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Some believe in this life we have two basic duties; The first duty is between man and God; The second is to our fellow man according to the word of God.

'To seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his way of righteousness' is clearly an Old and New Testament directive. To be righteous is defined "acting in accord with divine or moral law " and in the Greek text it means "in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God."

While some may have a problem with the word "duty" the truth is the word "ought" is the auxiliary verb "used to express duty or moral obligation."

If duty is defined today as "a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility."

Several question naturally arise:

Do we as Christians have the moral obligation or responsibility to be righteous?
What is righteous and what is not righteous?
Has God given us the scriptures to help us measure the difference between the two conditions of unrighteous and righteous?
Can we honestly say we love the Lord we accept and indulge by policy unrighteous behavior?

If our deeds are unrighteous then Christ does not actually abide in us. The English word “duty” only appears a few times in the New Testament but the same Greek word is also translated “ought” which appears many times. And as I said “ought" is simply the auxiliary verb "used to express duty or moral obligation."

Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites^[1]! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought^[2] ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Some will try to wiggle out of this clear directive of the doctrines of Jesus but Christ was taking the kingdom from them and going to give it to those who would do what they "ought" to do, obviously out of love for Christ. Those deeds of righteousness must be pursued in Spirit and in truth. Our real duties to God are the same today as they were yesterday because God is the same.

Many modern blind guides have fallen for the sophistry of the Pharisees who got it wrong and did not hear or sea what Christ was telling them. They did not understand the altars of God nor the righteousness of The Way.

Jesus use the same word in Matthew 23:23 in John 4:24 but it is translated "must" instead of "ought".

John 4:24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.

We even see Peter and the [other] apostles use the same word translated "ought" in their instructions to obey God.

Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

And the instructions to care for those in need they use the same word related to duty:

Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

There is another word translated ought^[3] meaning owed or be bound which Jesus uses.

John 13:14 If I then, [your] Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought^[3] to wash one another’s feet.

And Paul and others continue to use the same word in the Epistles.

Romans 15:1 “We then that are strong ought^[3] to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”

1 Corinthians 5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must(/ought)^[3] ye needs go out of the world.

This world you will need to go out of and not fornicate with is the same world that is not suppose to "spot" your caring for the widows and orphans though Pure Religion.

The same word is also translated due speaking of a duty of a husband to his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due^[3] benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Which we see again expressing the duty of the husband to love their wives.

Ephesians 5:28 So ought^[3] men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

And again we are told we have a duty owed to thank God in Thessalonians.

2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound^[3] to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

And if you say you believe then you have a duty to walk as he did or you take his name in vain.

1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

And if God loved us we have a duty to love others must as if we are to be forgiven we must forgive others.

1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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↑ 1163 ~δεῖ~ dei \@die\@ third person singular active present of 1210; v AV-must 58, ought 31, must needs 5, should 4, misc 7, vr ought 1; 106
1) it is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper
1a) necessity lying in the nature of the case

1b) necessity brought on by circumstances or by the conduct of others toward us.

1c) necessity in reference to what is required to attain some end

1d) a necessity of law and command, of duty, equity

1e) necessity established by the counsel and decree of God, especially by that purpose of his which relates to the salvation of men by the intervention of Christ and which is disclosed in the Old Testament prophecies

1e1) concerning what Christ was destined finally to undergo, his sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 3784 ~ὀφείλω~ opheilo \@of-i’-lo\@ or (in certain tenses) its prolonged form ~ὀφειλέω~ opheileo \@of-i-leh’-o\@ probably from the base of 3786 (through the idea of accruing); v AV-ought 15, owe 7, be bound 2, be (one’s) duty 2 (Lu 17:10, ), be a debtor 1, be guilty 1, be indebted 1, misc 7; 36
1) to owe
1a) to owe money, be in debt for
1a1) that which is due, the debt

2) metaph. the goodwill due

Definitions of the word Duty

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DUTY, noun

1. That which a person owes to another; that which a person is bound, by any natural, moral or legal obligation, to pay, do or perform. Obedience to princes, magistrates and the laws is the duty of every citizen and subject; obedience, respect and kindness to parents are duties of children; fidelity to friends is a duty; reverence, obedience and prayer to God are indispensable duties; the government and religious instruction of children are duties of parents which they cannot neglect without guilt.

2. Forbearance of that which is forbid by morality, law, justice or propriety. It is our duty to refrain from lewdness, intemperance, profaneness and injustice.

3. Obedience; submission.

4. Act of reverence or respect.

They both did duty to their lady.

5. The business of a soldier or marine on guard; as, the company is on duty It is applied also to other services or labor.

6. The business of war; military service; as, the regiment did duty in Flanders.

7. Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods. An impost on land or other real estate, and on the stock of farmers, is not called a duty but a direct tax.

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[2] 1163 ~δεῖ~ dei \@die\@ third person singular active present of 1210; v AV-must 58, ought 31, must needs 5, should 4, misc 7, vr ought 1; 106
1) it is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper
1a) necessity lying in the nature of the case

1b) necessity brought on by circumstances or by the conduct of others toward us.

1c) necessity in reference to what is required to attain some end

1d) a necessity of law and command, of duty, equity

1e) necessity established by the counsel and decree of God, especially by that purpose of his which relates to the salvation of men by the intervention of Christ and which is disclosed in the Old Testament prophecies

1e1) concerning what Christ was destined finally to undergo, his sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension

[opheilo-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 3784 ~ὀφείλω~ opheilo \@of-i’-lo\@ or (in certain tenses) its prolonged form ~ὀφειλέω~ opheileo \@of-i-leh’-o\@ probably from the base of 3786 (through the idea of accruing); v AV-ought 15, owe 7, be bound 2, be (one’s) duty 2 (Lu 17:10, ), be a debtor 1, be guilty 1, be indebted 1, misc 7; 36
1) to owe
1a) to owe money, be in debt for
1a1) that which is due, the debt

2) metaph. the goodwill due

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-I believe in this life we have two basic duties; The first duty is between man and God; The second is man to fellow man. Do we have the duty to God to know and obey scripture? <Br>
+Some believe in this life we have two basic duties; The first duty is between man and God; The second is  to our fellow man according to the word of God.
-== Definitions of the word Duty ==
+'To seek ye first the [[kingdom of God]], and his way of [[righteousness]]' is clearly an Old and New Testament directive. To be [[righteous]] is defined "acting in accord with divine or moral law " and in the Greek text it means "in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God."
+While some may have a problem with the word "duty" the truth is the word "ought" is the auxiliary verb "used to express duty or moral obligation."
+If duty is defined today as "a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility."
+Several question naturally arise:
+* Do we as Christians have the moral obligation or responsibility to be righteous?
+* What is righteous and what is not righteous?
+* Has God given us the scriptures to help us measure the difference between the two conditions of unrighteous and righteous?
+* Can we honestly say we love the Lord we accept and indulge by policy unrighteous behavior?
+If our deeds are unrighteous then Christ does not actually abide in us.
+The English word “duty” only appears a few times in the New Testament but the same Greek word is also translated “ought” which appears many times. And as I said “ought" is simply the ''auxiliary verb'' "used to express [[duty]] or moral obligation."
+[[Matthew 23]]:23 Woe unto you, scribes and [[Pharisees]], hypocrites<ref name=hypocrites></Ref>! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the [[Weightier matters|weightier matters]] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought<Ref>{{1163}}</Ref> ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
+Some will try to wiggle out of this clear directive of the [[doctrines of Jesus]] but Christ was taking the kingdom from them and going to give it to those who would do what they "ought" to do, obviously out of love for Christ. Those deeds of righteousness must be pursued in Spirit and in truth. Our real duties to God are the same today as they were yesterday because God is the same.
+Many modern blind guides have fallen for the [[sophistry]] of the [[Pharisees]] who got it wrong and did not hear or sea what Christ was telling them. They did not understand the [[altars]] of God nor the righteousness of [[The Way]].
+Jesus use the same word in [[Matthew 23]]:23 in [[John 4]]:24 but it is  translated "must" instead of "ought".
+John 4:24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must [[worship]] [him] in spirit and in truth.
+We even see Peter and the [other] apostles  use the same word  translated "ought" in their instructions to obey God.
+* Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
+And the instructions to care for those in need they use the same word related to duty:
+* Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
+There is another word translated ought<Ref name=opheilo>{{3784}}</Ref> meaning owed or be bound which Jesus uses.
-'''Webster's 1828 Dictionary'''<Br>
+* John 13:14 If I then, [your] Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought<Ref name=opheilo></Ref> to wash one another’s feet.
-: '''DUTY''', noun
-: 1. That which a person owes to another; that which a person is bound, by any natural, moral or legal obligation, to pay, do or perform. Obedience to princes, magistrates and the laws is the duty of every citizen and subject; obedience, respect and kindness to parents are duties of children; fidelity to friends is a duty; reverence, obedience and prayer to God are indispensable duties; the government and religious instruction of children are duties of parents which they cannot neglect without guilt.
+And Paul and others continue to use the same word in the Epistles.
-: 2. Forbearance of that which is forbid by morality, law, justice or propriety. It is our duty to refrain from lewdness, intemperance, profaneness and injustice.
+* Romans 15:1 “We then that are strong ought<Ref name=opheilo></Ref> to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”
-: 3. Obedience; submission.
+Corinthians 5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this [[world]], or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with [[idolaters]]; for then must(/ought)<Ref name=opheilo></Ref> ye needs go out of the [[world]].
-: 4. Act of reverence or respect.
+This [[world]] you will need to go out of and not fornicate with is the same [[world]] that is not suppose to "spot" your caring for the widows and orphans though [[Pure Religion]].
-: They both did duty to their lady.
+The same word is also translated due speaking of a duty of a husband to his wife.
-:5. The business of a soldier or marine on guard; as, the company is on duty It is applied also to other services or labor.
+Corinthians 7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due<Ref name=opheilo></Ref> benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
-: 6. The business of war; military service; as, the regiment did duty in Flanders.
+Which we see again expressing the duty of the husband  ''to love their wives''.
-: 7. Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods. An impost on land or other real estate, and on the stock of farmers, is not called a duty but a direct tax.
+* Ephesians 5:28  So ought<Ref name=opheilo></Ref>  men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
-'''International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia'''
+And again we are told we have a duty owed to thank God in Thessalonians.
-: '''Duty''': du'-ti (dabhar; opheilo): The word duty occurs only three times in the Old Testament and twice in the New Testament. In the Old Testament it is the translation of dabhar, which, meaning originally "speech," or "word," came to denote any particular "matter" that had to be attended to. In the two places where it is rendered "duty" ([https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=2Ch&c=8&v=14#s=375014 2Ch 8:14]; [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Ezr&c=3&v=4#s=406004 Ezr 3:4]) the reference is to the performance of the Temple services-praise and sacrifice-and it is probably from these passages that the phrase "taking duty" in church services is derived. In other passages we have different words employed to denote the priests' dues: the King James Version [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Lev&c=10&v=13#s=100013 Le 10:13,14], hok ("statutory portion"); [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Deu&c=18&v=3#s=171003 De 18:3], mishpat ("judgment"). In [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Pro&c=3&v=27#s=631027 Pr 3:27], we have a reference to duty in the moral sense, "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due," ba‘-al (i.e. as in the King James Version margin, "from the owners thereof"). In [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Exo&c=21&v=10#s=71010 Ex 21:10] we have the "duty of marriage" (‘onah), that which was due to the wife.
+* 2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound<Ref name=opheilo></Ref> to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
-: In the New Testament "duty" is expressed by opheilo, "to owe," "to be due." In [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Luk&c=17&v=10#s=990010 Lu 17:10], we have "Say,... we have done that which it was our duty to do," and in [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Rom&c=15&v=27#s=1061027 Ro 15:27] the King James Version, it is said of the Gentiles with reference to the Jewish Christians, "Their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things," the American Standard Revised Version "they owe it." In [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mat&c=18&v=34#s=947034 Mt 18:34] we have "till he should pay all that was due" (opheilo, "owing"), and in [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=1Co&c=7&v=3#s=1069003 1Co 7:3] the King James Version, "Render unto the wife due opheile benevolence," the American Standard Revised Version "her due."
+And if you say you believe then you have a duty to walk as he did or you take his name in vain.
-== Duty to God ==
+* 1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
-* Chapter 1. Fear
-* Chapter 2. Obeying God
-* Chapter 3. Waiting
-* Chapter 4. Trust
-* Chapter 5. Communion
-* Chapter 6. Hope
-* Chapter 7. Joy
-* Chapter 8. Love
-* Chapter 9. Praise
-* Chapter 10. Thanksgiving
-* Chapter 11. Confession
-* Chapter 12. Prayer
-* Chapter 13. Pleading in Prayer
-* Chapter 14. Intercession
-* Chapter 15. Imprecations
-'''Luke 17:5-10 KJV''' - And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
+And if God loved us we have a duty to love others must as if we are to be forgiven we must forgive others.
-When I think of duties to God I think of Commandments, Obedience and Faithfulness. Let us explore fifteen (15) duties to god.
+* 1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
-[https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mat&c=22&v=36&t=KJV#s=951034 '''Matthew 22:36-38 KJV''']: Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. So what is a commandment?
+{{Template:Network}}
-'''COMMANDMENT''', noun
+== Footnotes ==
-. A command; a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; charge; precept.
+<references />
-Why do ye transgress the commandment of God. [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mat&c=15&t=KJV#s=944001 Matthew 15:3.]
-This is the first and great commandment [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mat&c=22&t=KJV#s=951034 Matthew 22:38.]
+== Definitions of the word Duty ==
-A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jhn&c=13&t=KJV#s=1010031 John 13:34.]
+'''Webster's 1828 Dictionary'''<Br>
+: '''DUTY''', noun
-. By way of eminence, a precept of the decalogue, or moral law, written on tables of stone, at Mount Sinai; one of the ten commandments. [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Exo&c=34&t=KJV#s=84029 Exodus 34:32.]
+: 1. That which a person owes to another; that which a person is bound, by any natural, moral or legal obligation, to pay, do or perform. Obedience to princes, magistrates and the laws is the duty of every citizen and subject; obedience, respect and kindness to parents are duties of children; fidelity to friends is a duty; reverence, obedience and prayer to God are indispensable duties; the government and religious instruction of children are duties of parents which they cannot neglect without guilt.
-. Authority; coercive power.
+: 2. Forbearance of that which is forbid by morality, law, justice or propriety. It is our duty to refrain from lewdness, intemperance, profaneness and injustice.
-. '''Fear''': When we hear the word fear we can conjure up many different thoughts and ideas of things that we are afraid of. For example in the Webster's 1828 Dictionary we see Fear is a painful emotion or passion excited by an expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger. The force of this passion, beginning with the most moderate degree, may be thus expressed, fear dread, terror, fright. Fear is accompanied with a desire to avoid or ward off the expected evil. Fear is an uneasiness of mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us. But what does the fear of God really mean, are we supposed to be frightened or scared of God?
+: 3. Obedience; submission.
-The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
+: 4. Act of reverence or respect.
-* [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Job&c=28&v=28&t=KJV#s=464028 Job 28:28 KJV] And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
+: They both did duty to their lady.
-* [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Psa&c=111&v=10&t=KJV#s=589010 Psa 111:10 KJV] The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
-* [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Pro&c=1&v=7&t=KJV#s=629007 Pro 1:7 KJV] The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
-* [https://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Pro&c=9&v=10&t=KJV#s=637010 Pro 9:10 KJV] The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
-a. '''Not at Slavish Fear''':
+:5. The business of a soldier or marine on guard; as, the company is on duty It is applied also to other services or labor.
-== Duty to our fellow man ==
+: 6. The business of war; military service; as, the regiment did duty in Flanders.
-When I think of duty to me fellow man or brethren I think of my duty as a child to my parents, a Husband to my Wife, a father to my children,
+: 7. Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods. An impost on land or other real estate, and on the stock of farmers, is not called a duty but a direct tax.

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