James 1:25

First Nations Version

But take a good long look into the perfect way of life, the law of love that sets people free. Stay true to its message, not forgetting what you have heard but walking in all its ways, and Creator’s blessing will rest on all you do.

Cross References

Luke 11:28

he answered her, “but a greater blessing belongs to the ones who listen to the words of the Great Spirit and walk in his ways.”

John 13:17

If you walk in this way of blessing, you will do well, and it will return to you—full circle.

1 Peter 2:16

Do this as a people who have been set free, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil ways. Instead, walk out your freedom as willing servants of the Great Spirit.

James 2:12

In all that you say or do, remember that it is the Chosen One’s law of freedom that Creator will use to decide for or against you.

Galatians 5:1

The Chosen One set us free so that we can remain free, so stand firm and do not let anyone rope you into being slaves again.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So then, my much-loved family members, you must stand strong, with your feet planted firmly on the ground. Never give up working hard for our Honored Chief, for you know that what- ever you do for him will never fade away.

1 Timothy 4:16

Keep a close watch on yourself and on what you are teaching. Keep doing all that I have told you. In this way, you will set free and make whole not only yourself but all who listen to you.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Take a good look inside yourselves to see whether you walk true to what you believe. Put yourselves to the test. Do you know who you truly are? Do you not understand that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One lives in and among you? Or have you failed the test of walking true to this in your own lives?

Romans 11:22

So you can see how kind and how strict the Great Spirit can be. He was strict toward the ones who walked away but is kind toward you, as long as you keep walking in his kindness. If not, you also will be cut off.

Romans 8:15

We must no longer surrender like slaves to the spirit of fear. The Great Spirit has taken us into Creator’s family now, and we lift our voices and cry out to him, “Abba! My Father!”

Galatians 2:4

The ceremony was talked about because some who were not true sacred family members had been sneaked in. They crept in to spy on the freedom we have in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One and to make us slaves to their understanding of our tribal law.

John 8:36

The freedom the Son gives you is the way of true freedom.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from the spirit-world above saying to me, “Write this down: from this time forward Creator’s blessing will rest on those who die, the ones who will make the ultimate sacrifice for their Honored Chief.” “It is true!” says the Spirit. “The weary will find rest from their troubled path, and what they have done will follow them into the world to come.”

1 Timothy 2:15

But since being set free and made whole came through a woman giving birth to a child, women will be kept safe through the pain and labor of childbirth if they keep walking a sacred path of trust, love, and self-control.

Romans 7:12

So then, our tribal law is sacred, and its instructions are holy, upright, and good.

Acts 26:22

Up to this day, with the help of the Great Spirit, I have told the truth to both small and great. I have said only what was foretold by the ancient prophets and by Drawn from the Water (Moses).

Acts 13:43

After the meeting at the gathering house ended, many of the Tribal Members and others who had been ceremonially taken into the tribe followed after Small Man (Paul) and Son of Comfort (Barnabas), who urged them to keep walking in Creator’s gift of great kindness.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one among you misses out on the gift of Creator’s great kindness and that no bitter root springs up among you, making trouble and poisoning many hearts.

Acts 2:42

This newly formed family continued daily to learn from the twelve message bearers. They lived together in harmony, ate ceremonial meals, and prayed with one another.

Revelation 22:14

“Creator’s blessing rests on the ones who have washed their regalia. This gives them the right to eat from the life-giving tree and to enter through the gates into the sacred village.

1 John 2:24

So then, let the message you first heard remain in you. If you do, then you will also remain in harmony with the Son and with the Father.

Colossians 1:23

Yes, all this is yours as you make your path straight on the road that leads to this hope, trusting in the good story that you have heard. This is the same story that is being told to all in creation who live under the spirit-world above. And I, Small Man (Paul), have dedicated my life to serve this good story.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the ones who hear the law who have good standing with Creator but the ones who do what it says.

Romans 8:2

For the Chosen One, Creator Sets Free (Jesus), has brought the new law of the Spirit’s life to release us from the death sentence of our tribal law, given because of our bad hearts and broken ways.

Galatians 6:2

Bear each other’s heavy burdens, this way you are walking a path that brings full meaning and purpose to the law of the Chosen One.