Let’s consider this question again. This is
what we must grasp. Who is he that overcomes
the world? He who believes that Jesus is
the Christ. Do you believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of the Living God? If so, then
you have committed yourself to overcoming
the world. If you believe the Word of God,
then your attitude should be, “Well, praise
God, I’m an overcomer!” This should be your
attitude regardless of what comes against you.

Jesus said in John 16:33:

These things I have spoken unto
you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer; I have overcome
the world.

In other words, Jesus is saying, “The world
will come at you with everything it has to offer,
but don’t worry about it—I’ve already beaten
it—I’ve already overcome the world.” Jesus was
not referring to just 99 percent of the world.
He said, “I have overcome the world.” One
hundred percent of it! It makes no difference
what the world throws at you, you can turn to
Jesus because He has already overcome it.

Now notice He said, “that in me ye might
have peace.” Jesus was teaching here about
being one with Him and being one with the
Father. He was telling His disciples that soon
the Holy Spirit would come and do things they
could not then understand. They couldn’t
grasp what it meant to be “in Him.” Without
the Holy Spirit today, none of us could understand
this. It takes the Holy Spirit to reveal
these things—particularly the reality of being
born again. Jesus told Nicodemus about it, but
he could only think of a man going back into
his mother’s womb. Jesus told him, “I’m speaking
of heavenly things, and you don’t even
understand earthly things” (John 3:13).

These men had no concept of what Jesus
was about to do at Calvary. They had no idea
that through His death and Resurrection, He
was to become the firstborn from the dead and
issue forth a new race of men who are, in God,
born again and filled with the mighty Spirit of
God Himself. They could not conceive this
when He was on the Cross, nor even after He
was raised from the dead. Only after the Holy
Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost could they
see what Jesus had been saying. Then Peter
stood up and boldly preached the Word of
God by revelation of the Holy Ghost. Can you
see the change in his life?

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

Proverbs 5:18-19
KJV—Let thy fountain be blessed: and
rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her
be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let
her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and
be thou ravished always with her love.

NIV—May your fountain be blessed, and
may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her
breasts satisfy you always, may you ever
be captivated by her love.

Amp—Let your fountain—of human life—
be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant
doe [tender, gentle, attractive]; let her
bosom satisfy you at all times; and always
be transported with delight in her love.

Proverbs 16:7
KJV—When a man’s ways please the
Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at
peace with him.

NIV—When a man’s ways are pleasing to
the Lord, he makes even his enemies live
at peace with him.

Proverbs 18:22
KJV—Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good
thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

NIV—He who finds a wife finds what is
good and receives favor from the Lord.

Amp—He who finds a [true] wife finds a
good thing, and obtains favor of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:3
NKJV—Let the husband render to his
wife the affection due her, and likewise
also the wife to her husband.

Amp—The husband should give to his
wife her conjugal rights—goodwill, kindness
and what is due her as his wife; and
likewise the wife to her husband.

Ephesians 5:25-33
KJV—Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it; that he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by the
word, that he might present it to himself a
glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle,
or any such thing; but that it should
be holy and without blemish.

So ought men to love their wives as their
own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth
himself. For no man ever yet hated his own
flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even
as the Lord the church: For we are members
of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

For this cause shall a man leave his
father and mother, and shall be joined unto
his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning
Christ and the church. Nevertheless let
every one of you in particular so love his
wife even as himself; and the wife see that
she reverence her husband.

NIV—Husbands, love your wives, just as
Christ loved the church and gave himself up
for her to make her holy, cleansing her by
the washing with water through the word,
and to present her to himself as a radiant
church, without stain or wrinkle or any
other blemish, but holy and blameless.

In this same way, husbands ought to
love their wives as their own bodies. He who
loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one
ever hated his own body, but he feeds and
cares for it, just as Christ does the church—
for we are members of his body.

“For this reason a man will leave his
father and mother and be united to his
wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
This is a profound mystery—but I am talking
about Christ and the church. However,
each one of you also must love his wife
as he loves himself, and the wife must respect
her husband.

Amp—Husbands, love your wives, as Christ
loved the church and gave Himself up for
her, so that He might sanctify her, having
cleansed her by the washing of water with
the Word, that He might present the church
to Himself in glorious splendor, without
spot or wrinkle or any such things—that she
might be holy and faultless.

Even so husbands should love their
wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies.
He who loves his own wife loves himself. For
no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes
and carefully protects and cherishes
it, as Christ does the church, because we are
members (parts) of His body.

For this reason a man shall leave his
father and his mother and shall be joined
to his wife, and the two shall become
one flesh. This mystery is very great, but
I speak concerning [the relation of] Christ
and the church. However, let each man of
you (without exception) love his wife as
[being in a sense] his very own self; and
let the wife see that she respects and reverences
her husband—that she notices
him, regards him, honors him, prefers
him, venerates and esteems
him; and that she defers to him, praises him,
and loves and admires him exceedingly.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

Malachi 2:16
KJV—For the Lord, the God of Israel,
saith that he hateth putting away.

NIV—“I hate divorce,” says the Lord God
of Israel.

Amp—For the Lord, the God of Israel,
says: I hate divorce and marital separation.

Matthew 19:3-6
NKJV—The Pharisees also came to Him,
testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife for just
any reason?” And He answered and said
to them, “Have you not read that He who
made them at the beginning ‘made them
male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason
a man shall leave his father and mother and
be joined to his wife, and the two shall become
one flesh’? So then, they are no longer
two but one flesh. Therefore what God has
joined together, let not man separate.”

NIV—Some Pharisees came to him to test
him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to
divorce his wife for any and every reason?”
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the
beginning the Creator ‘made them male and
female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will
leave his father and mother and be united
to his wife, and the two will become one
flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one.
Therefore what God has joined together, let
man not separate.”

Weymouth—Then came some of the
Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by
the question, “Has a man a right to divorce
his wife for any sort of reason?” “Have you
not read,” He replied, “that He who made
them ‘made them’ from the beginning ‘male
and female,’ and said, ‘for this reason a
man shall leave his father and mother and
cling to his wife, and the two shall be one’?
Thus they are no longer two, but one. What
therefore God has joined together, let not
man separate.”

1 Corinthians 7:10-13, 15-16

KJV—And unto the married I command,
yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife
depart from her husband: But and if she
depart, let her remain unmarried, or be
reconciled to her husband: and let not
the husband put away his wife. But to the
rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother
hath a wife that believeth not, and she be
pleased to dwell with him, let him not put
her away. And the woman which hath an
husband that believeth not, and if he be
pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave
him….

But if the unbelieving depart, let him
depart. A brother or a sister is not under
bondage in such cases: but God hath called
us to peace. For what knowest thou, O wife,
whether thou shalt save thy husband? or
how knowest thou, O man, whether thou
shalt save thy wife?

NIV—To the married I give this command
(not I, but the Lord): A wife must
not separate from her husband. But if she
does, she must remain unmarried or else
be reconciled to her husband. And a husband
must not divorce his wife. To the rest
I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother
has a wife who is not a believer and she
is willing to live with him, he must not divorce
her. And if a woman has a husband
who is not a believer and he is willing to
live with her, she must not divorce him….
But if the unbeliever leaves, let him
do so. A believing man or woman is not
bound in such circumstances; God has
called us to live in peace. How do you
know, wife, whether you will save your
husband? Or, how do you know, husband,
whether you will save your wife?

Amp—But to the married [people] I give
charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife is
not to separate from her husband. But if
she does [separate from and divorce him],
let her remain single or else be reconciled
to her husband. And [I charge] the husband
[also] that he should not put away
or divorce his wife. To the rest I declare,
I, not the Lord [for Jesus did not discuss
this], that if any brother has a wife who
does not believe [on Christ], and she consents
to live with him, he should not leave
or divorce her. And if any woman has an
unbelieving husband, and he consents to
live with her, she should not leave or divorce
him….

But if the unbelieving partner [actually]
leaves, let him do so; in such [cases
the remaining] brother or sister is not
morally bound. But God has called us
to peace. For, wife, how can you be sure
of converting and saving your husband?
Husband, how can you be sure of converting
and saving your wife?

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

Proverbs 21:20

NIV—In the house of the wise are stores
of choice food and oil.

NAS—There is precious treasure and oil
in the dwelling of the wise.

Proverbs 24:3-4

KJV—Through wisdom is an house
builded; and by understanding it is established:
And by knowledge shall the chambers be
filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

NIV—By wisdom a house is built, and
through understanding it is established;
through knowledge its rooms are filled
with rare and beautiful treasures.

Amp—Through skillful and godly Wisdom
is a house [a life, a home, a family] built,
and by understanding it is established [on
a sound and good foundation]. And by
knowledge shall the chambers [of its every
area] be filled with all precious and pleasant
riches.

Isaiah 54:13

KJV—And all thy children shall be taught
of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of
thy children.

Amp—And all your [spiritual] children
shall be disciples—taught of the Lord
[and obedient to His will]; and great shall
be the peace and undisturbed composure
of your children.

NAS—And all your sons will be taught of
the Lord; and the well-being of your sons
will be great.

Isaiah 59:21

NIV—“As for me, this is my covenant
with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who
is on you, and my words that I have put
in your mouth will not depart from your
mouth, or from the mouths of your children,
or from the mouths of their descendants
from this time on and forever,” says
the Lord.

Amp—As for Me, this is My covenant
or league with them, says the Lord: My
Spirit Who is upon you [and Who writes
the law of God inwardly in the heart], and
My words which I have put in your mouth,
shall not depart out of your mouth, or
out of the mouth of your [true, spiritual]
children, or out of the mouth of your children’s
children, says the Lord, from henceforth
and for ever.

Acts 2:39

KJV—For the promise is unto you, and to
your children, and to all that are afar off,
even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Amp—For the promise (of the Holy
Spirit) is to and for you and your children,
and to and for all that are far away, [even]
to as many as the Lord our God invites
and bids come to Himself.

Acts 16:31

KJV—Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

NIV—Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you
will be saved—you and your household.

Amp—Believe in and on the Lord Jesus
Christ—that is, give yourself up to Him,
take yourself out of your own keeping and
entrust yourself into His keeping, and you
will be saved; [and this applies both to]
you and your household as well.

Ephesians 4:26-27

NIV—“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let
the sun go down while you are still angry,
and do not give the devil a foothold.

Amp—When angry, do not sin; do not
ever let your wrath—your exasperation,
your fury or indignation—last until the
sun goes down. Leave no [such] room or
foothold for the devil—give no opportunity
to him.

Weymouth—If angry, beware of sinning.
Let not your irritation last until the sun
goes down; and do not leave room for
the devil.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries