Works

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 by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? — read the full passage →

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

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

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?” — read the full passage →

in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? — read the full passage →

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

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

You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.

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

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified? — read the full passage →

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. — read the full passage →

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

I don’t make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. — read the full passage →

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. — read the full passage →

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Blessed are those who do his commandments,that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right, — read the full passage →

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary. — read the full passage →

For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we need not to say anything.

so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, — read the full passage →

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again? — read the full passage →

For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is. — read the full passage →

Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin. — read the full passage →

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. — read the full passage →

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! — read the full passage →

For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace, — read the full passage →

For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh? — read the full passage →

As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”

But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’ — read the full passage →