Living For God

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

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.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

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

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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,

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

“You shall have no other gods before me.

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. — 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.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

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

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

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 sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

You shall mention the burden of Yahweh no more: for every man’s own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Armies our God.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.”

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

(although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),

He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

Do all things without murmurings and disputes, — read the full passage →

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

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.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.