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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.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. — read the full passage →

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; — read the full passage →

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; — read the full passage →

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

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

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness; — read the full passage →

Remember Lot’s wife.

And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. — read the full passage →

In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?

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

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth; — read the full passage →

Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.

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.

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

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

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

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.

And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away. — read the full passage →

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;

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

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

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — 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.

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, 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 →

What then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

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;

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.