Especially --- household of faithEspecially
Psa. 31:11; Acts 26:3; Gal. 6:10; 1Ti. 5:17; 2Ti. 4:13;
Gal 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
all men - what all are we to do to 'all men'?
Jn 13:34-35 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (35) By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Acts 2:44-45 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; (45) And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Rom 12:15-18 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. (16) Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. (17) Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. (18) If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
1 Cor 9:19-22 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. (20) And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; (21) To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. (22) To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
1 Cor 10:32, 33 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
1 Th 3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
1 Th 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
1 Tim 2:1 first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 Tim 2:24 the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men,
Titus 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness
1 Pet 2:17 -Honour all men. Love the brotherhood.
John 13:38 -Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?-
Rom 5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
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a good man - How can one tell a "good man"?
Psa 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered --
Psa 112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth:
Pro 12:2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD:
Pro 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Mat 12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
evil man - evil treasure - (of the heart) (implied ) - evil things
Gen 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Reason
heart, evil
Ecc 11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Isa 57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Jer 3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
Jer 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jer 11:8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
Jer_13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
Jer_16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Jer_18:12 And they (v11--the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying--) said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
Jer_23:17 They (v16--the prophets that prophesy unto you--) say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
Zec_7:10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Mat_12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Mat_12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Mat_15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Mar_7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Luk_6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
It appears that the above -'heart, evil' - is of an unbeliever.
heart, wicked
(Deu 15:9) Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
(Psa 10:3) For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
(Psa 10:13) Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
(Psa 11:2) For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
(Psa 36:1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
(Psa 101:4) A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
(Psa 141:4) Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
(Pro 6:18) An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
(Pro 10:20) The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
(Pro 15:28) The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
(Pro 21:4) An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
(Pro 26:23) Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
(Ecc 3:17) I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Jer 17:7-10 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. (8) For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. (9) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (10) I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Psalm 51 Read all
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Romans 6 Read all.
Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Rom 6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Eph 4:20-24
Eph 4:22-24 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; (23) And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; (24) And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Col 3:9-10 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; (10) And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
How does one renew the spirit of your mind? -renewed in knowledge? Does this sound like the "spirit of knowledge"?
See Isa 11.
2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2Ti 3:15-17 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (16) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (17) That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
"rightly dividing" does not mean time eras -
Deu 18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
1Chron 28:9, Jer 12:3, 24:7, Act 1:24
dividing asunder in Heb 4:12 is the same Greek word used in Heb 2:4 for "gifts".
1Co. 12:4,9; 14:12;
(Eze 13:22) Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
(Mat 13:19) When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
