Clean House

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

But let all things be done decently and in order.

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. — read the full passage →

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

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

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

Do all things without murmurings and questionings:

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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

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

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

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.

Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds. — read the full passage →

For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

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 →

Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.

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.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

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

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. — read the full passage →

even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, — read the full passage →

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

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

And Cornelius said, Four days ago, until this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one. — read the full passage →

Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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:

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

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 →

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able;

And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand. — read the full passage →

Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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. — read the full passage →

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. — read the full passage →

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.

For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?

and he said unto them, Ye yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another nation; and yet unto me hath God showed that I should not call any man common or unclean:

each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.

For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.

And not a few of them that practised magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

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. — read the full passage →