Christian Hedonism

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, — read the full passage →

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

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

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. — read the full passage →

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

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.

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

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

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 →

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

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

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.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

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

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

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.

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. — read the full passage →

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.

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

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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?

The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself.

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

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

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.