Good Intentions

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

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide. — read the full passage →

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; — read the full passage →

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? — read the full passage →

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. — read the full passage →

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

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

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. — read the full passage →

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

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

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

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 →

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

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;

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

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

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

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

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. — read the full passage →

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

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 which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

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

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

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

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.