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1 ICI kankotwatsokwnukte'nuk, Cisus okimacinan Pitu, Ce'ms, ipi Can, Wikane'iIn, okisha‘wnan e'cI pkotnianuk.

2 IcI shi e'kikwe'knao-ot e'nasmukapowunIt, kisokcI kishuwase'ikwe', ipi paskukIn e'wase'ak kishuwapshkianI.

3 PInI, kashu mataowapmawan, ni MosusIn, ipi InaisIn e'knonanIt.

4 OtI okishInkwe'twan Pitu; ipi okinan, ni CisusIn Te'pe'nmae'k owunIt shotI e'iIiak, kishpIn onwacin nkowiwshItomIn shotI, nswI wikwamIn, nkot kin, e'wi-in Mosuske' nkot, ipi Inaie's nkot.

5 Me'kwacI e'iItnankitok, pInI, e'wase'iak ankot okiiakwate'shkumakwnawa pInI, okinotanawacI e'notakwsInIt shi ankotuk; otI kikItwun; OtI ie'o te'panuk nkwIs me'nonwe'It; psItak.

6 Pic cI e'knomowacIn kanot mowat kip, mukocInok shkishkowak e'pic kwtacwat.

7 Cisus cI okipie'taknan otI cI, okinan, Psukwik, ipi ke'ko kwtacke'k.

8 Iw cI kantawapwat cowe'iI‘ kiwapmasiwan, nInI, mtIno CisusIn.

9 IcI kapie'niscowe'wat shi e'pkotnianuk Cisus okiiakwaman, otI cI okinan, ke'ko we'iI witmoake'k nInI kanaptme'k, pama, o We'kwIsmukot NInwun kiwnIshkat minI‘ e'nponIt.

10 E'knomowacIn okinatakon, otI kikItwuk, TacI i we'ckItwat ki- we'npie'ke'cuk Inaius ne'tum kupie'?

11 Cisus cI okinkwe'twan otI okinan Inaius we'we'nwI, ne'tum kupie', cakicI ke'ko okaocston.

12 OtI cI ktInum, InaiusI shiI kipie' cocI okike'nmasiwan okitotwawancI e'shwunwaciwat, winke' o nasap We'kwIsmukot NInwun okukwtuke'ntumokon.

13 IcI ni ke'knomowacIn e'kinsItakot e'kitshImanIt ni CanIn ke'ctapie'we'ncIm.

14 Pic cI kapiawat e'cIiInIt ni maoce'tincIn, okipie'naskakon nkot nInI kipie' wucikwnItakon, otI cI okikon;

15 Te'pe'nmin shuwe'numsI npIs, nkInkapitum, ipi wiwtawe'ntum, nanakIc mukocIn shkote'k, ipi nane'kIc, shi npik;

16 IcI e'kipiatwukwa ke'knomocuk cocu okikshkaasiwan e'wine'se'awat.

17 Cisus cI okinkwe'twan; otI cI okinan, O! pwate'pwe'take'ie'k, ipi pwakwIiuk showe'pse'ie'k pe'matse'e'k tInicI pic ke'kowice'onukon? tInicI pic, ke'kowikwce'ne'kon? pie'tuwushuk shotI.

18 Cisus cI, okishuke'nonan ni mIcImIne'ton, icI e'kisakuk, icI o pInoce' e'kine'se't pic.

19 IcI e'kipie'naskakot ni e'knomowacIn ni CisusIn nshukI, otI cI okikon, TInicI ninan kaocI ianwakIt e'wisakitInkIt?

20 Cisus cI otI okinan, Osam sI e'pwate'pwe'ie'nte'me'k, We'we'nI, ktInum, KishkwIn otI shIt‘e' te'kwe'ie'ntume'k ke'cwa e'opukomnanwuk i mastat, minkan, otI kitatanawa e'pkotniak, owushi, shian, iwke'nomkuk, coike'ko ktaianwutosinawa.

21 OtIsI e'shnakwuk, copie'sakumomkIsnon, pama ie'k e'numak, ipi e'pwawisnuk.

22 Me'kwa cI e'ie'iuwat shi Ke'nIniuk, Cisus otI okinan, We'kwIsmukot NInwun kupkItnukaso shiw onIcinuk nInwun.

23 OkInsawancI, icI nso kishkItnuk minI kaonIshke'. IcI kikcI kisatantumwuk.

24 IcI kapiawat Ke'paniumuk; kiwe'tapnukuk maocIckate'k shonia, kipie' naskawawan ni PituIin, otI okinawan, ConI ke'knomakwie'k otupIsin i maocIcke'wun?

25 OtI cI okinan E'‘ IcI kapiat kanmupitike't, Cisus ne'tum kiknonan, otI okinan; TInicI e'shte'an Sayiman? We'ninIn shotI kik kiw okumak we'tapnumwawat maocIcke'wun? nine', tupe'nwe' nicasawan, tanake', me'mataosIncIn?

26 Pitu cI otI okinan, me'mataosincInsI; Cisus cI otI okinan, Cocu pe'noce'iuk pame'ntakwsusik.

27 NocmasI, e'pwamshu nshku‘we'ikon shian kcukimik, ipi kupukiton kwtImockIn, ipi kaotapina kikos ne'tum kie'kwtumonIt; icI ke'cI pakitone'nIt kumkancI nkot wapuk shonia; kaotapinan, ipi kaocIminak nin ipi kin.

   

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True Christian Religion #376

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376. Charity and faith are of no use to a person, so long as they remain merely in the bodily hemisphere, that is, in his head, and are not given a firm base in deeds; this is evident from a thousand passages in the Word, of which I shall quote only the following.

Every tree which does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire, Matthew 7:19-21.

He who sows on good soil is the person who hears the Word and pays attention to it, and bears and produces fruit. When Jesus said this, he cried out saying, He who has ears to hear with, let him hear, Matthew 13:9, 23.

Jesus said, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the Word of God and act upon it, Luke 8:21.

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone worships God, and does His will, He listens to him, John 9:31.

If you know these things, you are blessed if you act upon them, John 13:17.

He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me, and I shall love him, and show myself to him; and I shall come to him and make my dwelling with him, John 14:15-21, 23.

In this my Father is glorified, in that you bear much fruit, John 15:8, 16.

It is not those who hear the law, but those who keep it, who are made righteous by God, Romans 2:13; James 1:22.

On the day of wrath and righteous judgment, God will render to each in accordance with his deeds, Romans 2:5-6.

We must all be put on show before the tribunal of Christ, so that each may be rewarded for our bodily acts, whether good or ill. 2 Corinthians 5:10.

The Son of Man is to come in the glory of His Father, and then He will reward each man in accordance with his deeds, Matthew 16:27.

I heard a voice from heaven saying, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. So says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their labours; their deeds accompany them, Revelation 14:13.

The book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged according to what was written in the book, everyone according to his deeds, Revelation 20:12-13.

Behold I come quickly, and my reward is with me, so that I may give to each according to what he has done, Revelation 22:12.

Jehovah, whose eyes are open upon all the behaviour of men, to give to each in accordance with his behaviour, and in accordance with the fruit of his deeds, Jeremiah 32:19.

I will punish his behaviour, and his deeds I will repay him, Hosea 4:9.

Jehovah deals with us according to our behaviour and according to our deeds, Zechariah 1:6.

There are a thousand other such passages.

[2] These prove that charity and faith are not charity and faith until they are realised in deeds, and if they merely exist above the level of deeds in space, or in the mind, they are as it were images of a tent or a temple in the air, which are nothing but atmospheric phenomena which vanish of their own accord; or they resemble paintings on paper which are eaten by bookworms; or they are like dwellings on a roof, lacking a bedroom, and not in the house. These comparisons will enable one to see that charity and faith are unstable, so long as they remain mental concepts, unless, when possible, they are realised in deeds and come into existence jointly in deeds.

  
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