Passion

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

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

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

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

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you. — 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.

make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

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,

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another; — read the full passage →

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

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. — read the full passage →

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

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

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. — read the full passage →

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

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 →

that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

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

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God;

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

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

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

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

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

“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.

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 →

seeing your pure behavior in fear.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

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

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed,” says Yahweh who has mercy on you.

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

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

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

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.

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

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

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

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?

that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

If I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can’t.

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.

‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’