Holding Christians Accountable

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.

When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

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

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

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

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.

And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying, — read the full passage →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: — 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.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples. — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, — read the full passage →

When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which isthe bookof life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

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

Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. — read the full passage →

And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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

But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. — read the full passage →

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

For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; — read the full passage →

Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

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;

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him; — 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? — read the full passage →

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

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.

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:

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.

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

But Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. — read the full passage →

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: — read the full passage →

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

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 →

But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and the sword come, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not requireit?

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house. — read the full passage →

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.

then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor’s wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor’s.

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →