Gratification

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

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

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

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. — read the full passage →

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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

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.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

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

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — 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 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.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: — read the full passage →

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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:

We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: — read the full passage →

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

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

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

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.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!