Step Eleven- A Closer Look Into RSV

Mark 11:24-26 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you receive it, and you will.

And whenever you stand praying,  forgive, if you have anything against any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses"

Ephesians 4:1-10 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love,

eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,  one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all  and in all.

But grace was given in each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.

Therefore it is said,"When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men."

(In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended  into the lower parts of the earth?

He who descended is he who who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

1 Peter 4:7-11 The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers.

Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another.

As each has received a gift, employ it for one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace;

whoever speaks, as one who utters oracles of God; whoever renders service, as one who renders it by the strength which God supplies; in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 7:10-16 To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband

(but if she does, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband)-- and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

To the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

If any woman has a husband who is am unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.

For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.

But if the unbelieving partner desires to separate, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace.

Wife, how do you know whether  you will save save your husband? Husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?

Ephesians 5:15-21 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,

making the most  of the time, because the days are evil.

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

addressing one another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,

always and for everything giving thanks in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.

Be subject to one another out of the reverence for Christ.