Being Falsely Accused

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

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.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

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

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

Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh; — read the full passage →

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name. — read the full passage →

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth. — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. — read the full passage →

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 →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

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 →

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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,

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

Abstain from every form of evil.

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say; — read the full passage →

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you; — read the full passage →

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. — 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 →

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;