Passion

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. — 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.

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; — read the full passage →

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. — read the full passage →

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

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 →

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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

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

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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.

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

No man 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.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

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

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

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.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

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.

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

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

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.