And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.

Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.

(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

When thou wilt do good know to whom thou doest it; so shalt thou be thanked for thy benefits.

Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.

Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him.

Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same.

Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.

Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.

For excess of meats bringeth sickness, and surfeiting will turn into choler.

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.

The Lord hateth all abomination; and they that fear God love it not.

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.

But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

But be continually with a godly man, whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord, whose, mind is according to thy mind, and will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt miscarry.

Woe be unto you, ungodly men, which have forsaken the law of the most high God! for if ye increase, it shall be to your destruction:

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.

The Lord hateth all abomination; and they that fear God love it not.

Turn again to the most High, and turn away from iniquity: for he will lead thee out of darkness into the light of health, and hate thou abomination vehemently.

And whilst they sinned not before their God, they prospered, because the God that hateth iniquity was with them.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

For the ungodly and his ungodliness are both alike hateful unto God.

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

But be continually with a godly man, whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord, whose, mind is according to thy mind, and will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt miscarry.

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Prosperity and adversity, life and death, poverty and riches, come of the Lord.

Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding, and shewed them good and evil.

Good is set against evil, and life against death: so is the godly against the sinner, and the sinner against the godly.

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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.

For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

The knowledge of the commandments of the Lord is the doctrine of life: and they that do things that please him shall receive the fruit of the tree of immortality.

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.

And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works, and by faith, whereby ye have believed,

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

As his mercy is great, so is his correction also: he judgeth a man according to his works

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.