as God is with you. May I have joy of you always.
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Found: IgnatiusRomans:7:1 @ The prince of this world would fain tear me in pieces and corrupt my mind to Godward. Let not any of you therefore who are near abet him. Rather stand ye on my side, that is on God's side. Speak not of Jesus Christ and withal desire the world. Let not envy have a home in you.
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Found: IgnatiusSmyrneans:7:1 @ They therefore that gainsay the good gift of God perish by their questionings. But it were expedient for them to have love, that they may also rise again.
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Found: IgnatiusSmyrneans:7:2 @ It is therefore meet that ye should abstain from such, and not speak of them either privately or in public; but should give heed to the Prophets, and especially to the Gospel, wherein the passion is shown unto us and the resurrection is accomplished.
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Found: IgnatiusSmyrneans:9:2 @ May all things therefore abound unto you in grace, for ye are worthy. Ye refreshed me in all things, and Jesus Christ shall refresh you. In my absence and in my presence ye cherished me. May God recompense you; for whose sake if ye endure all things, ye shall attain unto Him.
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Found: IgnatiusSmyrneans:11:3 @ It seemed to me therefore a fitting thing that ye should send one of your own people with a letter, that he might join with them in giving glory for the calm which by God's will had overtaken them, and because they were already reaching a haven through your prayers. Seeing ye are perfect, let your counsels also be perfect; for if ye desire to do well, God is ready to grant the means.
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Found: MartyrdomPolycarp:2:1 @ Blessed therefore and noble are all the martyrdoms which have taken place according to the will of God (for it behoveth us to be very scrupulous and to assign to God the power over all things).
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Found: MartyrdomPolycarp:4:1 @ But one man, Quintus by name, a Phrygian newly arrived from Phrygia, when he saw the wild beasts, turned coward. He it was who had forced himself and some others to come forward of their own free will. This man the proconsul by much entreaty persuaded to swear the oath and to offer incense. For this cause therefore, brethren, we praise not those who deliver themselves up, since the Gospel doth not so teach us.
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Found: MartyrdomPolycarp:18:1 @ The centurion therefore, seeing the opposition raised on the part of the Jews, set him in the midst and burnt him after their custom.
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Found: Polycarp:4:1 @ But the love of money is the beginning of all troubles. Knowing therefore that we brought nothing into the world neither can we carry anything out, let us arm ourselves with the armor of righteousness, and let us teach ourselves first to walk in the commandment of the Lord;
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Found: Polycarp:6:3 @ Let us therefore so serve Him with fear and all reverence, as He himself gave commandment and the Apostles who preached the Gospel to us and the prophets who proclaimed beforehand the coming of our Lord; being zealous as touching that which is good, abstaining from offenses and from the false brethren and from them that bear the name of the Lord in hypocrisy, who lead foolish men astray.
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Found: Polycarp:8:1 @ Let us therefore without ceasing hold fast by our hope and by the earnest of our righteousness, which is Jesus Christ who took up our sins in His own body upon the tree, who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth, but for our sakes He endured all things, that we might live in Him.
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Found: Polycarp:8:2 @ Let us therefore become imitators of His endurance; and if we should suffer for His name's sake, let us glorify Him. For He gave this example to us in His own person, and we believed this.
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Found: Polycarp:9:1 @ I exhort you all therefore to be obedient unto the word of righteousness and to practice all endurance, which also ye saw with your own eyes in the blessed Ignatius and Zosimus and Rufus, yea and in others also who came from among yourselves, as well as in Paul himself and the rest of the Apostles;
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Found: Polycarp:10:1 @ Stand fast therefore in these things and follow the example of the Lord, being firm in the faith and immovable, in love of the brotherhood kindly affectioned one to another, partners with the truth, forestalling one another in the gentleness of the Lord, despising no man.
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Found: Polycarp:11:1 @ I was exceedingly grieved for Valens, who aforetime was a presbyter among you, because he is so ignorant of the office which was given unto him. I warn you therefore that ye refrain from covetousness, and that ye be pure and truthful. Refrain from all evil.
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Found: Polycarp:11:4 @ Therefore I am exceedingly grieved for him and for his wife, unto whom may the Lord grant true repentance. Be ye therefore yourselves also sober herein, and hold not such as enemies but restore them as frail and erring members, that ye may save the whole body of you. For so doing, ye do edify one another.
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Found: filter:NT-GOSPEL therefore @ (49)
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Found: therefore @ kjv@CONCORD:therefore
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Found: strkjv@Luke:10:2 @ Jesus By Command - pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest
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Found: strkjv@Luke:11:35 @ Jesus By Command - Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness
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Found: strkjv@Luke:12:40 @ Jesus By Command - Be ye therefore ready also
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Found: strkjv@Luke:21:36 @ Jesus By Command - Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape
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Found: strkjv@Luke:21:8 @ Jesus By Command - Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come...go ye not therefore after them
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Found: strkjv@Luke:6:36 @ Jesus By Command - Be ye therefore merciful
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Found: strkjv@Luke:8:18 @ Jesus By Command - Take heed therefore how ye hear
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Found: strkjv@Mark:13:35-37 @ Jesus By Command - Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh
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Found: strkjv@Matthew:10:16 @ Jesus By Command - be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves
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Found: strkjv@Matthew:28:19 @ Jesus By Command - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name...
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Found: strkjv@Matthew:5:48 @ Jesus By Command - Be ye therefore perfect
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Found: strkjv@Matthew:6:9 @ Jesus By Command - After this manner therefore pray ye
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Found: strkjv@Revelation:2:5 @ Jesus By Command - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works
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Found: strkjv@Revelation:3:2-3 @ Jesus By Command - Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain...Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent
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Found: strkjv@Matthew:21:40 @ When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? - Jesus By Question
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Found: strkjv@Mark:12:9 @ What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? - Jesus By Question
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Found: strkjv@Mark:12:24 @ Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? - Jesus By Question
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Found: strkjv@Mark:12:37 @ David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? - Jesus By Question
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Found: strkjv@Luke:7:42 @ Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? - Jesus By Question
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Found: strkjv@Luke:20:15 @ What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? - Jesus By Question
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Found: strkjv@Luke:20:44 @ David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? - Jesus By Question
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