Being A Blessing To Others

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

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

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work. — read the full passage →

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

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

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

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ — read the full passage →

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.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. — read the full passage →

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

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.

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

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

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

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

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 →

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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 →

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed, — read the full passage →

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness.”

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, — read the full passage →

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, — read the full passage →

I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.

From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only. — read the full passage →

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. — read the full passage →

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 →