Becoming More Like Christ

he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

If you love me, keep my commandments.

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

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, — read the full passage →

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am. — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. — read the full passage →

Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is. — read the full passage →

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death; — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; — read the full passage →

In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also. — read the full passage →

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

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →