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.

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 →

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.

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.

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 →

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.

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 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.

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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,

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 →

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.

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?