DEBTOR.-UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO. Lev. 25:14. And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighhour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 15. According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: 16. According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 17. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. 25. If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26. And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27. Then let him count the years of the sale therof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. 28. But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. 29. And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. 30. And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile. 31. But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. 32. Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 33. And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34. But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession, 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. 36. Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victnals for increase. 38. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 39. And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40. But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: 41. And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 47. And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: 48. After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: 49. Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. 50. And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. 51. If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. 52. And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 53. And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 54. And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him. 55. For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Neh. 10:31. We would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. Matt. 5:25. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 26. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. 40. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. Matt. 18:25. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELAT ING TO: 2 Kin. 4:1. Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3. Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7. Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33. Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 13. Luke 20:9. Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 10. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the hus bandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. 11. And again he sent another serv ant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty 12. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. Neh. 5:3. Some also there were that said, Then said the lord of the vineyard, What We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it and houses, that we might buy corn, be- may be they will reverence him when they cause of the dearth. 4. There were also see him. 14. But when the husbandmer that said, We have borrowed money for the saw him, they reasoned among themselves, king's tribute, and that upon our lands and saying, This is the heir: come, let us kil vineyards. 5. Yet now our flesh is as the flesh him, that the inheritance may be ours. of our brethren, our children as their chil- So they cast him out of the vineyard, and dren: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons killed him. What therefore shall the lord and our daughters to be servants, and some of the vineyard do unto them? 16. He shall of our daughters are brought unto bondage come and destroy these husbandmen, and already: neither is it in our power to re-shall give the vineyard to others. And deem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. Job 20:18. That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19. Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 15. when they heard it, they said, God forbid. See CREDITOR; DEBT; SURETY. DECALOGUE. Written by God, Ex. 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; Deut. 5:22; 9:10; Hos. 8: 12. Divine authority of, Ex. 20:1; 34:27,28; Deut. 5:4-22. Called WORDS OF THE COVENANT, Ex. 34:28; Deut. 4:13. TABLES OF TES TIMONY, Ex. 31:18; 34:29; 40:20. See COMMANDMENTS. Ex. 20:1. And God spake all these words, Matt. 18:23. Therefore is the kingdom of saying, 2. I am the LORD thy God, which heaven likened unto a certain king, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, would take account of his servants. 24. out of the house of bondage. 3. Thou shalt And when he had begun to reckon, one was have no other gods before me. 4. Thou brought unto him, which owed him ten shalt not make unto thee any graven image, thousand talents. 25. But forasmuch as he or any likeness of any thing that is in had not to pay, his lord commanded him to heaven above, or that is in the earth be be sold, and his wife, and children, and all neath, or that is in the water under the that he had, and payment to be made. 26. earth: 5. Thou shalt not bow down thyThe servant therefore fell down, and wor-self to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD shipped him, saying, Lord, have patience thy God am a jealous God, visiting the inwith me, and I will pay thee all. 27. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying. Pay me that thou owest. 29. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 30. And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 31. So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 32. Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked iquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6. And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: DECALOGUE. wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13. Thou shalt not kill. 14. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15. Thou shalt not steal. 16. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neigh bour's. DECEIT. silence, they were gathered together. 35. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36. Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38. This is the first and great commandment. 39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Deut. 5:7. Thou shalt have none other Luke 10:25. And, behold, a certain lawyer gods before me. 8. Thou shalt not make stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, thee any graven image, or any likeness of what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26. any thing that is in heaven above, or that He said unto him, What is written in the is in the earth beneath, or that is in the law? how readest thou? 27. And he anwaters beneath the earth: 9. Thou shalt swering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve God with all thy heart, and with all thy them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous soul, and with all thy strength, and with God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. upon the children unto the third and fourth 28. And he said unto him, Thou hast angeneration of them that hate me, 10. And swered right: this do, and thou shalt shewing mercy unto thousands of them that live. love me and keep my commandments. Rom. 13:8. Owe no man any thing, but to 11. Thou shalt not take the name of the love one another; for he that loveth another LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will hath fulfilled the law. 9. For this, Thou not hold him guiltless that taketh his name shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not in vain. 12. Keep the sabbath day to sanc- kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not tify it, as the LORD thy God hath com- bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; manded thee. 13. Six days thou shalt labour, and if there be any other commandment, it and do all thy work: 14. But the seventh is briefly comprehended in this saying, day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy thyself. 10. Love worketh no ill to his son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine of the law. ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger DECAPOLIS. Ten cities situated in that is within thy gates; that thy mansery-one district on the east of the Sea of Galilee, ant and thy maidservant may rest as well as Matt. 4:25; Mark 5:20; 7:31. thou. 15. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 17. Thou shalt not kill. 18. Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19. Neither shalt thou steal. 20. Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21. Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. Matt. 19:18. He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19. Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matt. 22:34. But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to DECEIT. is falsehood, Psa. 119:118. The tongue an instrument of, Rom. 3:13. Comes from the heart, Mark 7:22. Charac teristic of the heart, Jer. 17:9. God abhors, Psa. 5:6. Forbidden, Prov. 24:28: 1 Pet. 3:10. Christ was perfectly free from, Isa. 53:9, with 1 Pet. 2:22. Saints free from, Psa. 24:4; Zeph. 3:13; Rev. 14:5; purpose against, Job 27:4; avoid, Job 31:5; shun those addicted to, Psa. 101:7; pray for deliverance from those who use, Psa. 43:1; 120:2; delivered from those who use, Psa. 72:14; should beware of those who teach, Eph. 5:6; Col. 2:8; should lay aside, in seeking truth, 1 Pet. 2:1. Ministers should lay aside, 2 Cor. 4:2; 1 Thess. 2:3. The wicked are full of, Rom. 1.29; devise, Psa, 35:20; 38:12; Prov. 12:5; utter, Psa. 10:7; 36:3; work, Prov. 11:18; increase in, 2 Tim. 3:13; use, to each other, Jer. 9:5; use, to themselves, Jer. 37:9; Obad. 3,7; delight in, Prov. 20:17. False teachers are workers of, 2 Cor. 11:13; preach, Jer. 14:14; 23:26; impose on others by, Rom. 16:18; Eph. 4:14: sport themselves with, 2 Pet. 2:13. Hypocrites de vise, Job 15:35. Hypocrites practice, Hos. 11:12. False witnesses use, Prov. 12:17. A characteristic of antichrist, 2 John 7. Characteristic of the apostasy, 2 Thess. 2:10. Evil of: hinders knowledge of God, Jer. 9:6. Keeps from turning to God, Jer. 8:5. Leads to pride and oppression, Jer. 5:27,28; to lying, Prov. 14:25, Often accompanied by fraud and injustice, Psa. 10:7; 43:1. Hatred often concealed by, Prov. 26:24-26. The folly of fools is, Prov. 14:8. The kisses of an enemy are, Prov. 27:6. Blessedness of being free from, Psa. 24:4, 5; 32:2. Punishment of, Psa. 55:23; Jer. 9:7-9.-Bible Text Book. See CONFIDENCE, FALSE; DECEPTION; FALSEHOOD; FLATTERY; HYPOCRISY. Psa. 37:34. Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: Psa. 69:13. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time : O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. Prov. 4:25. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Isa. 50:7. For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. DECEPTION. INSTANCES OF: By Satan, Gen. 3:4. Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister, Gen. 12:13; 20:2. Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister, Gen. 26:7. Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating Matt. 24:13. He that shall endure unto the Esau, Gen. 27:6-23. Jacob's sons, in entrap-end, the same shall be saved. Mark 13:13; ping the Sheche.nites, Gen. 34:13-31; in rep- Matt. 10:22. John 8:31. Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; resenting to their father that Joseph had Matt. 25:23. Well done, good and faithful been destroyed by wild beasts, Gen. 37:29-servant; thou hast been faithful over a few 35. Joseph, in his ruse with his brethren, things, I will make thee ruler over many Gen. chapters 42-44. The Gibeonites, in mis- things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. representing their habitat, Josh. 9:3-15. Luke 7:23. Blessed is he, whosoever shall Ehud deceives Eglon, and slays him, Judg. not be offended in me. Matt. 11:6. 3:15-30. Delilah deceives Samson, Judg. 16:4-20. David feigns madness, 1 Sam. 21:10-15. Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness, 2 Sam. 13:6-14. Hushai deceives Absalom, 2 Sam. 16:15-19. Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah, Neh. 6. By Absalom, when he avenged his sister, 2 Sam. 13:24-28; when he began his conspiracy, 2 Sam. 15:7. The old prophet, 1 Kin. 13:18. Gehazi, 2 Kin. 5:20. Job's friends, Job 6:15. Doeg, Psa. 52:2. Herod, Matt. 2:8. Pharisees, Matt. 22:16. Chief priests, Mark 14:1. Lawyer, Luke 10:25. Ananias and Sapphira, Acts 5:1. See DECEIT; HYPOCRISY; FALSEHOOD; FALSE WITNESS. SELF: See CONFIDENCE, FALSE; FLAT TERY. DECISION. Deut. 30:19. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: Josh. 23:8. But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. Josh. 24:15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side! of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 1 Sam. 12:20. And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; 1 Kin. 18:21. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between John 15:4. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 7. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 9. Continue ye in my love. Acts 11:23. Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. Acts 13:43. Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. Acts 14:22. Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. Rom. 2:7. To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: Rom. 8:38. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. 11:22. Behold therefore the good DECISION. ness and severity of God: on them which assured of, knowing of whom thou hast fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if learned them; thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 1 Cor. 15:58. Be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Cor. 16:13. Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Gal. 5:1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 10. I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: Gal. 6:9. Let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Eph. 4:14. Be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; Eph. 6:13. Take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Phil. 1:27. Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; Phil. 4:1. Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. Col. 1:23. If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; 1 Thess. 3:8. We live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 13. To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 2 Thess. 2:15. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 17. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. 2 Thess. 3:13. Brethren, be not weary in well doing. 2 Tim. 1:13. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 14. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. 2 Tim. 2:1. Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 3. Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. 3:14. Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been Tit. 1:7. For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God; 9. Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. Heb. 2:1. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. Heb. 3:6. But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. 7. Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8. Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 14. We are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; Heb. 4:14. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. Heb. 10:23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 35. Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. Heb. 12:1. Seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Heb. 13:9. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; 13. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. Jas. 1:4. Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 25. Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 1 Pet. 1:13. Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 1 Pet. 5:8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9. Whom resist stedfast in the faith, 2 Pet. 1:10. Give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11. For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Pet. 3:17. Seeing ye know these things |