Friday, March 16, 2012

Every Man

Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew. The LORD renderest to every man according to his work. If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not God that pondereth the heart consider it? and He that keepeth thy soul, doth not He know it? and shall not He render to every man according to his works? 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. If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them. Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with idols.

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and then He shall reward every man according to His works. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the Goodman of the house. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Let God be true, but every man a liar.

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.