Perversity

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,

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

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

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 →

For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, — read the full passage →

For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods. — read the full passage →

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, — read the full passage →

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

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

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

And 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 have not love, I am nothing.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.

My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory. — read the full passage →

rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: — read the full passage →

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

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

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

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:

knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.

I chargetheein the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you, — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

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

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

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.

Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

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.

There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.

Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you.

And about that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.

inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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

him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no man dwell therein: and, His office let another take.

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.

of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.

I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. — read the full passage →

And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me.

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.

He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

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

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, evenJesus;

unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

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 →

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.