Human Nature

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: — read the full passage →

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

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

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

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

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.

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. — read the full passage →

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

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

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. — 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.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

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

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; — read the full passage →

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

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: — read the full passage →

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. — read the full passage →

And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

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

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.

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. — read the full passage →

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; — read the full passage →

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; — read the full passage →

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 →

Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

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

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

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.

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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

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.

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.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. — read the full passage →

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

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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:

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. — read the full passage →

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: — read the full passage →

Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: — read the full passage →

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

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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 →

Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: — read the full passage →

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. — read the full passage →

Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. — read the full passage →

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: — read the full passage →

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. — read the full passage →

Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. — read the full passage →

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

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.

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

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

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

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →