Obligation

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. — read the full passage →

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: — read the full passage →

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

For every man shall bear his own burden.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. — read the full passage →

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. — read the full passage →

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.

But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: — read the full passage →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

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

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, — read the full passage →

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, — read the full passage →

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; — read the full passage →

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →