Works

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead? — read the full passage →

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works--who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom <FI>is<Fi> the glory--to the ages of the ages! Amen.

and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate,

And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?' — read the full passage →

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

that the man of God may be fitted--for every good work having been completed.

in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

and in like manner also Rahab the harlot--was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth? — read the full passage →

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

for not the hearers of the law <FI>are<Fi> righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation;

for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.

but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

Be mindful of me, O my God, for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, for the house of my God, and for its charges.

And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, `Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' `Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours--and their works do follow them!'

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,

and we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things that are better, and accompanying salvation, though even thus we speak,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

`And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

And we are as unclean--all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf--all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

in like manner also the right works are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise are not able to be hid.

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that <FI>is<Fi> through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth--before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified? — read the full passage →

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

so, then--not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'

And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them; — read the full passage →

for we do enter into the rest--we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest--;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world, — read the full passage →

treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.

A widow--let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

but--which becometh women professing godly piety--through good works.

and if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are not under law.

I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness <FI>be<Fi> through law--then Christ died in vain.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth; — read the full passage →

every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit; — read the full passage →

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things <FI>done<Fi> through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that <FI>is<Fi> towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that <FI>is<Fi> with me;

and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness, — read the full passage →

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> .

for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,' said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;' and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law;

It had, indeed, then (even the first tabernacle) ordinances of service, also a worldly sanctuary, — read the full passage →

for from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God did go forth, so that we have no need to say anything,

so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia,

If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances? — read the full passage →

for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust, — read the full passage →

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

and now, having known God--and rather being known by God--how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude? — read the full passage →

for I through law, did die, that to God I may live;

of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare <FI>it<Fi> , because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove; — read the full passage →

wherefore? because--not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin. — read the full passage →

Jesus who <FI>is<Fi> from Nazareth--how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find; — read the full passage →

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?'

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

If <FI>from<Fi> delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back. — read the full passage →

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on also of hands, of rising again also of the dead, and of judgment age-during,

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

and when God was well pleased--having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called <FI>me<Fi> through His grace-- — read the full passage →

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh? — read the full passage →

And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;'

`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

`But, who is he of you--having a servant ploughing or feeding--who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat? — read the full passage →