1. A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? 1

2. "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. 2

3. So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 3

4. "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." 4

5. A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? 5

6. "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.' "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.' 6

7. "He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it." 7

8. A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? 8

9. No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities. 9

10. All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 10

11. A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? D. Do we love people and use money or vice versa? A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? D. Do we love people and use money or vice versa? 11

12. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 12

13. Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 13

14. A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? D. Do we love people and use money or vice versa? E. Are we devoted to something good that keeps us busy? A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? D. Do we love people and use money or vice versa? E. Are we devoted to something good that keeps us busy? 14

15. I urge you, brethren--you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints-- that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with us. 15

16. A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? D. Do we love people and use money or vice versa? E. Are we devoted to something good that keeps us busy? F. Are we careful to fulfill our desires within the parameters of God's will? A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? D. Do we love people and use money or vice versa? E. Are we devoted to something good that keeps us busy? F. Are we careful to fulfill our desires within the parameters of God's will? 16

17. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. 17

18. Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. 18

19. Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 19

20. A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? D. Do we love people and use money or vice versa? E. Are we devoted to something good that keeps us busy? F. Are we careful to fulfill our desires within the parameters of God's will? G. Do we bridle our tongues? A. Do we keep our emotions and drives in check? B. Do we put God first in our lives, even before family and friends? C. Do we keep even legitimate drug use to a minimum? D. Do we love people and use money or vice versa? E. Are we devoted to something good that keeps us busy? F. Are we careful to fulfill our desires within the parameters of God's will? G. Do we bridle our tongues? 20

21. If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless. 21

22. My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 22

23. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 23

24. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. 24

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