Being A Good Example

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

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

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

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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.

For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded: — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

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

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

but whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters:

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

For no word from God shall be void of power.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: — read the full passage →

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. — read the full passage →

The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

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

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

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

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.

according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

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

The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →

the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.