Adaptability

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — read the full passage →

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.

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. — read the full passage →

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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;

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. — read the full passage →

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

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.

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, — read the full passage →

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

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.

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; — read the full passage →

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; — read the full passage →

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, — read the full passage →

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; — read the full passage →

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. — read the full passage →

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.