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Good Deeds To Go To Heaven
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for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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.
For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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:
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;
Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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 →
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.
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 →
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;
We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? — read the full passage →
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →
who will render to every man according to his works:
And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →
What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?
Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:
Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt. — read the full passage →
And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;
Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.
Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
who will render to every man according to his works: — read the full passage →
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:
and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
In like manner also there are good works that are evident; and such as are otherwise cannot be hid.
There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.
For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →
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: — read the full passage →
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. — read the full passage →
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →
These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee: — read the full passage →
If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →
For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:
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:
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. — read the full passage →
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.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.
Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.
Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,
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 →
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