Codependency

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, — read the full passage →

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more. — read the full passage →

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

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

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

For each man will bear his own burden.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

If then you 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 →

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace, — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God. — read the full passage →

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor. — read the full passage →

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things. — read the full passage →

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →