Human Nature

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

(for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves; — read the full passage →

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

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

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

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all 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 everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

Agoodname is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth. — read the full passage →

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

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

Being therefore 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 free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

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

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

And Jehovah 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.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of 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, as unto babes in Christ. — read the full passage →

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth 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 thereof.

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 →

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 to do that which is good is not.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

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

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

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; — 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.

And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.

Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the 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 felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have 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 became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

saying, Blessed is 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 that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same.

And 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. — read the full passage →

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

Now in the things which we are saying the chief pointis this: We have such a high priest, who sat down 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 Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

that 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 children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures 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 on their heart, And upon their mind also will I write them; then saith he,

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

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

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

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

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

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

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

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

Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good;—that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own 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 everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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;

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

Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away 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 the earth: — read the full passage →

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

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

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

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

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 →

And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. — read the full passage →

Hear the right, O Jehovah, 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 →

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

Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh. — read the full passage →

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your 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 that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

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

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor 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 birds of the heavens, 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 children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →

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

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — 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 →