Indulgence

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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 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 →

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

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

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.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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

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.

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

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. — read the full passage →

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, — read the full passage →

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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.

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.

And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

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.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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

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

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; — read the full passage →

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

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

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

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

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 →

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

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

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. — read the full passage →

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. — read the full passage →

And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. — read the full passage →

And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. — read the full passage →

When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

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

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

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

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 →

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

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

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

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: — read the full passage →

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. — read the full passage →

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. — read the full passage →

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. — read the full passage →

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

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. — read the full passage →

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. — read the full passage →

At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. — read the full passage →

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? — read the full passage →

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: — read the full passage →

(Touch not; taste not; handle not; — read the full passage →

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. — read the full passage →

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

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. — read the full passage →