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I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits. — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — 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. — read the full passage →

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

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.

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 →

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — 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.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house, — read the full passage →

and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? — read the full passage →

To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of sins.

And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.

but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

And many more believed because of his word;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth.

These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; — read the full passage →

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,

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

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

I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. — read the full passage →

And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

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

For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. — read the full passage →

for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God, — read the full passage →

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; — read the full passage →

They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money. — read the full passage →

Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; — read the full passage →

He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.

No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: — read the full passage →