Getting Your House In Order

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

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.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them. — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

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

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

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 →

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

But let all things be done decently and in order.

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. — read the full passage →

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

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

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved. — read the full passage →

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

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.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →

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

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples.

And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

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 →

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.

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. — read the full passage →

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.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

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

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.

And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. — read the full passage →

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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

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;

Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.

for it is witnessed of him, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

as he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

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.

(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);

named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ’s, at his coming.

And having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

But Peter began, and expounded the matter unto them in order, saying,

whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

If therefore the whole church be assembled together and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,