-
-
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But
- John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do
- you come to me?" Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do
- this to fulfill all righteousness." Then John consented. As soon as Jesus was baptized,
- he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of
- God descending like a dove andlighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my
- Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
-
-
Matt. 4:19
- "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of
- men."
-
Matt. 5:16
- In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good
- deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
-
Matt. 6:6
- But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who
- is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward
- you.
-
Matt. 6:9
- "This, then, is how you should pray: "'Our Father in heaven,
- hallowed be your name,
-
Matt. 6:33-34
- But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will
- be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for
- tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
-
Matt. 10:28
- Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather,
- be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not
- two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground
- apart from the will of your Father.
-
Matt. 10:30-31
- And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid;
- you are worth more than many sparrows.
-
Matt. 13:25
- But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the
- wheat, and went away.
-
Matt. 13:30
- Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the
- harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned;
- then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'"
-
Matt. 13:42
- They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and
- gnashing of teeth.
-
Matt. 16:27
- For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels,
- and then he will reward each person according to what he has done
-
Matt. 17:20-21
- He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if
- you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain,
- 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for
- you."
-
Matt. 18:20
- For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with
- them."
-
Matt. 20:16
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
-
Matt. 24:14
- And this Gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a
- testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
-
Matt. 25:46
- "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to
- eternal life."
-
Matt. 28:18-20
- Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth
- has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
- baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
- Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And
- surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
-
Mark 10:45
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give
- his life as a ransom for many."
-
Mark 16:15-18
- He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all
- creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does
- not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe:
- In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will
- pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them
- at all;they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get
- well."
-
Luke 2:52
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
-
Luke 5:35
- But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those
- days they will fast."
-
Luke 9:23-25
- Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny
- himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to
- save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.
- What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit
- his very self?
-
Luke 11:1
- One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his
- disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his
- disciples."
-
Luke 11:13
- If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
- how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who
- ask him!"
-
Luke 15:7-10
- I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one
- sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to
- repent. "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does
- she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds
- it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says,
- 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.' In the same way, I tell you,
- there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who
- repents."
-
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
-
John 1:9
The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
-
John 1:12
- Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the
- right to become children of God
-
John 3:16
- "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
- whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
-
John 4:23-24
- Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship
- the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the
- Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and
- in truth."
-
John 5:24
- "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent
- me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death
- to life.
-
John 13:34-35
- "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you
- must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my
- disciples, if you love one another."
-
John 14:16-17
- And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with
- you forever- the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it
- neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and
- will be in you.
-
John 15:7
- If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it
- will be given you.
-
John 15:16
- You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear
- fruit-fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in
- my name.
-
John 16:13
- But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He
- will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell
- you what is yet to come.
-
John 17:11
- I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am
- coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name-the name
- you gave me-so that they may be one as we are one.
-
John 17:16-17
- They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the
- truth; your word is truth.
-
Acts 1:5
- For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the
- Holy Spirit."
-
Acts 1:8
- But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be
- my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of
- the earth."
-
Acts 5:29
- Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than
- men!
-
Acts 13:2
- While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,
- "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called
- them."
-
Acts 14:9
- He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that
- he had faith to be healed
-
Acts 16:15
- When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to
- her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said,
- "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.
-
Acts 24:16
So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
-
Romans 1:16
- I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
- salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
-
-
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
-
Romans 4:20-21
- Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was
- strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded
- that God had power to do what he had promised.
-
Romans 5:1
- Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God
- through our Lord Jesus Christ,
-
Romans 5:3-5
- Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that
- suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character,
- hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our
- hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
-
Romans 5:8
- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still
- sinners, Christ died for us.
-
Romans 6:4
- We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that,
- just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we
- too may live a new life.
-
Romans 6:23
- For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ
- Jesus our Lord.
-
Romans 7:25
- Thanks be to God-through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind
- am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of
- sin.
-
Romans 8:11
- And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he
- who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies
- through his Spirit, who lives in you.
-
Romans 8:16
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
-
Romans 8:26-28
- In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we
- ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that
- words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the
- Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
- And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,
- who have been called according to his purpose.
-
Romans 8:32
- He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not
- also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
-
Romans 8:35
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or
- persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
-
Romans 10:14-15
- How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can
- they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear
- without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are
- sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"
-
Romans 10:17
- Consequently, faith comes from hearing the
- message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.
-
Romans 12:1-2
- Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies
- as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of
- worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by
- the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what
- God's will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will.
-
Romans 15:5
- May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity
- among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,
-
Romans 15:19-21
- by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from
- Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel
- of Christ. It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known,
- so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.
- Rather, as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see,
- and those who have not heard will understand."
-
1 Cor. 2:4-5
- My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with
- a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on
- men's wisdom, but on God's power.
-
1 Cor. 2:10
- but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things,
- even the deep things of God.
-
1 Cor. 2:12
- We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God,
- that we may understand what God has freely given us.
-
1 Cor. 3:6-9
- I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he
- who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things
- grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be
- rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you
- are God's field, God's building.
-
1 Cor. 3:16
- Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit
- lives in you?
-
1 Cor. 4:2
Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
-
1 Cor. 6:15-20
- Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then
- take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
- Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her
- in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." But he who unites himself
- with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins
- a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own
- body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you,
- whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at
- a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
-
1 Cor. 9:16
- Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach.
- Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
-
1 Cor. 10:13
- No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is
- faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when
- you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up
- under it.
-
1 Cor. 11:1
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.
-
1 Cor. 12:4-11
- There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are
- different kinds of service, but the same Lord.There are different kinds of
- working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the
- manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given
- through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by
- means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing
- by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another
- distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to
- still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one
- and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he
- determines.
-
1 Cor. 12:13
- For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body-whether Jews or Greeks,
- slave or free-and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
-
1 Cor. 12:28-29
- And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets,
- third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing,
- those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those
- speaking in different kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all
- prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
-
1 Cor. 14:12
- So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel
- in gifts that build up the church.
-
1 Cor. 15:58
- Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give
- yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in
- the Lord is not in vain.
-
2 Cor. 1:20
- For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in
- Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory
- of God.
-
2 Cor. 2:14
- But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ
- and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.
-
2 Cor. 4:5
- For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your
- servants for Jesus' sake.
-
2 Cor. 5:10
- For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may
- receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good
- or bad.
-
-
2 Cor. 6:14-17
- Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and
- wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
- What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in
- common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God
- and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with
- them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
- "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no
- unclean thing, and I will receive you."
-
2 Cor. 9:6
- Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever
- sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each man should give what he has
- decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God
- loves a cheerful giver.
-
2 Cor. 12:9
- But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made
- perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about
- my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
-
2 Cor. 13:14
- May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
- fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
-
Gal. 1:16
- to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did
- not consult any man,
-
Gal. 2:16
- know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus
- Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be
- justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by
- observing the law no one will be justified.
-
Gal. 2:20
- I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in
- me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved
- me and gave himself for me.
-
Gal. 3:3
- Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain
- your goal by human effort?
-
Gal. 3:23
- Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until
- faith should be revealed.
-
Gal. 5:17-25
- For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit
- what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other,
- so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you
- are not under law. The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality,
- impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of
- rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
- I warn you, as I did before,that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
- faithfulness,gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who
- belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
- Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
-
Gal. 6:9-10
- Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a
- harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do
- good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of
- believers.
-
Eph. 2:8-10
- For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from
- yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
- For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
- which God prepared in advance for us to do.
-
Eph. 3:18-19
- may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and
- high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses
- knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
-
Eph. 4:3
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
-
Eph. 4:11-16
- It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be
- evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people
- for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity
- in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the
- whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back
- and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the
- cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love,
- we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole
- body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as
- each part does its work.
-
Eph. 5:3
- But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind
- of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.
-
Eph. 5:22-25
- Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord
- For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of
- the church, his body, of which he is the Savior Now as the church submits to
- Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands,
- love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
-
Phil. 1:29-30
- For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on
- him, but also to suffer for him, since you are going through the same
- struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
-
Phil. 2:3-4
- Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider
- others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own
- interests, but also to the interests of others.
-
Phill. 3:10-11
- I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of
- sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so,
- somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
-
Phil. 4:6-7
- Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,
- with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God,
- which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in
- Christ Jesus.
-
Phil. 4:11-13
- I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content
- whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know
- what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any
- and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or
- in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
-
Phill. 4:19
- And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in
- Christ Jesus.
-
Col. 1:28-29
- We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that
- we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling
- with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.
-
1 Thes. 2:20
Indeed, you are our glory and joy.
-
1 Thes. 4:17
- After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together
- with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with
- the Lord forever.
-
2 Thes. 1:9
- They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the
- presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power
-
2 Thes. 3:13
And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.
-
1 Tim. 4:12-17
- Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example
- for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
- Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to
- preaching and to teaching. Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a
- prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you. Be diligent in these
- matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.
- Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do,
- you will save both yourself and your hearers. Command those who are rich in this present
- world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their
- hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
-
1 Tim. 6:19
- In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for
- the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly
- life.
-
2 Tim. 2:2
- And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to
- reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.
-
2 Tim. 3:16
- All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
- correcting and training in righteousness,
-
Titus 2:1
You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.
-
Titus 3:5
- he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his
- mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy
- Spirit,
-
Heb. 2:18
- Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who
- are being tempted.
-
Heb. 9:15-17
- For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are
- called may receive the promised eternal inheritance-now that he has died as a
- ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
- In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made
- it, because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes
- effect while the one who made it is living.
-
Heb. 9:27
Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,
-
Heb. 11:6
- And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to
- him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek
- him.
-
Heb. 10:17
- Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no
- more."
-
Heb. 10:23
- Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is
- faithful.
-
Heb. 10:24-25
- And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good
- deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of
- doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the Day
- approaching.
-
Heb. 12:3
- Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will
- not grow weary and lose heart.
-
Heb. 12:28
- Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be
- thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,
-
James 1:3-5
- because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
- Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not
- lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously
- to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
-
James 3:9-18
- With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who
- have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come
- praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water
- flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs?
- Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. Who is wise and understanding among you?
- Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or
- deny the truth. Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly,
- unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition,
- there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes
- from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of
- mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a
- harvest of righteousness.
-
James 5:16
- Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you
- may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
-
1 Peter 1:4
- and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade-kept in heaven for
- you,
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1 Peter 2:2
- Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up
- in your salvation,
-
1 Peter 2:9-10
- But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people
- belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out
- of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are
- the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain
- from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
-
1 Peter 3:3-6
- Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and
- the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of
- your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is
- of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put
- their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their
- own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are
- her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
-
1 Peter 3:18
- For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to
- bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the
- Spirit,
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1 Peter 4:13
- But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may
- be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
-
1 Peter 5:5-8
- Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you,
- clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God
- opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."Cast all your anxiety on him
- because he cares for you. Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls
- around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
-
2 Peter 1:21
- For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God
- as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
-
1 John 1:9
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
- purify us from all unrighteousness.
-
1 John 5:3-4
- This is love for God: to obey his commands and his commands are not burdensome, for
- everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the
- world, even our faith.
-
1 John 5:11-12
- And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in
- his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God
- does not have life.
-
3 John 5
- Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even
- though they are strangers to you.
-
Rev. 22:1-5
- Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal,
- flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the
- great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing
- twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are
- for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of
- God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.
- They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
- There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the
- light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign
- for ever and ever.
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