Uncommitted Christians

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. — read the full passage →

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ. — read the full passage →

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; — read the full passage →

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. — read the full passage →

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; — read the full passage →

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. — read the full passage →

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. — read the full passage →

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.

One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. — read the full passage →

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

But I have this against you, that you left your first love. — read the full passage →

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. — read the full passage →

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. — read the full passage →

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, 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 →

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” — read the full passage →

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple. — read the full passage →

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, — read the full passage →

Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” — read the full passage →

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be to you.” — read the full passage →

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.

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

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, — read the full passage →

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air, — read the full passage →

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. — read the full passage →

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple. — read the full passage →

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, — read the full passage →

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say? — read the full passage →

Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. — read the full passage →

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

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

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me. — read the full passage →

“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. — read the full passage →

After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. — read the full passage →

You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.

He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.