Being Like Christ

he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

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

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

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

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. — read the full passage →

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, — read the full passage →

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

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

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

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.

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.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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

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 →

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

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

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

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. — read the full passage →

Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

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. — read the full passage →

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

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:

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.

Remember the word that I said unto 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.

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

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

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

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

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

He must increase, but I must decrease.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

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

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust. — read the full passage →

If then ye 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 →

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

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

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

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

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

But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

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

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.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

If then ye 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 I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. — read the full passage →

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

to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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

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 →

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

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

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

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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

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

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: — read the full passage →

And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

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