Putting The Past Behind

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new. — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. — read the full passage →

For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

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

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Yea verily, 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 do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. — read the full passage →

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.

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

Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head. — read the full passage →

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.

That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. — read the full passage →

Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. — read the full passage →

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

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. — read the full passage →

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. — read the full passage →

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →

But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. — read the full passage →

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. — read the full passage →

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

And Job again took up his parable, and said, — read the full passage →

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. — read the full passage →

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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

And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness’ sake, O Jehovah.

And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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.

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

For no word from God shall be void of power.

so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us. — read the full passage →

That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; — read the full passage →

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

This saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?