Man Made Laws

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.

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 →

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.

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

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 →

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

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

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.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”

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.

Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, produces death.

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”

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

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →