Breaking Bad Habits

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

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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 →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Neither give place to the devil.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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

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.

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.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

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

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

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

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.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

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.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

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

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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

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

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

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.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

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. — read the full passage →

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

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

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. — read the full passage →

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

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;

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.