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Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: — read the full passage →

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, — read the full passage →

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.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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

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

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; — read the full passage →

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

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.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

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. — read the full passage →

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, — read the full passage →

And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; — read the full passage →

And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; — read the full passage →