False Accusations

having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Don’t receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

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

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

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.

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. — 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,

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

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. — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letteror one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

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 →

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

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 →

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death; — read the full passage →

Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.

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

and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”