Being Like Christ

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

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

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

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; — read the full passage →

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

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, — read the full passage →

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself 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.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things 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 unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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

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

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

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

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

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; — read the full passage →

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

He must increase, but I must decrease.

And he gave some, 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, as I have loved you.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he 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 will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

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

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are 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 to him.

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

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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

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

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

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

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby 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 fowl of the air, 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, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

If I then, your Lord and Master, 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 would 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 be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

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

Let this mind be 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 Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing 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, I am.

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

And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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

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

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

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

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

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

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

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

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

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.