THEOSISJoshua 24:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and most sincere heart: and put away the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
וְעַתָּ֞ה יְר֧אוּ אֶת־יְהוָ֛ה וְעִבְד֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בְּתָמִ֣ים וּבֶֽאֱמֶ֑ת וְהָסִ֣ירוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֩ עָבְד֨וּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֜ם בְּעֵ֤בֶר הַנָּהָר֙ וּבְמִצְרַ֔יִם וְעִבְד֖וּ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 12:24Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth, and with your whole heart, for you have seen the great works which he hath done among you.
- Deut 10:12And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:
- Gen 35:2And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed, and change your garments.
- 2 Cor 1:12For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.
- Josh 24:23Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel.
- Ps 119 (118):1
- John 4:23But the hour cometh and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore him.
- John 4:24God is a spirit: and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth.