Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. — read the full passage →
There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →
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 →
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, — read the full passage →
But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →
And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams: — read the full passage →
And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →
Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh. — read the full passage →
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness — read the full passage →
But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →
Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →
For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. — read the full passage →
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →
But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed, — read the full passage →
For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not. — read the full passage →
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →
but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. — read the full passage →
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: — read the full passage →
Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →
He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. — read the full passage →
He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. — read the full passage →
And when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. — read the full passage →
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: — read the full passage →
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →
And he entered and was passing through Jericho. — read the full passage →
Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;
Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.