Inner Beauty

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? — read the full passage →

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me. — read the full passage →

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

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. — read the full passage →

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants: — read the full passage →

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” — read the full passage →

After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. — read the full passage →

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts; — read the full passage →

Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →