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1 Tim 6:11 Thou, O man of God ... follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
2 Tim 2:19 Let every one that nameth the name of Christ
depart from iniquity.
Rom 13:12-14 Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness,
and let us put on the armor of light. {13} Let us walk
properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in
lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. {14} But put on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to
fulfill its lusts.
Gal 5:13-26 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty;
only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but
through love serve one another. {14} For all the law is
fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your
neighbor as yourself." {15} But if you bite and devour one
another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! {16} I say
then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of
the flesh. {17} For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one
another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. {18}
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
{19} Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are:
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, {20} idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, {21} envy, murders,
drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you
beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those
who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
{22} But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, {23}
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. {24}
And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its
passions and desires. {25} If we live in the Spirit, let us
also walk in the Spirit. {26} Let us not become conceited,
provoking one another, envying one another.
1 Cor 6:9-10 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not
inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither
fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,
nor sodomites, {10} nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
Eph 4:1-2 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
{2} With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
forbearing one another in love;
Col 3 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things
which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of
God. {2} Set your mind on things above, not on things on the
earth. {3} For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in
God. {4} When Christ who is our life appears, then you also
will appear with Him in glory. {5} Therefore put to death your
members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness,
passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. {6}
Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the
sons of disobedience, {7} in which you yourselves once walked
when you lived in them. {8} But now you yourselves are to put
off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language
out of your mouth. {9} Do not lie to one another, since you
have put off the old man with his deeds, {10} and have put on
the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image
of Him who created him, {11} where there is neither Greek nor
Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave
nor free, but Christ is all and in all. {12} Therefore, as the
elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies,
kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; {13} bearing with
one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a
complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you
also must do. {14} But above all these things put on love,
which is the bond of perfection. {15} And let the peace of God
rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body;
and be thankful. {16} Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in
your hearts to the Lord. {17} And whatever you do in word or
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
God the Father through Him. {18} Wives, submit to your own
husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. {19} Husbands, love your
wives and do not be bitter toward them. {20} Children, obey
your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the
Lord. {21} Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they
become discouraged. {22} Bondservants, obey in all things your
masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-
pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God. {23} And
whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,
{24} knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of
the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. {25} But he who
does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no
partiality.
2 Tim 2:22-25 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue
righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the
Lord out of a pure heart. {23} But avoid foolish and ignorant
disputes, knowing that they generate strife. {24} And a servant
of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to
teach, patient, {25} in humility correcting those who are in
opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that
they may know the truth.
1 Cor 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and
that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the
temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God
is holy, which temple ye are.
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. {2} And
be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. {3} For I say,
through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you,
not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think,
but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure
of faith. {4} For as we have many members in one body, but
all the members do not have the same function, {5} so we, being
many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one
another. {6} Having then gifts differing according to the grace
that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us
prophesy in proportion to our faith; {7} or ministry, let us
use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; {8} he
who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he
who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
{9} Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is
evil; cleave to that which is good. {10} Be kindly
affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour
preferring one another; {11} Not slothful in business; fervent
in spirit; serving the Lord; {12} Rejoicing in hope; patient in
tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; {13} Distributing to
the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. {14} Bless them
which persecute you: bless, and curse not. {15} Rejoice with
them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. {16} Be of
the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but
condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own
conceits. {17} Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide
things honest in the sight of all men. {18} If it be possible,
as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. {19}
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place
unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay,
saith the Lord. {20} Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him;
if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap
coals of fire on his head. {21} Be not overcome of evil, but
overcome evil with good.
Gal 6:1-10 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass,
you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of
gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. {2}
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
{3} For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is
nothing, he deceives himself. {4} But let each one examine his
own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and
not in another. {5} For each one shall bear his own load. {6}
Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with
him who teaches. {7} Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for
whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. {8} For he who
sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who
sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
{9} And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due
season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. {10} Therefore,
as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to
those who are of the household of faith.
Col 2:6-10 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the
Lord, so walk in Him, {7} rooted and built up in Him and
established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in
it with thanksgiving. {8} Beware lest anyone captivate you through
philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men,
according to the basic principles of the world, and not
according to Christ. {9} For in Him dwells all the fullness of
the Godhead bodily; {10} and you are complete in Him, who is
the head of all principality and power.
Col 4:1-2 Masters, give your bondservants what is just and
fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. {2}
Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with
thanksgiving;
Col 4:5-6 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside,
redeeming the time. {6} Let your speech always be with grace,
seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer
each one.
Col 1:21-23 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in
your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled {22} in
the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and
blameless, and above reproach in His sight; {23} if indeed you
continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not
moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which
was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul,
became a minister.
1 Thes 3:12-13 And may the Lord make you increase and abound
in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, {13}
so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness
before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
with all His saints.
1 Thes 4:1-11 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in
the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you
received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; {2}
for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord
Jesus. {3} For this is the will of God, your sanctification:
that you should abstain from sexual immorality; {4} that each
of you should know how to possess his own vessel in
sanctification and honor, {5} not in passion of lust, like the
Gentiles who do not know God; {6} that no one should take
advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because
the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you
and testified. {7} For God did not call us to uncleanness, but
in holiness. {8} Therefore he who rejects this does not reject
man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit. {9} But
concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write
to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one
another; {10} and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who
are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, that you
increase more and more; {11} that you also aspire to lead a
quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your
own hands, as we commanded you, {12} that you may walk properly
toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
Eph 2:1-10 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses
and sins, {2} in which you once walked according to the course
of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, {3} among
whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our
flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and
were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. {4} But
God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which
He loved us, {5} even when we were dead in trespasses, made us
alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), {6}
and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the
heavenly places in Christ Jesus, {7} that in the ages to come
He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus. {8} For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
{9} not of works, lest anyone should boast. {10} For we are His
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Eph 4:17-32 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord,
that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles
walk, in the futility of their mind, {18} having their
understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God,
because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the
blindness of their heart; {19} who, being past feeling, have
given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with
greediness. {20} But you have not so learned Christ, {21} if
indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the
truth is in Jesus: {22} that you put off, concerning your
former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to
the deceitful lusts, {23} and be renewed in the spirit of your
mind, {24} and that you put on the new man which was created
according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. {25}
Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth
with his neighbor," for we are members of one another. {26} "Be
angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your
wrath, {27} nor give place to the devil. {28} Let him who stole
steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his
hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who
has need. {29} Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth,
but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart
grace to the hearers. {30} And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of
God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. {31}
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be
put away from you, with all malice. {32} And be kind to one
another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in
Christ forgave you.
Eph 5:1-12 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
{2} And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given
Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-
smelling aroma. {3} But fornication and all uncleanness or
covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting
for saints; {4} neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor
coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of
thanks. {5} For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. {6} Let no one
deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the
wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. {7} Therefore
do not be partakers with them. {8} For you were once darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
{9} (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness,
righteousness, and truth), {10} finding out what is acceptable
to the Lord. {11} And have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather expose them. {12} For it is
shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them
in secret.
Eph 5:15-25 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as
fools but as wise, {16} redeeming the time, because the days
are evil. {17} Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what
the will of the Lord is. {18} And do not be drunk with wine, in
which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, {19}
speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
{20} giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, {21} submitting to one
another in the fear of God. {22} Wives, submit to your own
husbands, as to the Lord. {23} For the husband is head of the
wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the
Savior of the body. {24} Therefore, just as the church is
subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in
everything. {25} Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also
loved the church and gave Himself for her.
Eph 5:28-29 So husbands ought to love their own wives as
their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. {29} For
no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes
it, just as the Lord does the church. {31} "For this reason a
man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh." {33} Nevertheless let each
one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and
let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Eph 6:1-18 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this
is right. {2} "Honor your father and mother," which is the
first commandment with promise: {3} "that it may be well with
you and you may live long on the earth." {4} And you, fathers,
do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the
training and admonition of the Lord. {5} Bondservants, be
obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh,
with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;
{6} not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants
of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, {7} with
goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, {8}
knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the
same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. {9} And you,
masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening,
knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no
partiality with Him. {10} Finally, my brethren, be strong in
the Lord and in the power of His might. {11} Put on the whole
armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles
of the devil. {12} For we do not wrestle against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places. {13} Therefore take up the
whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and having done all, to stand. {14} Stand therefore,
having girded your waist with truth, having put on the
breastplate of righteousness, {15} and having shod your feet
with the preparation of the gospel of peace; {16} above all,
taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. {17} And take the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God; {18} praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all
perseverance and supplication for all the saints;
Rom 13:1-10 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.
For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are
ordained of God. {2} Whosoever therefore resisteth the power,
resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall
receive to themselves damnation. {3} For rulers are not a
terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be
afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have
praise of the same: {4} For he is the minister of God to thee
for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he
beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a
revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. {5}
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but
also for conscience sake. {6} For for this cause pay ye tribute
also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon
this very thing. {7} Render therefore to all their dues:
tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to
whom fear; honour to whom honour. {8} Owe no man any thing, but
to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled
the law. {9} For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou
shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other
commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. {10} Love worketh no
ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the
law.
Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Rom 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make
for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Rom 16:19 I would have you wise unto that which is good, and
simple concerning evil.
1 Cor 2:12-16 Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the
things that have been freely given to us by God. {13} These
things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches
but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things
with spiritual. {14} But the natural man does not receive the
things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him;
nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
{15} But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself
is rightly judged by no one. {16} For "who has known the mind
of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of
Christ.
1 Cor 9:24-27 Do you not know that those who run in a race
all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you
may obtain it. {25} And everyone who competes for the prize is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable
crown, but we for an imperishable crown. {26} Therefore I run
thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats
the air. {27} But I discipline my body and bring it into
subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself
should become disqualified.
1 Cor 12:31 And yet I show you a more excellent way.
13:{1} Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a
clanging cymbal. {2} And though I have the gift of prophecy,
and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I
have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not
love, I am nothing. {3} And though I bestow all my goods to
feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have
not love, it profits me nothing. {4} Love suffers long and is
kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not
puffed up; {5} does not behave rudely, does not seek its own,
is not provoked, thinks no evil; {6} does not rejoice in
iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; {7} bears all things,
believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
2 Cor 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved,
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and
spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Phil 2:3-8 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or
conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better
than himself. {4} Let each of you look out not only for his own
interests, but also for the interests of others. {5} Let this
mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, {6} who, being
in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal
with God, {7} but made Himself of no reputation, taking the
form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. {8}
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and
became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the
cross.
Phil 2:14-15 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
{15} That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God,
without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Phil 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise, think on these things.
1 Thes 5:1-10 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren,
you have no need that I should write to you. {2} For you yourselves
know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in
the night. {3} For when they say, �Peace and safety!� then sudden
destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman.
And they shall not escape. {4} But you, brethren, are not in
darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. {5} You
are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night
nor of darkness. {6} Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but
let us watch and be sober. {7} For those who sleep, sleep at night,
and those who get drunk are drunk at night. {8} But let us who are
of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love,
and as a helmet the hope of salvation. {9} For God did not appoint
us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
{10} who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live
together with Him.
1 Thes 5:14-18 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are
unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient
with all. {15} See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone,
but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
{16} Rejoice always, {17} pray without ceasing, {18} in
everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus for you. {21} Test all things; hold fast what is good.
{22} Abstain from every form of evil.
2 Thes 3:10-12 For even when we were with you, we commanded you
this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. {11} For
we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly
manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. {12} Now those
who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus
Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.
1 Tim 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a
pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
1 Tim 2:1-6 Therefore I exhort first of all that
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be
made for all men, {2} for kings and all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
and reverence. {3} For this is good and acceptable in the sight
of God our Savior, {4} who desires all men to be saved and to
come to the knowledge of the truth. {5} For there is one God
and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, {6}
who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
1 Tim 2:8-13 I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere,
lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; {9} in like
manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel,
with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or
pearls or costly clothing, {10} but, which is proper for women
professing godliness, with good works. {11} Let a woman learn
in silence with all submission. {12} And I do not permit a
woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in
silence. {13} For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
1 Tim 4:1-12 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the
latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed
to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; {2} Speaking
lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a
hot iron; {3} Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain
from meats, which God hath created to be received with
thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. {4}
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused,
if it be received with thanksgiving: {5} For it is sanctified
by the word of God and prayer. {6} If thou put the brethren
in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister
of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of
good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. {7} But refuse
profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather
unto godliness. {8} For bodily exercise profiteth little: but
godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of
the life that now is, and of that which is to come. {9} This
is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. {10} For
therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust
in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of
those that believe. {11} These things command and teach. {12}
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the
believers, in word, in conduct, in charity, in spirit, in faith,
in purity.
1 Tim 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and
especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith
and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Tim 6:2-12 These things teach and exhort. {3} If any man teach
otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to
godliness; {4} He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about
questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife,
railings, evil surmisings, {5} Perverse disputings of men of
corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain
is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. {6} But godliness with
contentment is great gain. {7} For we brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. {8} And having
food and raiment let us be therewith content. {9} But they that
will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and
perdition. {10} For the love of money is the root of all evil:
which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,
and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. {11} But thou,
O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. {12} Fight the good
fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art
also called, and hast professed a good profession before many
witnesses.
1 Tim 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust,
avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science
falsely so called: {21} Which some professing have erred
concerning the faith. Grace be with thee.
1 Tim 6:17-19 Command those who are rich in this present age
not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the
living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. {18} Let
them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give,
willing to share, {19} storing up for themselves a good
foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on
eternal life.
2 Tim 2:1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that
is in Christ Jesus. {3} You therefore must endure hardship as a
good soldier of Jesus Christ. {4} No one engaged in warfare
entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may
please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
2 Tim 3:1-17 This know also, that in the last days perilous times
shall come. {2} For men shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy, {3} Without natural affection, trucebreakers,
false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are
good, {4} Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more
than lovers of God; {5} Having a form of godliness, but denying
the power thereof: from such turn away. {6} For of this sort are
they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden
with sins, led away with divers lusts, {7} Ever learning, and
never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. {8} Now as
Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the
truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
{9} But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be
manifest unto all men, as their's also was. {10} But thou hast
fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith,
longsuffering, charity, patience, {11} Persecutions, afflictions,
which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what
persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
{12} Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall
suffer persecution. {13} But evil men and seducers shall wax worse
and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. {14} But continue thou
in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of,
knowing of whom thou hast learned them; {15} And that from a child
thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee
wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. {16}
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness: {17} That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good works.
Heb 12:1-17 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great
a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin
which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race
that is set before us, {2} looking unto Jesus, the author and
finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God. {3} For consider Him who endured
such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary
and discouraged in your souls. {4} You have not yet resisted to
bloodshed, striving against sin. {5} And you have forgotten the
exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:
"My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
{6} For whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives."
{7} If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for
what son is there whom a father does not chasten? {8} But if you are
without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are
illegitimate and not sons. {9} Furthermore, we have had human fathers
who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more
readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? {10} For
they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but
He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. {11} Now
no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful;
nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness
to those who have been trained by it. {12} Therefore strengthen the
hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, {13} and make straight
paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but
rather be healed. {14} Pursue peace with all people, and holiness,
without which no one will see the Lord: {15} looking carefully lest
anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness
springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; {16} lest
there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel
of food sold his birthright. {17} For you know that afterward, when he
wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place
for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears. (New KJV)
Heb 13:1 Let brotherly love continue. {2} Do not forget to entertain
strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
{3} Remember the prisoners as if chained with them --- those who are
mistreated --- since you yourselves are in the body also. {4} Marriage is
honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and
adulterers God will judge. {5} Let your conduct be without covetousness;
be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will
never leave you nor forsake you." {6} So we may boldly say:
"The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?"
{7} Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to
you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. {8}
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. {9} Do not be
carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that
the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited
those who have been occupied with them. {15} Therefore by Him let us
continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of
our lips, giving thanks to His name. {16} But do not forget to do good
and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. {17} Obey
those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your
souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not
with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. {20} Now may the God
of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd
of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, {21} make
you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is
well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory
forever and ever. Amen. (New KJV)
Titus 1:7-9 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of
God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no
striker, not given to filthy lucre; {8} But a lover of
hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
{9} Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that
he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince
the gainsayers.
Titus 2:1-12 But speak thou the things which become sound
doctrine: {2} That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate,
sound in faith, in charity, in patience. {3} The aged women
likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not
false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good
things; {4} That they may teach the young women to be sober, to
love their husbands, to love their children, {5} To be
discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own
husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. {6} Young men
likewise exhort to be sober minded. {7} In all things showing
thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing
uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, {8} Sound speech, that
cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may
be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. {9} Exhort
servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please
them well in all things; not answering again; {10} Not
purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn
the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. {11} For the
grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
{12} Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
world;
Titus 3:1-9 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good
work, {2} To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but
gentle, showing all meekness unto all men. {3} For we ourselves
also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving
divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful,
and hating one another. {4} But after that the kindness and love
of God our Saviour toward man appeared, {5} Not by works of
righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he
saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Ghost; {6} Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus
Christ our Saviour; {7} That being justified by his grace, we
should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
{8} This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou
affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be
careful to maintain good works. These things are good and
profitable unto men. {9} But avoid foolish questions, and
genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law;
for they are unprofitable and vain.
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without
which no man shall see the Lord:
James 1:12-15 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for
when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life
which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. {13} Let no
one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God
cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
{14} But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own
desires and enticed. {15} Then, when desire has conceived, it
gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings
forth death.
James 1:19-24 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; {20} for the wrath
of man does not produce the righteousness of God. {21}
Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness,
and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to
save your souls. {22} But be doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving yourselves. {23} For if anyone is a hearer of
the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural
face in a mirror; {24} for he observes himself, goes away, and
immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
James 1:26-27 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and
does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this
one's religion is useless. {27} Pure and undefiled religion
before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows
in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
James 2 My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. {2} For if there
should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine
apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy
clothes, {3} and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine
clothes and say to him, "You sit here in a good place," and say
to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here at my
footstool," {4} have you not shown partiality among yourselves,
and become judges with evil thoughts? {5} Listen, my beloved
brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich
in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those
who love Him? {6} But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not
the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? {7} Do they
not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called? {8} If
you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture,
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well; {9}
but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted
by the law as transgressors. {10} For whoever shall keep the
whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
{11} For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do
not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do
murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. {12} So
speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of
liberty. {13} For judgment is without mercy to the one who has
shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. {14} What does it
profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not
have works? Can faith save him? {15} If a brother or sister is
naked and destitute of daily food, {16} and one of you says to
them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not
give them the things which are needed for the body, what does
it profit? {17} Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have
works, is dead. {18} But someone will say, "You have faith, and
I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I
will show you my faith by my works. {19} You believe that there
is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe; and tremble!
{20} But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without
works is dead? {21} Was not Abraham our father justified by
works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? {22} Do you
see that faith was working together with his works, and by
works faith was made perfect? {23} And the Scripture was
fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was
accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the
friend of God. {24} You see then that a man is justified by
works, and not by faith only. {25} Likewise, was not Rahab the
harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers
and sent them out another way? {26} For as the body without the
spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
James 3 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers,
knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. {2} For we
all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word,
he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. {3}
Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us,
and we turn their whole body. {4} Look also at ships: although
they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are
turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. {5}
Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! {6} And the
tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set
among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on
fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. {7}
For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of
the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. {8} But no man
can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly
poison. {9} With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we
curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. {10}
Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My
brethren, these things ought not to be so. {11} Does a spring
send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? {12}
Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear
figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. {13} Who
is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good
conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. {14}
But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do
not boast and lie against the truth. {15} This wisdom does not
descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. {16} For
where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil
thing are there. {17} But the wisdom that is from above is
first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of
mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without
hypocrisy. {18} Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace
by those who make peace.
James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that
the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
{7} Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you. {8} Draw nigh to God, and he will
draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify
your hearts, ye double minded. {10} Humble yourselves in the
sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. {11} Speak not
evil one of another, brethren. {17} Therefore to him that
knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
James 5:9-20 Do not grumble against one another, brethren,
lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the
door! {10} My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the
name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience.
{11} Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard
of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the
Lord�that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. {12}
But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven
or by earth or with any other oath. But let your �Yes� be
�Yes,� and your �No,� �No,� lest you fall into judgment.
{13} Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone
cheerful? Let him sing psalms. {14} Is anyone among you sick?
Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. {15}
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will
raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
{16} Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one
another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer
of a righteous man avails much. {17} Elijah was a man with a
nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not
rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six
months. {18} And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain,
and the earth produced its fruit. {19} Brethren, if anyone
among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
{20} let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error
of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude
of sins. (New KJV)
1 Pet 1:13-19 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be
sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be
brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {14} as
obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former
lusts, as in your ignorance; {15} but as He who called you is
holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, {16} because it is
written, "Be holy, for I am holy." {17} And if you call on the
Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's
work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here
in fear; {18} knowing that you were not redeemed with
corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless
conduct received by tradition from your fathers, {19} but with
the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot.
1 Pet 1:22-23 Since you have purified your souls in obeying
the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren,
love one another fervently with a pure heart, {23} having been
born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through
the word of God which lives and abides forever,
1 Pet 2:1-2 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit,
hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, {2} as newborn babes,
desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
1 Pet 2:9-25 But you are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may
proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into
His marvelous light; {10} who once were not a people but are
now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have
obtained mercy. {11} Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and
pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the
soul, {12} having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles,
that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by
your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of
visitation. {13} Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance
of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme,
{14} or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the
punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do
good. {15} For this is the will of God, that by doing good you
may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men; {16} as free,
yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants
of God. {17} Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God.
Honor the king. {18} Servants, be submissive to your masters
with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the
harsh. {19} For this is commendable, if because of conscience
toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. {20} For
what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you
take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take
it patiently, this is commendable before God. {21} For to this
you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving
us an example, that you should follow His steps: {22} "Who
committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; {23} who,
when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He
suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who
judges righteously; {24} who Himself bore our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for
righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. {25} For you
were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the
Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
1 Pet 3:1-18 Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own
husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without
a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, {2} when they
observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. {3} Do not let
your adorning be the outward adorning of plaiting the hair,
wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel; {4} rather let it be the
hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a
gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of
God. {5} For in this manner, in former times, the holy women
who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to
their own husbands, {6} as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him
lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid
with any terror. {7} Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with
understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker
vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that
your prayers may not be hindered. {8} Finally, all of you be of
one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers,
be tenderhearted, be courteous; {9} not returning evil for evil
or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing
that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
{10} For "He who would love life And see good days, Let him
refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking
deceit. {11} Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him
seek peace and pursue it. {12} For the eyes of the LORD are on
the righteous, And His ears are open to their prayers; But the
face of the LORD is against those who do evil." {13} And who is
he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?
{14} But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you
are blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be
troubled." {15} But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and
always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a
reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
{16} having a good conscience, that when they defame you as
evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be
ashamed. {17} For it is better, if it is the will of God, to
suffer for doing good than for doing evil. {18} For Christ also
suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might
bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive
by the Spirit,
1 Pet 4:3-5 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in
doing the will of the Gentiles; when we walked in lewdness,
lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable
idolatries. {4} In regard to these, they think it strange that
you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation,
speaking evil of you. {5} They will give an account to Him who
is ready to judge the living and the dead.
1 Pet 4:8-9 And above all things have fervent love for one
another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." {9} Be
hospitable to one another without grumbling.
1 Pet 4:14-16 If you are reproached for the name of Christ,
blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon
you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is
glorified. {15} But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a
thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people's matters.
{16} Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be
ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.
1 Pet 5:1-10 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am
a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and
also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: {2}
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as
overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest
gain but eagerly; {3} nor as being lords over those entrusted
to you, but being examples to the flock; {4} and when the Chief
Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does
not fade away. {5} Likewise you younger people, submit
yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one
another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the
proud, But gives grace to the humble." {6} Therefore humble
yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you
in due time, {7} casting all your care upon Him, for He cares
for you. {8} Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may
devour. {9} Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that
the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the
world. {10} But may the God of all grace, who called us to His
eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while,
perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
2 Pet 1:1-10 Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus
Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us
by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: {2}
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God
and of Jesus our Lord, {3} as His divine power has given to us
all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the
knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, {4} by
which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious
promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust. {5} But also for this very reason, giving all
diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, {6}
to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to
perseverance godliness, {7} to godliness brotherly kindness,
and to brotherly kindness love. {8} For if these things are
yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. {9} For he who lacks
these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has
forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. {10}
Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call
and election sure, for if you do these things you will never
stumble;
1 John 1:5-10 This is the message which we have heard from
Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no
darkness at all. {6} If we say that we have fellowship with
Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the
truth. {7} But if we walk in the light as He is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. {8} If we say that we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
{9} If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. {10} If
we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His
word is not in us.
1 John 2:1-6 My little children, these things I write to you,
so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an
Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. {2} And
He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours
only but also for the whole world. {3} Now by this we know that
we know Him, if we keep His commandments. {4} He who says, "I
know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and
the truth is not in him. {5} But whoever keeps His word, truly
the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we
are in Him. {6} He who says he abides in Him ought himself also
to walk just as He walked.
1 John 2:9-11 He who says he is in the light, and hates his
brother, is in darkness until now. {10} He who loves his
brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for
stumbling in him. {11} But he who hates his brother is in
darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is
going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not
in him. {16} For all that is in the world; the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; is not of
the Father but is of the world. {17} And the world is passing
away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God
abides forever.
1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed
on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the
world does not know us, because it did not know Him. {2}
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been
revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed,
we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. {3} And
everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He
is pure. {4} Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and
sin is lawlessness. {5} And you know that He was manifested to
take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. {6} Whoever
abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him
nor known Him. {7} Little children, let no one deceive you. He
who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
{8} He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from
the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that He might destroy the works of the devil. {9} Whoever has
been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him;
and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
{10} In this the children of God and the children
of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice
righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his
brother. {11} For this is the message that you heard from the
beginning, that we should love one another, {12} not as Cain
who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did
he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's
righteous. {13} Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates
you. {14} We know that we have passed from death to life,
because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother
abides in death. {15} Whoever hates his brother is a murderer,
and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
{16} By this we know love, because He laid down His life for
us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
{17} But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother
in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of
God abide in him? {18} My little children, let us not love in
word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. {19} And by this
we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts
before Him. {20} For if our heart condemns us, God is greater
than our heart, and knows all things. {21} Beloved, if our
heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. {22}
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His
commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His
sight. {23} And this is His commandment: that we should believe
on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He
gave us commandment. {24} Now he who keeps His commandments
abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He
abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. (New KJV)
1 John 4:7-21 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is
of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
{8} He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
{9} In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God
has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might
live through Him. {10} In this is love, not that we loved God,
but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation
for our sins. {11} Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought
to love one another. {12} No one has seen God at any time. If
we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been
perfected in us. {13} By this we know that we abide in Him,
and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. {14}
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son
as Savior of the world. {15} Whoever confesses that Jesus is the
Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have
known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love,
and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. {17}
Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have
boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in
this world. {18} There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts
out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has
not been made perfect in love. {19} We love Him because He
first loved us. {20} If someone says, "I love God," and hates his
brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother
whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
{21} And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves
God must love his brother also. (New KJV)
1 John 5:1-4 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is
born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves
him who is begotten of Him. {2} By this we know that we love
the children of God, when we love God and keep His
commandments. {3} For this is the love of God, that we keep His
commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. {4} For
whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the
victory that has overcome the world; our faith. (New KJV)
Mat 5:1-12 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a
mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto
him: {2} And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
{3} Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven. {4} Blessed are they that mourn: for
they shall be comforted. {5} Blessed are the meek: for
they shall inherit the earth. {6} Blessed are they which
do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall
be filled. {7} Blessed are the merciful: for they shall
obtain mercy. {8} Blessed are the pure in heart: for they
shall see God. {9} Blessed are the peacemakers: for they
shall be called the children of God. {10} Blessed are they
which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven. {11} Blessed are ye, when men
shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all
manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. {12}
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward
in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were
before you.
Mat 5:38-46 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye
for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: {39} But I say unto
you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite
thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. {40}
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy
coat, let him have thy cloak also. {41} And whosoever
shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. {42}
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would
borrow of thee turn not thou away. {43} Ye have heard that
it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate
thine enemy. {44} But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you; {45} That ye may be the children of your
Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise
on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just
and on the unjust. {46} For if ye love them which love
you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the
same?
Mat 6:1-6 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men,
to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your
Father which is in heaven. {2} Therefore when thou doest
thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the
hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that
they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They
have their reward. {3} But when thou doest alms, let not
thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: {4} That
thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in
secret himself shall reward thee openly. {5} And when thou
prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they
love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners
of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say
unto you, They have their reward. {6} But thou, when thou
prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut
thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy
Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Mat 6:19-21 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
break through and steal: {20} But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
{21} For where your treasure is, there will your heart be
also.
Mat 7:1-4 Judge not, that ye be not judged. {2} For with
what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. {3}
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's
eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own
eye? {4} Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull
out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in
thine own eye?
Mat 20:25-28 But Jesus called them unto him, and said,
Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion
over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon
them. {26} But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever
will be great among you, let him be your minister; {27}
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your
servant: {28} Even as the Son of man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a
ransom for many.
Mat 22:35-40 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked
him a question, tempting him, and saying, {36} Master,
which is the great commandment in the law? {37} 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. {38}
This is the first and great commandment. {39} And the
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. {40} On these two commandments hang all the law
and the prophets.
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