Putting Jesus First

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: — read the full passage →

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, — read the full passage →

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: — read the full passage →

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. — read the full passage →

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. — read the full passage →

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. — read the full passage →

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. — read the full passage →

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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.

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

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

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: — read the full passage →

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: — read the full passage →

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? — read the full passage →

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. — read the full passage →

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. — read the full passage →

And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. — read the full passage →

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. — read the full passage →

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! — read the full passage →

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. — read the full passage →

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; — read the full passage →

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. — read the full passage →

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; — read the full passage →

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. — read the full passage →

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. — read the full passage →

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. — read the full passage →

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

Neither give place to the devil.

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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.

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

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, — read the full passage →