Doing For Others

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

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.

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; — read the full passage →

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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

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

communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? — read the full passage →

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

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

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

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

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

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

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

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

And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do? — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us.

So then, my beloved, even 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 him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, blesshis holy name. — read the full passage →

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

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

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

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

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men. — read the full passage →

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

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

Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth. — read the full passage →

Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.

Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

We love, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

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: — read the full passage →

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

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.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

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

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

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

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s shall save it.

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.

And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.