Being Self Centered

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

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.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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 the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

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

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

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

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

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. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — read the full passage →

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

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

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:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. — read the full passage →

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

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: — read the full passage →

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

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

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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 →

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

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:

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.